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ABOUT US
Founded in 2023 by autistic playwright and producer Anthony J. Piccione, the Neurodivergent New Play Series is dedicated to presenting matinee readings on the 3rd Sunday of every month - with seasonal breaks in December, January, July, and August - of plays written entirely by neurodivergent and disabled playwrights (i.e autism, ADHD, dyslexia, OCD, Tourette syndrome, etc.) as part of a growing resident company of playwrights whose interests and specialties span a wide range of subjects, genres & structural approaches, with each play personally selected from a neuroinclusive resident company of directors.
Mr. Piccione is an award-winning writer, producer & teaching artist whose eclectic canon of plays have previously been presented in NYC and regional venues such as The Tank, the New York Theatre Festival, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, Midtown International Theatre Festival, Manhattan Repertory Theatre, and more. His debut full-length play A Therapy Session with Myself premiered in January 2019 at the Hudson Guild Theatre before transferring in May to the Kraine Theater for an extended year-long run. Since then, his second full-length play One Empire, Under God made its live premiere at The Tank in November 2021 after previously premiering via Zoom earlier that year and is now published and available for licensing at Next Stage Press, while his next full-length play The Lone Wolf Society received a staged reading at The Tank in November 2022 and is slated to be published at Next Stage Press in 2024. Additionally, his short drama What I Left Behind was named the New York Theatre Festival’s Best Short Play of Winterfest 2018, and his short film The Fire That Won't Stop was named an official selection at the Venice Short Film Awards, the Paris International Short Festival, and the Hollywood International Golden Age Festival. He is also the Founding Artistic Director of the Talking It Out Virtual Arts Festival, which is dedicated to promoting mental health awareness through the arts and was nominated for Festival of the Year at the 2023 Young-Howze Theatre Awards, and currently serves on the Board of the Directors of the Autistic Theatremakers Alliance. He has previously worked as a scriptwriter-for-hire whose work has been commissioned by Sesame Workshop and various other clients, as well as a contributing writer to OnStage Blog from 2015 to 2019, and he has taught playwriting at EPIC Players and Broadway Weekends. Visit www.anthonyjpiccione.com to learn more.
The Neurodivergent New Play Series is a curated producted of spit&vigor. Founded in 2015, spit&vigor is a non-profit theater company devoted to the development of new plays and spirited, innovative productions of existing work. Their small roster of productions has been award winning and critically acclaimed, praised as “darkly humorous, deliciously ghoulish”, “wrenching and visually eloquent”, "irresistibly dramatic" and "legitimately upsetting" by the New York Times. In collaboration with theater company Theatre4thePeople, spit&vigor was the recipient of the 2015 New York Innovative Theater Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play Award for their very first production in a historic chapel at The West Park Presbyterian Church, which included an Artist Support Grant from the Donn Russell Fund. spit&vigor has since gone on to earn The Players Theater Off-Broadway Artistic Residency, The Center at West Park’s Artist Residency, IRT's 3B Residency, The Davenport space grant, and The Times Center space grant.
If you would like to make a donation to directly offset production costs for the Neurodivergent New Play Series, please visit https://ko-fi.com/neurodivergentplays
Cast
Creative Team
Aubrey Clyburn
Abigail Gabor
Meet the Company
Jeninka Zee
Veronique Hurley
Veronique Hurley (She/Her)
Thrilled to be working with this group of performers. Currently, co-hosting the weekly comedy podcast: Grumble Goat @grumblegoatpodcast. Recent acting credits include: Love Letters, Who Am I This time?, The Rainmaker, Sherlock Holmes Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, Silent Sky (East Lynne Theater) Off Broadway Theatre Credits include: The Tempest, As You Like it, Twelfth Night, Hunting and Gathering (The Glass Eye), and Women are crazy because men are Assholes (Cherry Lane Theatre); Regional Credits Include: Noises Off, To Kill A Mockingbird, Christmas Carol, (The Hartford Stage Company) The Straight Marriage Plays, Moon Over Buffalo (Cape May Stage), Around the World in 80 Days (Playhouse on Park) (won best ensemble, Broadwayworld.com). @verhurley
Dedicating this show to my father.
Katie Blu
Katie Blu is an asexual stand up comedian from Long Island, NY who has quickly made a name for herself in the NYC indie comedy scene with her unique perspective and sharp wit. Katie is now setting her sights on acting, eager to take her talents to the next level. Driven by her passion for performance and a desire to tell stories that highlight underrepresented voices, she is excited for the opportunity to showcase her skills.
Seeni Chandran
Seeni Chandran (He/Him/His) is a Limited Permit Mental Health Counselor and Substance Abuse Counselor who pursues acting as a passion-hobby. He also enjoys writing and playing music, when not glued to his PS5. His child toy, Zibby, is also making his acting debut in Axioms!
Sophie Pulver
Aubrey Clyburn
Aubrey Clyburn is an autistic actor, writer, and amateur mathematician. Originally from North Carolina, she earned her BFA in Acting from Texas State University and is a recent transplant from NYC to LA. In addition to the Neurodivergent New Play Series, her play Axioms has been chosen for staged readings at Matthew Corozine Studio Theatre, Murmuration Theatre Company, and CalTech's MACH 33 Festival. This is her first full-length play. www.aubreyclyburn.com
Abigail Gabor
Abigail Gabor (she/they) is thrilled to be directing Axioms. Previous directing credits include The First Unicorns Ever (and other stuff) by Christine Stoddard at The Players Theatre, and Baby Food by David Lindsay-Abaire at CCNY. She also assisted with Mary Poppins Jr., Finding Nemo Jr., Chicago Teen Edition, and Seussical Kids at WPPAC. They are currently working towards their masters in Educational Theatre at CCNY. She would like to thank Aubrey Clyburn for writing an incredible script which makes her feel seen as an autistic person, and the talented cast for putting her vision to life. This play is for everyone who has ever felt like they do not belong.
Our next scheduled readings at spit&vigor's tiny baby blackbox theater:
No Entrance - Written by Courtney Taylor and directed by Abby Davis - March 17th at 2pm EST
1st Annual Open-Mic Fundraiser in Support of the Neurodivergent New Play Series - April 21st at 2pm EST
My Brother Jake - Written by Dave Osmundsen and directed by Allan MacLeod - May 19th at 2pm EST
An Interpretation of Anna - Written by Natalie Sacks and directed by Ashley Adelman - June 16th at 2pm EST
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