Dramatists Guild Foundation is celebrating women playwrights, composers, lyricists, and bookwriters as part of International Women’s Voices Day, in partnership with the National New Play Network and New Play Exchange.
On Saturday, January 20th, DGF will stream presentations by DGF Music Hall patrons Christine Toy Johnson, Lisa DeSpain and Ariana Johns.
The reading of Christine Toy Johnson’s first play, The New Deal, will feature Delphi Borich, Thom Sesma, James Chen, Stephen Gordon, Ron Domingo, Cat Brindisi, Rin Allen and the playwright.
Christine Toy Johnson’s inspiration for The New Deal was her mother’s family restaurant. Originally developed in 2006 at the Roundabout as the inaugural project of Charles Randolph-Wright’s “Different Voices” initiative, The New Deal has been reworked for a fresh audience.
You can attend in person at the DGF, 356 W. 40 Street, 2nd floor from 5 -7 pm, or tune in to Facebook Live. Click here on Saturday to join the stream.
Can’t make the entire stream? Here is a breakdown of each performance:
3pm ET – Selections form “That Hell Bound Train” and “Like, I Care” by Lisa DeSpain
5pm ET – “The New Deal” by Christine Toy Johnson
7pm ET – Selections from “BUZZ, Son of a Bee” and “Stroll w/ Troll” by Ariana Johns (music by Darryl Curry)
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Lia Chang is an actor, a multi-media content producer and co-founder of Bev’s Girl Films, making films that foster inclusion and diversity on both sides of the camera. Bev’s Girl Films’ debut short film, Hide and Seek was a top ten film in the Asian American Film Lab’s 2015 72 Hour Shootout Filmmaking Competition, and she received a Best Actress nomination. BGF collaborates with and produces multi-media content for artists, actors, designers, theatrical productions, composers, musicians and corporations. Lia is also an internationally published and exhibited photographer, a multi-platform journalist, and a publicist. Lia has appeared in the films Wolf, New Jack City, A Kiss Before Dying, King of New York, Big Trouble in Little China, The Last Dragon, Taxman and Hide and Seek. She is profiled in Jade Magazine and Playbill.com.
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