On this episode of Theatre with P.R.I.D.E., we chat with the 4 finalists of ReNew Productions' Playwright's Playground Festival 2021. Ashley DiLorenzo, Bella Capelli, Paige Schuyler Bakke, and Maddie Lobdell tell us all about their plays, from inspiration to process to the messages behind it! These 4 young playwrights are the future of the playwriting, and we can't be more excited for them and the future of creating theatre.

Playwright's Playground Festival will air on 2 weekends, Saturday the 17th and Saturday the 24th on ReNew's Youtube Channel. 

Saturday the 17th

• "Mike Newton's Law" by Maddie Lobdell
• "woman, falling" by Bella Capelli

Saturday the 24th

• "Talk-To-A-Priest.com" by Paige Schuyler Bakke
• "Someone Should Have Told Me" by Ashley DiLorenzo

ReNew Productions Links

• Website
• GoFundMe

Podcast Cover Art by Frankie Rowles
Podcast Music by Ben Pederson

Jason June (he/him/she/her) is a gender-queer mermaid author who enjoys all things words, known for his picture books WHOBERT WHOVER, OWL DETECTIVE, and PORCUPINE CUPID, as well as chapter book MERMICORN ISLAND. She is making her YA debut with JAY’S GAY AGENDA, a queer rom-com which he was ready to talk all about with one of our favorite hosts, Riley. Listen along as Riley and JJ discuss the importance of queer education, seeing yourself, and the possibility of TV adaptations??

Find JAY’S GAY AGENDA

• Order from Bookshop, IndieBound, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, or Amazon.
• SIGNED COPIES! Order from BookPeople and follow the personalization instructions

Jason June

• WEBSITE
• INSTAGRAM

Additional Queer Reads

• YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN by Leah Johnson
• CEMETERY BOYS by Aiden Thomas
• FELIX EVER AFTER by Kacen Callender

ReNew Productions Links

• Website
• GoFundMe

Podcast Cover Art by Frankie Rowles
Podcast Music by Ben Pederson

5 Trans, Non-Binary, and Genderqueer theatre artists (Allie Faulkner, Elliot Colahan, Kai Scott, River Hedgepeth, and our own Chad Parsons)  sit down to talk about their experience in theatre and how to make theatre/theatre training more accessible and inclusive for a variety of gender identities. As we move out of the pandemic and live commercial theatre is returning, we discuss what we want to see on and off stage, and what type of stories are told. Listen on in, cis-identifying friends! Here's a free education on how to make the theatre community and world a better place!

ReNew Productions Links

• Website
• GoFundMe

Playwright's Playground Festival will be taking place July 9-11 at the Ritz Theatre in Haddonfield, NJ! Submit your plays here!

Podcast Cover Art by Frankie Rowles
Podcast Music by Ben Pederson