Anna Nugent

Inspiring NEW Plays

This November the NEWvember New Plays Festival (which I co-produce) is celebrating its 5th year! Wow! In that time we’ve read thousands of plays and will be presenting our 30th new play reading this weekend (November 5-8). It is remarkable how much work goes into one weekend. Early in the year we go over the […]

3rd Annual NEWvember New Plays Festival

Thursday, Nov. 7th @ 8PM THE PARK BENCH HERO Ulysses, a burnt-out Civil War re-enactor and supposed descendent of Ulysses S. Grant, is living on a park bench after getting kicked out of his girlfriend’s apartment. When a strange young boy shows up asking him how to be a soldier, Ulysses sees an opportunity to […]

NEWvember 2012 * Carpenter Shop Theater * Tivoli, NY

NEWvember New Play Festival Co-production with Tangent Theater Company & AboutFACE Carpenter Shop Theater Tivoli, NY 2012 Plays: Love/Sick A series of love stories – some gone wrong and others gone right – explore romance in the suburban jungle. Playwright: John Cariani The Prediction In 1935, a family of German Jews escapes the Nazis aboard […]

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