Playwriting
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Mirrors at The Castillo Theatre
I am thrilled to announce that “Mirrors,” my first full-length play, has been selected as one of two recipients of The Castillo Theatre’s 2015 Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Contest! Longtime followers of my work may remember that “Mirrors” was originally commissioned by Freedom Train Productions as part of a residency in 2010, and received an…
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The Sandbox in The Fire This Time Festival
My new short play The Sandbox will have its world premiere in January as part of The Fire This Time Festival, a platform for early-career black playwrights to explore new and exciting possibilities in their work. This year the producers of The Fire This Time challenged playwrights to pen new plays inspired by the photography of Alex Harsley.…
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Crooked Parts in PlayRISE
Friends, I’m thrilled to share with you that tickets are now available for PlayRISE, the reading series produced by Rising Circle Theater Collective that will feature my full-length work-in-progress Crooked Parts. Tickets are FREE, but seating is limited, so if you’re planning on coming (please do!), then you should make a reservation now. My show is on Thursday, May 22nd, but you…
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Opentoe Peepshow Salon #13
Hello, lovers & friends! I’d like to invite you to Opentoe Peepshow Salon on Sunday, February 2nd, where I’ll be sharing more of my work. There’s a whole lineup of talented queer artists performing that afternoon. (And you should still have time to get home and catch the Super Bowl if that’s your thing.) Check…
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Terminals
Here in London I’ve come to the end of my second term of postgraduate study at Central School of Speech & Drama. It’s been a challenging term full of collaboration, experimentation, agitation, and documentation. And in a little under a week’s time I’ll be flying out of Heathrow to be reunited with my beloved New York City…
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CROOKED PARTS: Utopia Theatre September 17th and 18th
CROOKED PARTS by Azure D. Osborne-Lee One girl must decide which parts of herself to hold onto and which to leave behind. Directed by Feliz Dia McDonald Assistant Directed by LeRoy Beck Featuring: Avery Ferguson, Chanise Littlefield, Carole Metellus, and Cedrick Slaughter September 17th & 18th at 8pm The Utopia Theatre in the School of Social…
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CROOKED PARTS: Save the Date!
I’ve returned to Texas and I’m coming to you, dear readers, with exciting news. CROOKED PARTS is coming to a town near you! Well, it is if you live somewhere near Austin, TX. CROOKED PARTS is the coming of age story of a 12-year-old African American girl named Winifred. As wildly imaginative Winifred starts the school…
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MIRRORS in FIRE! New Play Festival
Summer is flying by and things are heating up here in Brooklyn, NY. I happily returned to New York City on July 4th to a city in the middle of a heat wave and intense revelry. Here I’ve been writing and collaborating with brilliant artistic minds, not to mention enjoying some satisfying NYC take…
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Freedom Train Productions Residency
I’m proud to announce that I have been selected as one of the 2010 resident playwrights at Freedom Train Productions! With them I’ll be continuing the development of my one act play CROOKED PARTS. I cannot say enough how excited I am that I’ll be continuing my growth as a playwright with Freedom Train Productions. In case…
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CROOKED PARTS at Brooklyn Arts Exchange
I am excited to announce that an excerpt from my one-act play Crooked Parts will be featured this weekend at Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) on January 8th and 9th. Crooked Parts is being directed by Andre Lancaster, assistant directed by Terell C. Richardson, and produced by Freedom Train Productions. Tickets are available now on the BAX website. See below…
Azure D. Osborne-Lee 