To The Playground
[Program tbd]
Runtime: 85 mins
An afternoon passes, a week, a summer.
The days are long and the weather is hot. The world may be falling apart, but first there’s potty training. To The Playground is an ode to playgrounds and playground parents – a journey into the beauty, banality and anxieties of the longest shortest time.
Credits
Playwright: Andy Bragen
Director: Carolyn Cantor
Creative + Production Manager: Kate Purdum
The artists
Andy Bragen Theatre Projects
andybragentheatreprojects.com
bio
Andy Bragen Theatre Projects is a writer-centered company that produces formally ambitious highly theatrical plays. This is the company’s third production. The first, “Don’t You F**King Say a Word” premiered at 59e59 in 2016, and was directed by Lee Sunday Evans. “Notes on My Mother’s Decline” was co-produced with The Play Company in 2019, and directed by Knud Adams.
Andy Bragen
@andybragen
bio
Andy Bragen’s honors include NYSCA and NYFA grants, Workspace and Process Space Residencies with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission, and a Jerome Fellowship. His produced plays include This is My Office (The Play Company), Don’t You F**king Say a Word (59e59/ABTP), and Notes on My Mother’s Decline (Playco/ABTP). Andy is an alum of New Dramatists, and has an MFA from Brown University.
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