PLAYWRITING

“Joanna’s work is singular, self-assured, and totally commanding. She cares deeply about her expression, the collaboration of those around her, and the beautiful journey we undertake as human beings and creatives. She has epic fire inside her mind and heart.”

— Paco Lozano, Actor / Collaborator

Poster Design by Patrick Sullivan

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Sickgirls Premiere Reading: Playwrights Downtown Dir. Jessica O’Hara-Baker. Cast: Phoebe Dunn, Sarah Ellen Stephens, Josh Goulding, Meghan Jones, Shetal Shah and Summer Strallen

Synopsis: Four anti-establishment women live in a squat navigating sex, drugs, taking down the patriarchy, and navigating their familial-friend ties with each other.

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Now I Can See the Moon Premiere Reading: The Bell House (The Shelter, Producers) Dir. James Fauvell. Cast: Paco Lozano and Christine Nyland.

Premiere Production: Playhouse NOLA (Drowning in Blue, Producers) Dir. Jamie Neumann. Cast: Hunter Burke and Isabelle Dungan.

Synopsis: Wyoming, 1965. A woman plots to escape her overbearing and abusive partner-in-crime.

I’ll Be Your Mirror Premiere Production: The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. Dir. Claudia Zelevansky. Photos: Daniel Terna.

Synopsis: Returning from a trip abroad, a young woman works to reclaim purpose, meaning and autonomy in her life.

Nocturnes: An Erotic Tragedy Dir. Jessica O’Hara-Baker. Cast: Tricia Alexandro, Rachel Berger, Rob Brinkmann, Paco Lozano and Mary Monahan.

Synopsis: A powerhouse lawyer, on the verge of becoming a judge, reckons with fate and agency as she finds herself erotically entangled with her daughter’s new boyfriend.

Hearts in the Marketplace Premiere: Bard Peep Show (The Shelter, Producers) Dir. Beth Jastroch. Cast: Paco Lozano, Jacob Marx Rice, Christine Nyland, Shaun O’Hagan and Jessica O’Hara-Baker.

Synopsis: An afterword to William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Beatrice seeks revenge on Claudio, the violent and tyrannical husband of her dear sister-cousin Hero. In verse.

For Carrie Premiere: Future is Female Festival, Brooklyn Outlet. Dir. Jessica O’Hara-Baker. Performed by Maiken Lozano-Wiese.

Synopsis: A woman searches to find her lost virginity, to discuss how things have unfolded since last they spoke.

New York Nymph Premiere Production: Playhouse Nola (Drowning in Blue, Producers) Dir. Jamie Neumann.

Synopsis: Two insomniacs debate bangs, rat tattoos, and the purpose of the nighttime.

Additional Readings & PRODUCTIONS

Ballad of a Comeback Kid Premiere: The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. (Winner of the Robert Rockman Prize for Excellence in Theatre & Literature, Winner of the Annual Goldsmiths Drama Selection).

Sweet Jane Premiere: From the Hip Festival (Left Hip Productions, Producers). Dir. Samantha Brahms.

Reminders I Have Lived Premiere: Writers Work, Producers. Dir. Jordan Stovall.