Fireworks Play Development Program Live Reading

The Fireworks Playwrights’ Mentorship Program is a 6-month playwriting intensive where writers develop new scripts from the idea stage into a complete first draft to be presented in a reading at the end of the unit. This May, nine writers will showcase their new scripts-in-progress in front of a live audience.

May 21st

Try Harder: A Suicidal Puppet Tragedy – Written by Rachel Renaud, Directed by Laurie Dumont-Bal

Actors: Dalia Charafeddine, and Anna Morreale

Flight Fight Freeze – Written by Lily Chang, Directed by Rinchen Dolma

Actors:Hwaan Han, Christopher de Varennes , and Alice Siregar 

On the Other Edge of the World – Written by Sabah Surat, Directed by Rinchen Dolma

Actors: Kritika Khanna, and Salim Benkirane

May 22nd

Kind – Written by B. Umaia Perlin, Directed by Chelsea Dab Hilke

Actors: Dalia Charafeddine, and Alice Siregar 

Iced Oranges – Written by Hazem Ghaith, Directed by Laurie Dumont-Bal

Actors: Ahmed Mokdad, and Salim Benkirane 

Just Landed – Written by Hiba Sleiman, Directed by Prerna Nehta

Actors: Dalia Charafeddine, Kritika Khanna, Niyayesh Gholestani, Noah Singer , and Ahmed Mokdad 

May 23rd

An Uncomfortable Dinner Party – Written by Alice Siregar, Directed by Chelsea Dab Hilke

Actors: Alice Siregar, Anna Morreale, Christopher de Varennes, and Noah Singer 

Dylan’s Song – Written by Anna Morreale, Directed by Chelsea Dab Hilke

Actors: Anna Morreale, Alice Siregar, Corbeau Sandoval, and Cyndy Bastien 

At Our Feet – Written by Elly Pond, Directed by Prerna Nehta

Actors: Noah Singer, Corbeau Sandoval, Cyndy Bastien, and Elly Pond

To learn more about the 2024-2025 Fireworks cohort, follow this link.