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League of Professional Theatre Women Presents 30 Plays Celebrate 30 Years

The League of Professional Theatre Women has announced 30 Plays Celebrate 30 Years, honoring the 30th Anniversary of the League. This yearlong series will feature 30 brand-new plays, musicals & theatrical events, curated by League members, and will be presented in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens & beyond.

On Friday March 2, Workshop East presents Downsizing, the Ten Minute Play Project, a program of original one-minute plays created by members of Our Workshop East. Also celebrating its 30th Anniversary, The Workshop is a development gym for professional writers. This event will be at 7pm at the Barrow Group Mainstage, 312 West 36th St., 3rd Floor, New York City. It will be curated by Lenore DeKoven. For reservations, email downsize10@gmail.com.

On Tuesday March 13, Playwrights Gallery & The Drilling Co. present Lyndsay Becker, John Doherty, Irene Sophia Lucio & Jed Peterson in a staged reading of When Danny Comes Back for Us, by Deborah Savadge, directed by Elaine Molinaro. Two couples are stranded while weekending on a remote Maine island, amid rivalries, recriminations & a power failure. Has some darkened force intervened to prevent them from ever getting home? This event will be at 7:30pm at the Drilling Company, 236 West 78th St, 2nd Floor. For more information on this event click here.

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