Blair Singer Named as Production Company’s Playwright-in-Residence

Blair Singer, whose new play Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas will premiere at the Geffen Playhouse in the fall, has been named as the playwright-in-residence for the New York City-based, The Production Company.

The company will present two Singer works this year. Meg’s New Friend, written for and named after Megan McQuillan, is about a local New York television reporter who realizes that, in the age of Obama, she doesn’t have one African-American friend. No Reason to Run, written for Michael Szeles, explores the question of how a person moves on when they’ve been a witness, or even a participant, in a death.

In addition, the company will be working with Australian playwright Lally Katz on a full-length expansion of her 2007 Production Company play Goodbye New York, Goodbye Heart, directed by Kara-Lynn Vaeni.

For more information, visit www.productioncompany.org.