Archive of readings

Jon Heron is a versatile actor/director/playwright and member of the Dramatists Guild. His short play "Me and My Gun" was chosen to be presented as part of the inaugural season of the Rainbow Theater Project in Washington, DC. His full-length play When I Reflect was presented as part of the New Works reading series at Holmdel Theater Company. He has been acting and directing in central NJ for many years, where he lives with his husband in Monroe.

Prom Nights by Trystin Bailey

Trystin Bailey is beyond grateful and excited to see his first foray into the world of horror come to life at the Center.

Ejected from Pennsylvania, Trystin has had the pleasure of seeing his plays produced at various festivals and small venues from the Secret Theater and Producer's Club to the Barrow Group's stages over

the past eight years. He is currently working on getting his first teen novel published, but will always need that play writing fix. Congrats to all Queer Scare participants!

Birds can Fly Away by Marjorie Conn

Merv Kaufman is a long-ago graduate of the UCLA Theater Arts Dept. He came to New York to establish a career in publishing—books and magazines— but ultimately refocused his talents on playwriting. He's enjoyed seeing some of his work read at various sites, in New York and elsewhere, and looks forward to someday seeing his work actually performed. By real actors!

April 13-- 30 mins., Jim Chacon, "Love is Expansive" An older gay couple returns home after an outing to a sex club and deals with their different interpretations of the parameters of their relationship. Sex play vs. making love, the malleable meaning of fidelity in gay relationships, and plain old hurt feelings and jealousy are hashed out in this ten minute drama.

Jim Chacon recently retired after a long career as an educator and school principal in Los Angeles City Schools and moved to New York City. Formerly a writer of cogent and pithy memoranda to students, parents and staff, he has shifted his interest in writing to the personal essay and playwriting.

Wayne Paul Mattingly lives in NYC and has been involved in theatre for decades. Since focusing on playwriting in 2005, his plays have won multiple awards, produced in NYC, Westchester and Putnam, Los Angeles, San Francisco; Bangor, Maine; Denton & Houston, Texas; Valdez, Alaska, and London, England. 2014 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Artists Fellowship, 2014 Ronald Duncan Literary Prize Finalist, 2014 & 2015 Disquiet International Literary Program Short Play short-list scholarships, Lisbon, Portugal, 2014 Best Women’s Monologues, Smith & Kraus. Founding member, The Misfits Ensemble, L.A., Founding Artistic Director, Tiger’s Heart Players, N.Y. Member: NYC Playwrights, Axial Theatre, The Dramatist Guild, & Actors’ Equity Association. Proud to be on the bill tonight! www.waynepaulmattingly.com

"Marry Me" by Bonnie Civico

"Marry Me" explores the expectations and misaligned perceptions of what it means to take your relationship to the next level.

Bonnie Civico is an enthusiastic member of Village Playwrights, which has provided her the opportunity to reignite her passion for acting/playwriting. After a brief stint of making rounds and acting in local productions, Bonnie decided to keep her day job, but never lost the love of all things theatrical. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and with David Legrant. Bonnie was thrilled to be chosen to participate in Drew Sachs's Intensive Playwriting Workshop and is excited to have her play read this evening.

Kevin Curley’s one-act "Your Place or Mine?" was chosen for the 15^th Annual Samuel French Short Play Contest. His one act play "Things" was selected by The William Inge Festival 2016 (declined by me because of expenses); His short play, "Brothers" was produced by Stage Door Productions in Fredericksburg, VA in April 2014. His ten-minute play "Improv & Proposition" were heard on Spokane Radio Theatre. Another, "Friendship," was performed in August 2012 at the Lebanon Community Theatre in PA. He has studied acting and holds a master’s degree from New York University. kurley01@aol.com

When 16-year-old Andrew shares some strange goings on around his family home with his best friend Bill, he doesn’t foresee how they will soon upend his life.

Dan Kavulish has been a writer most of his life. He wrote his first play at the age of 18. His second play, “Summer Passed into Rain” was produced for a local TV station in Hartford, CT. Two of his one-act plays were given staged readings for Susan Charlotte’s Prism Playhouse. He recently completed a novel about the perils of being a gay man in NYC during the turbulent last three decades of the twentieth century. He now returns to the craft of playwriting.

30 mins. George Bistransin, "Fire Island Etiquette"

Jan. 11, 2017 -- 30 mins., Michael Rendino, "A Good Meal"

Meg who is trying to recover from the breakup of a 20 year relationship, invites friends to dinner. The friends unwittingly insult her meal and make her feel even worse, until Meg takes charge of things.

Mike Rendino started writing plays six years ago, when his youngest son turned 18. He now has a c: drive full of long and short plays, with several productions and a first prize at a short play festival under his belt. Recent productions include “Used to be Bonanza” at the Hudson Guild Theater in January 2016, “Crossing” in the Piney Fork Festival in 2014, “Global -Warming”, a cautionary tale and first-prize winner at John Chatterton’s short play festival and a staged reading of "Jack Rabbits of the Wild Interior", which was performed in the Manhattan Reading Festival in March.2016.

30 mins., Leila Cassar, "Your body is a temple."

Louise goes to the gym everyday and can't think about nothing else. Maybe this strange obsession is just a phase.

Leïla Cassar is a playwright and a researcher in the field of theater, literature and queer studies in France and Quebec. Inspired by radical feminist and lesbian writers such as Pol Pelletier, Monique Wittig and Violette Le Duc, she questions through her writing sexual orientation along with the place of women in society, in an intersectional, queer, and feminist perspective.

Jan. 25 -- 60 mins., Kevin Curley, Sorting Clothes

Two men, one homeless, the other not, meet in a NYC park and have a discussion which turns into a meeting.

Kevin Curley’s one-act "Your Place or Mine?" was chosen for the 15^th Annual Samuel French Short Play Contest. His one act play "Things" was selected by The William Inge Festival 2016 (declined by me because of expenses); His short play, "Brothers" was produced by Stage Door Productions in Fredericksburg, VA in April 2014. His ten-minute play "Improv & Proposition" were heard on Spokane Radio Theatre. Another, "Friendship," was performed in August 2012 at the Lebanon Community Theatre in PA. He has studied acting and holds a master’s degree from New York University. kurley01@aol.com

February 8

Mervyn Douglas Kaufman returned to playwriting a few years ago after pursuing a long career in magazine publishing. His view of the world tends toward the satirical, and there's always an edge to the topics he touches.

Kevin Curley’s one-act "Your Place or Mine?" was chosen for the 15^th Annual Samuel French Short Play Contest. His one act play "Things" was selected by The William Inge Festival 2016 (declined by me because of expenses); His short play, "Brothers" was produced by Stage Door Productions in Fredericksburg, VA in April 2014. His ten-minute play "Improv & Proposition" were heard on Spokane Radio Theatre. Another, "Friendship," was performed in August 2012 at the Lebanon Community Theatre in PA. He has studied acting and holds a master’s degree from New York University. kurley01@aol.com

30 mins, George Bistransin, "On to Paris" -- Sean is in love in Florence but Clifton wants to leave.

President of the Village Playwrights, George Bistransin learned to write plays by translating and producing the comedies of the ancient Roman playwright T. M. Plautus. Among others he produced The Menaechmi Twins, The Braggart Soldier and The Haunted House at Boston's 1400 seat vaudeville era Strand Theater. In 1996 George was awarded a NEH grant to attend "The Art of Ancient Spectacle" at the American Academy in Rome where he organized a production of Plautus' Curculio in the Academy's garden. His most ambitious undertaking was the 1991 production of Moliere's The Would-Be Gentleman in collaboration with the Ken Pierce Baroque Dance Company, complete with fencing and a small pit orchestra of period instruments played by moonlighting Boston Symphony Orchestra members. Since joining the Village Playwrights, he has had many short plays produced including "Stop Loss," "Marriage, the Gay Way," "Entrapment," "Insider Steal," "Dueling Drag Queens," and "A.P. Sexology.

May 4, 11, 18 and 25, 7 pm to 10 pm: Intensive Playwriting taught by Drew Sachs. $50.

May 10, 2017

90 mins., Dan Kavulish, "Out There" -- When 16-year-old Andrew shares some strange goings on around his family home with his best friend Bill, he doesn’t foresee how they will soon upend his life.

Wayne Paul Mattingly lives in NYC and has been involved in theatre for decades. Since focusing on playwriting in 2005, his plays have won multiple awards, produced in NYC, Westchester and Putnam, Los Angeles, San Francisco; Bangor, Maine; Denton & Houston, Texas; Valdez, Alaska, and London, England. 2014 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Artists Fellowship, 2014 Ronald Duncan Literary Prize Finalist, 2014 & 2015 Disquiet International Literary Program Short Play short-list scholarships, Lisbon, Portugal, 2014 Best Women’s Monologues, Smith & Kraus. Founding member, The Misfits Ensemble, L.A., Founding Artistic Director, Tiger’s Heart Players, N.Y. Member: NYC Playwrights, Axial Theatre, The Dramatist Guild, & Actors’ Equity Association. Proud to be on the bill tonight! www.waynepaulmattingly.com

Drew Sachs as an instructor, Drew has taught playwriting at Adelphi University, Roundabout Theatre Company’s Teaching Artist Program and iDEAS and at Carnegie Mellon University where he earned his MFA in Dramatic Writing. Drew was the co-literary manager for Epiphany Theater Company and served on the script selection committee for The Bronx Council of the Arts. He currently facilitates a playwrights' intensive group at Polaris North a theater cooperative and was a member of the playwrights group at Abingdon Theater. Drew is a nationally duly certified sign language interpreter for the Deaf and has studied theatrical interpreting at Julliard and Gallaudet University. Drew is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America.

The plays and playwrights are

"Whiskey River" by JC Augustin -- Delusion and paranoia mix with loneliness and desire in thishallucinatory cocktail party between a man and his whiskey.

JC Augustin writes plays, performs poetry and resides in Washington Heights. His play "In Crocodile's Lair" was read as part of Theater For the New City's New Blood series. A native Miamian, Augustin works as a pedicab driver and bartender in lower Manhattan.

"Sex Talk" by James Chacon -- A mature gay couple grapples with establishing the parameters of an open relationship while simultaneously moving toward a formal commitment to each other.

Jim Chacon is a retired educator from Los Angeles who moved to New York to pursue long deferred interests in playwriting and stand up comedy.

"Pictures From the Past" by Lora Danley -- Two estranged brothers meet at their father's funeral.

Lora Danley is a New York City based playwright who originally hails from Virginia. Her work has been performed as part of the Detention Series at the Einhorn School of Performing Arts, the Four Quarter Theatre Company in New York City, the South Street Players in Spring Lake, New Jersey, the Players Centre for the Performing Arts in Sarasota, Florida, the Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York City, and the Black Box New Play Festival with the Park Slope Gallery Players in Brooklyn. Her full-length play “Surprise, Surprise” recently won third place in the Las Vegas Little Theater’s New Works Festival. She is a member of the Dramatist Guild.

"Emily" by Cayenne Douglass -- Before a visit with their child and her adoptive parents, biological parents, Matt and Leah confront questions concerning guilt, regret, and grief.

Cayenne Douglass is a New York City based playwright. Plays include, The Architects of Time (Manhattan Repertory Theater and Village Playwrights) If You See Something…(ESPA Primary Stages, Detention Series and The Big Apple Theatre Festival) The Spare Change of Strange Angels (The Living Room Theater and The Driftwood Players) We All Begin Again (Midtown International Theatre Festival) Oh My - Goodness (New Perspectives Theatre) She’s an alumni of The New Perspectives Theater Women’s Work Lab and The Living Room Theatre Short Play Lab Incubator. She Attended CalArts School of Theater and graduated from Goddard College with a BA in Individualized studies.

"Belief" by Yasmin Harvey -- What would you do if the person you loved could only remember your history on one condition? What does it mean to love someone so unconditionally that you lose your past?

Yasmin Harvey is a British Actor based in New York. Yasmin moved to New York in 2015 to study at Circle in the Square Theatre School. Having previously attended the Village Playwrights, this is her first piece to be performed to an audience!

"The Discussion" by Carol Mennie -- Sometimes a "cigar is just a cigar’ but a "discussion is never just a discussion between sisters!"

As an actress, Carol Mennie has toured nationally in theater ranging from Shakespeare, Shaw to Neil Simon. She wrote and toured in an original comedy duo that played the college and night club circuit. As a jazz vocalist, Carol has sung at the Blue Note, Birdland and the Whitehouse. She founded CDM, Inc., a not-for-profit teaching literacy through theater and music, and taught Drama for the "Say Yes" program at Columbia University.

June 28, 2017

Loud and Proud

Join the Village Playwrights at 8 pm on June 28 to celebrate Gay Pride in a thought provoking way with staged readings of seven jury chosen 10 minute plays by some of New York's most interesting playwrights at the LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. $5 donation requested. Please email villageplaywrights@gmail.com or call 614-285-2515 to reserve seats.

"The Choice" by Stephen Barnett -- Trapped between loving the sinner and hating the sin, a grandmother turns to her priest for guidance regarding her queer grandchild.

Having grown from a theatrical foundation, Stephen Barnett is proud to debut as Playwright & Director for the stage after having written, produced, and directed seventeen short films of varied length while studying acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio He earned an Interdisciplinary Baccalaureate in Theatre and Cinema Production. For his theatrical thesis, he directed Tennessee Williams’ one-act play, "Adam and Eve on a Ferry." He recently graduated with an MA in Gender, Sexuality, and Cinema Theory. He has also been involved in community theatre as a performer with the Sea View Playwright’s Theatre productions of O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh, Miller’s Death of a Salesman, and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. He is presently seeking a Producer for his short film "The Choice" from which this 10-minute play is derived.

"Blame it on the Baby" by Jack Dyville -- A Gay couple discovers that their newborn has potty mouth.

Over the years, Jack Dyville has earned the title, "Jack of All Theatrical Trades" having worked professionally as a Playwright, Producer, Director, Choreographer, Actor, Dancer, Singer and in fact like George M. Cohan, his idol, he's even figured out how to work the Box Office and Usher Folks to their seats! He's a published writer with comedies, dramas & musicals. A favorite is his "The Memory Book" a tribute to a dear friend, one of the first casualties to the AIDS Epedimic.

Wayne Paul Mattingly lives in NYC and has been involved in theatre for decades. Since focusing on playwriting in 2005, his plays have won multiple awards, produced in NYC, Westchester and Putnam, Los Angeles, San Francisco; Bangor, Maine; Denton & Houston, Texas; Valdez, Alaska, and London, England. 2014 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Artists Fellowship, 2014 Ronald Duncan Literary Prize Finalist, 2014 & 2015 Disquiet International Literary Program Short Play short-list scholarships, Lisbon, Portugal, 2014 Best Women’s Monologues, Smith & Kraus. Founding member, The Misfits Ensemble, L.A., Founding Artistic Director, Tiger’s Heart Players, N.Y. Member: NYC Playwrights, Axial Theatre, The Dramatist Guild, & Actors’ Equity Association. Proud to be on the bill tonight! www.waynepaulmattingly.com

No meetings in August.

Sept 13

30 mins., Michael Hixenbaugh, "Dinner at 8" -- Henry tells Adam that he's no longer in love with him just before the guests arrive for their sixth anniversary party.

Michael Hixenbaugh has been writing since high school and has had a poem published and two short plays performed in school. He has been out since college and is very interested in doing positive things for the LGBTQ community. He has also written five short screenplays and one feature length.

30 mins., Charles Leipart, "An Afternoon in Hammersmith 1931" -- E.M. Forester visits a friend in the Hammersmith section of London.

Charles Leipart Cream Cakes in Munich, 1st Prize Award 2016 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans LiteraryFestival. A Kind of Marriage, 2015 Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation LGBT Playwrighting Award. His musicals include: Pickwick’s Haunted Christmas (in development); Me and Miss Monroe, Enchanted April, and Frog Kiss. www.charlesleipart.com

30 mins., Mervyn Douglas Kaufman, "Louis & Clark" -- one act about two men stuck in the same hospital room.

Mark Nimar is a New York-based actor, singer, and playwright. In New York, he has performed at the Bank Street Theatre in the musical Happy End, at the Danny Kaye Playhouse in the New York premiere of the opera il Postino, and at the Manhattan School of Music in the New York premiere of the opera A Taste of Damnation. Productions outside of New York include Animal Crackers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Carmen at Dante Hall Theatre in Atlantic City. He made his screen debut as Mason in the film Beneath Contempt, which was screened at the Slamdance Film Festival, IFFB, and at the Brooklyn Film Festival. Mark holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in voice from the Mannes College the New School for Music. As a playwright, his work has been featured at the Village Playwrights in New York City.

Oct 11 --

60 mins., Uni Rizzo, Hey Day (the last act) -- screen play about the "hey day" of sexual freedom.

Uni Coglioni's credits include being a recipient of the McClinchee Award for his play "Short Changed", and a performance of his play "Family Picnic" in the Ravenswood's Play Festival. Uni is also the recipient of two Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Awards. He recently finished a screenplay titled "Hey Day" and would love to find the right producer! Coglioni7@yahoo.com

60 mins. Louis DeVaughn Nelson, "Monologues" -- A sociopolitical, psychosexual comedy in one act about a love quadrilateral between two directors and two actresses trying to gain each other's attention (and love) while rehearsing a new one-woman show.

Louis DeVaughn Nelson is a multidisciplinary artist and founder of Hokum Arts. He studied dance and playwriting at DeSales University and Drexel University. Nelson was named Best New Choreographer by Philadelphia City Paper and has been recognized internationally for his theatre, dance and video work that delves into cultural and movement research. Credits Include : The Peekaboo Revue, English Theatre Berlin, The Berlin Music Video Awards, Social Media Week, Tanzbad 4, CTM – Festival for Adventurous Music and Related Arts, CIANT Festival for Film and New Media, Dark Matter Productions NYC, Exquisite Corpse Company NYC, Dixon Place. More info at Facebook : Hokum Arts

Oct 25 -- Queer Scare IV -- The plays and playwrights are

"MacTrump" by Griselda Steiner

Griselda Steiner is a playwright, poet, freelance and screenplay writer. Her plays have been read at the Actors Studio, the Page Torn Salon, the Episcopal Actors Guild andthe Woodstock Fringe. Her poems have been published in literary journals and in Scene4 online. She has shown her poetry DVDs in Westbeth and read at the Cornelia Street Cafe, the Mexican Consulate, the 92nd St. Tribeca Cafe, St. Johns and the Duplex, NYC. Her feature articles have appeared in The Mailer Review, American Theatre Magazine, Parabola, Filmmakers Newsletter and Scene4 online.

"How to Carve a Jack-o-Lantern" by Marshall Foltz

Marshall Foltz is a Brooklyn-based playwright and theatre professional originally from the plains of Oklahoma. He received a BFA in Musical Theatre from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy where he also studied playwriting. He has written plays on a variety of subjects, but is proud to tell stories of the LGBTQ+ community—and especially proud one of those stories is a part of Queer Scare IV. Many thanks to my talented actors and director and all involved. @marshallfoltz

"The Really Mad Ghost" by George Bistransin

President of the Village Playwrights, George Bistransin learned to write plays by translating and producing the comedies of the ancient Roman playwright T. M. Plautus. Among others, he produced The Menaechmi Twins, The Braggart Soldier and The Haunted House at Boston's 1400 seat vaudeville era Strand Theater. In 1996 George was awarded a NEH grant to attend "The Art of Ancient Spectacle" at the American Academy in Rome where he organized a production of Plautus' Curculio in the Academy's garden. His most ambitious undertaking was the 1991 production of Moliere's The Would-Be Gentleman in collaboration with the Ken Pierce Baroque Dance Company, complete with fencing and a small pit orchestra of period instruments played by moonlighting Boston Symphony Orchestra members. Since joining the Village Playwrights, he has had many short plays produced including "Stop Loss," "Marriage, the Gay Way," "Entrapment," "Insider Steal," "Dueling Drag Queens," and "A.P. Sexology."

"Gay Men & Their Divas" by Brian Godshall

Brian R. Godshall has a B.A. in Theater from Penn State University and has written scripts, poems and more in a non-professional capacity. Twice he has been a finalist in the Scriptapalooza TV writing competition which is co-sponsored by the Writers Guild of America. He recently licensed a hip hop song (“The Game Goes Pow!”), which he co-wrote, to a major cable company. His 2 act play entitled “Virgin-More” was presented on the Main Stage at Dixon Place as part of the Hot! Festival in 2015. He had previously placed the one act “Virgin-Whore” in the Lounge as part of the Hot! Festival in 2014.

"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Part 2" by Joe Gulla

Joe Gulla is a regular performer at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater. This past May, Joe’s full length play “GARBO” won the 2017 Downtown Urban Arts Festival “Audience Award” for its Cherry Lane Theatre performance. Joe’s “The Bronx Queen” previously won the 2016 Downtown Urban Arts Festival “Audience Award.” ”Fall and Rise," written by Joe, played the Hollywood Fringe Festival last summer. In early 2018, “GAY.PORN.MAFIA,” a collection of Joe’s nationally produced, award-winning plays, will open here in NYC. As an actor, Joe played "Joey" in San Francisco's "Tony & Tina's Wedding" for many years and "Frankie" in Off-Broadway's "My Big Gay Italian Wedding". He also starred on NBC's "LOST", one of television's first adventure reality series. For more on Joe Gulla, visit JoeGulla.com.

"Trick or Treat Redux" by John Pakkanen

John Pakkanen has lived in the West Village for many years after coming to NYC from Western Pennsylvania. His one-act "Triage at St. Sebastian's" was staged by the Village Playwrights at the Producers Club's Royal Theater in April, 2016. His short play, "Hitch-Hiker" was staged at 353 Studios in June 2016. His one-act "Masques" was part of the Village Playwrights Halloween program last year.

Kevin Curley’s one-act "Your Place or Mine?" was chosen for the 15^th Annual Samuel French Short Play Contest. His one act play "Things" was selected by The William Inge Festival 2016 (declined by me because of expenses); His short play, "Brothers" was produced by Stage Door Productions in Fredericksburg, VA in April 2014. His ten-minute play "Improv & Proposition" were heard on Spokane Radio Theatre. Another, "Friendship," was performed in August 2012 at the Lebanon Community Theatre in PA. He has studied acting and holds a master’s degree from New York University. kcurley01@aol.com

Dec 13 -- 2 hours, Jeffrey Vause, Tomorrow We Love -- In 1960 in the sleepy hamlet of Noble Bay, California, a sexy no-account drifter upends divorcee Lanie Fairchild’s life for good in this gender-bending melodramatic homage to Douglas Sirk and the Ridiculous Theater.

JEFFREY VAUSE is an actor/playwright originally from Honolulu, Hawaii.who performed, wrote and produced his one-man multi-character show ALOHA OY! at the Abingdon Theater. As an actor he portrayed Arnold in the off-off Broadway revival of TORCH SONG TRILOGY at the Grove St. Playhouse as well as three roles in Andy Halliday's NOTHING BUT TRASH at Theater for the New City. A proud member of The PlayGround Experiment and The Windowpane Theatre Co., his other plays as an author include THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY PLAYS (performed last September at the Village Playwrights), COCKTAILS AND CRUELLERS, GEEK SQUAD!, RESERVATIONS and LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES. TOMORROW WE LOVE was developed in part at The PlayGround Experiment. www.jeffreyvause.com / jeffrey.vause@gmail.com

Dec 27 -- 30 mins., Mervyn Kaufman

I feel blessed—to have been able to have plays I've written—long ones as well as short ones—read aloud and critiqued by Village Playwrights' discerning event attendees. I've come to playwriting relatively late in life and find the experience exhilarating and fulfilling. (Why did I wait so long?) For me, it's important to hear my pieces read aloud and to deal with the way my thoughts and words are interpreted. My short play "Faith, and Certainty" touches on issues that affect so many of us and our families as we age and, frankly, begin to lose it.

60 mins., Dan Kavulish --“Passing Through” – Philip visits his aging mom, now in a Florida retirement facility, where they lock horns as they frequently have throughout the years, but this time the stakes are much higher.

Glenn Alterman is author 30 theater related books, including 10 books of original monologues. Guinness World Record & Recordsetter.com “Author Of The Most Published Original Monologues for Actors”. Plays won over 50 playwriting awards, including Arts and Letters Award in Drama. 2 International Arts Grants. Plays & monologues appeared in 35 “Best Plays/ “Best Monologues” anthologies. Plays seen throughout U.S & Europe/ www.Glennaltermanplays.com

"The Right Time" by Alex Hermans -- In a world where everyone has a timer that ticks down to the moment they meet their soulmate, three friends discuss their future in love.

Alex Hermans is a 19 year old college student that attends Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. Raised in New York, and attended high school in Philidelphia, he is hoping to one day become a professional playwright that will bring about social change through the only way he knows how to: his art. His plays often deal in Mental health advocacy, social justice, and LGBT rights.

"The Contemplation of Cupid" by John Tillotson -- A model and his artist grapple with the naked truth while struggling to breathe together as one.

John Tillotson (www.facebook.com/johntillotsonplays/) is a globe-trotting playwright, director and actor. Last summer, his autobiographical solo piece Residual Effects was presented at the Hudson Guild Theatre. His plays have been presented by Nomad Theatrical (Project: Bairbre), Attic Theatre (The Face of Heaven), 29th Street Playwrights Collective (You Afraid?) and Louisville Improvisers (The Harmfulness of Electronic Devices). He is the author of a cycle of short plays called Theatrikals, as well as several adaptations including Independence Day: A Old Play to Pay New Debt. He is a member of the Playground Experiment and Write Now.

"Thank You, Ten!" by Ben M. Jones --Two actors have more in common with their characters than they thought.

Ben M. Jones is Playwright and Director with Paul Michael's Network Theatre Company. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts and Journalism from the University of Oregon in 2017. While there, he wrote, directed, and performed in a litany of shows, in addition to helping run the Pocket Playhouse, the student run theatre on campus.

Merryn Johns is a playwright, screenwriter, and the editor-in-chief of Curve magazine, America's best-known newsstand magazine for LGBTQ women. A proud New York City resident of 12 years, she is originally from Sydney, Australia and is a graduate of the National Institute for Dramatic Art and the University of New South Wales where she taught theater arts for 10 years.

Kevin Curley’s one-act "Your Place or Mine?" was chosen for the 15^th Annual Samuel French Short Play Contest. His one act play "Things" was selected by The William Inge Festival 2016 (declined by me because of expenses); His short play, "Brothers" was produced by Stage Door Productions in Fredericksburg, VA in April 2014. His ten-minute play "Improv & Proposition" were heard on Spokane Radio Theatre. Another, "Friendship," was performed in August 2012 at the Lebanon Community Theatre in PA. He has studied acting and holds a master’s degree from New York University. kcurley01@aol.com

March 14 --

30 minutes, Marguerite Masse, Peacock Sonata

Marguerite Masse is a former acting student of Stella Adler and New York University School of the Arts. She has worked Off and Off-Off Broadway as an actress with Milan Stitt and Olympia Dukakis. She is a freelance journalist and an advertising copywriter. Marguerite is a beginner playwright who has some published poetry with the International Library of Poetry.

60 minutes, Griselda Steiner, DaVINCI'S NEW WORLD ORDER, a Mafia Don, rise above their gangster status,and become revered politicians in the White House.

Ross Hewitt's survival job (one he is very proud of) is providing and ensuring quality HIV care, his objectives are to continue to work as a theater professional, writing plays, directing and performing. He has a lot of experience as an arts administrator. As an actor and a playwright, he is a founding member of the American Bard Theater Company. His plays “Booties,” “Mother knows Best,” “The Middle,” and “Crossover” were in past Village Playwrights festivals.

Edmund Miller, Senior Professor at LIU, Post, where he has been the English Chair for the past 18 years, is author of 26 poetry books and chapbooks, most recently, Nature's Nest of Boxes: A Book of Haiku and The Screwdriver's Apprentice. He is also author of a collection of short fiction, many scholarly works, and many plays, some staged multiple times. He is winner of the David Newton Award for excellence in teaching.30 mins. available

"Coming Out" by John Pakkanen

John Pakkanen has lived in the West Village for many years after coming to NYC from Western Pennsylvania. His one-act "Triage at St. Sebastian's" was staged by the Village Playwrights at the Producers Club's Royal Theater in April, 2016. His short play, "Hitch-Hiker" was staged at 353 Studios in June 2016. His one-acts "Masques" and "Trick or Treat Redux" were part of the Village Playwrights Halloween programs.

"The Butterfly Gone" by Nattalie Gordon -- Following an incident involving a teenaged boy, two women discover that their friendship has always been conditional.

Nattalie Gordon was born in Westmoreland parish, Jamaica. She describes herself as a “recently introverted, weird, self motivator.” She’s been writing since age eight, loves sports and horror movies. She freelances for Curve magazine and is busy working to secure her dream job of being a network TV writer.

"The Last Key" by Glenn Alterman -- The play opens with Sebastian (the unseen character in Tennessee Williams, Suddenly Last Summer) and Skipper (the unseen character in Cast on a Hot Tin Roof) slowly dancing together in an empty bar in Key West- and it goes on from there.

Glenn Alterman Author 30 best selling theater related books, including 10 books of original monologues. Guinness World Record & Recordsetter.com “Author Of The Most Published Original Monologues for Actors”. Plays won over 65 playwriting awards, including Arts and Letters Award in Drama, Reva Shiner (Bloomington Playwrights) and Jerry Kaufman recipient. 2 International Arts Grants. Plays & monologues appeared in 50 “Best Plays/ “Best Monologues anthologies. Plays produced throughout U.S & Europe/ www.glennaltermanplaywright.com

"The Succulents" by Merryn Johns -- On Pride weekend, a married male couple reach a crisis in their relationship while shopping for house plants.

Merryn Johns is a playwright, screenwriter, and the editor-in-chief of Curve magazine, America's best-known newsstand magazine for LGBTQ women. A proud New York City resident of 12 years, she is originally from Sydney, Australia and is a graduate of the National Institute for Dramatic Art and the University of New South Wales where she taught theater arts for 10 years.

30 minutes, Glenn Alterman, short pieces from "A Bench, A Table and Two Chairs"

Glenn Alterman Author 30 best selling theater related books, including 10 books of original monologues. Guinness World Record & Recordsetter.com “Author Of The Most Published Original Monologues for Actors”. Plays won over 65 playwriting awards, including Arts and Letters Award in Drama, Reva Shiner (Bloomington Playwrights) and Jerry Kaufman recipient. 2 International Arts Grants. Plays & monologues appeared in 50 “Best Plays/ “Best Monologues anthologies. Plays produced throughout U.S & Europe/ www.glennaltermanplaywright.com

Mr. Reseen began his career dancing with Chita Rivera in a stock production of "Sweet Charity," and many other musicals including " No, No, Nanette (Ruby Keeler) Kiss me Kate (Ann Blyth) New Moon (Bruce Yarnell)"My Fair Lady" (Jane Powell) Promises Promises (Orson Bean) and a national company of "Promises" directed by Michael Bennet. He choreographed the original Off-Broadway production of "Boy Meets Boy," at the Actor's Playhouse( including the touring companies in Los Angeles and San Francisco and also "From Brooks With Love, "(Harold Clurman Theater).

His international and regional credits include "Applause," (West Berlin) "Werewolf," (Washington State University) "Side by Side by Sondheim" (Hedgerow Theater) Tallulah, the Musical, and "Leader of the Pack" and he's directed and choreographed industrials for "Revlon," Johnson and Johnson." and musical revues such as "Where or When," "Philadelphia Beat," The Phillie Musical Awards show with Patti Labelle.

Mr Reseen started late in this career writing plays for "Equity Showcases" such as "Last Legs", a musical about a dancing teacher who's about to lose her ballroom studio, and "Underfire", a story concerning gay witchcraft. He wrote and directed two musical revues for SAGE titled "Santa's Christmas Chorus Line," and "The Gay Cabaret." a magic show, "Theater of the Macabre,'' which toured around the country. His new play "Grave Reviews," will be presented by "Pinspot Productions" in December and he's making his debut in for The Village Playwrights for another new play called "The Gay Honeymooners."

Thursday, September 27 --

30 mins., Mervyn Kaufman, "Double Exposure" -- A man and wife reveal potentially damaging secrets.

Mervyn Kaufman's 10-minute play "Double Exposure" was the result of his enrolling in Drew Sachs's early-summer playwriting course at this location. The course lasted 4 weeks; his short play was drafted after the first session and revised in time for each succeeding session, critiqued repeatedly by Drew and fellow students. Mervyn says, " I thought the course was terrific and would happily take it again, if offered. I came late to playwriting. . .after saying, years ago, that I wanted to be a playwright. But when I came to NYC, I got diverted—into book and magazine publishing. And when that career ground down, in the heat of the recent recession, I decided it was time to pursue my dream. Writing plays is the most challenging and — ultimately—most satisfying thing I've ever tried to do.'

30 mins., Kevin Curley, "Second Honeymoon" -- A woman, traveling with her husband who is getting coffee, meets a woman she knew from high school. When he returns, his unexpected connection to the woman unfolds and their marriage undergoes a change.

Kevin Curley’s one-act "Your Place or Mine?" was chosen for the 15^th Annual Samuel French Short Play Contest. His one act play "Things" was selected by The William Inge Festival 2016 (declined by me because of expenses); His short play, "Brothers" was produced by Stage Door Productions in Fredericksburg, VA in April 2014. His ten-minute play "Improv & Proposition" were heard on Spokane Radio Theatre. Another, "Friendship," was performed in August 2012 at the Lebanon Community Theatre in PA. He has studied acting and holds a master’s degree from New York University. kcurley01@aol.com

Thursday, October 11 --

2 hours, Merryn Johns, Verity -- Wanting to make a difference in America's culture wars, a black, bisexual Social Justice Warrior gets more than she bargains for when she joins a digital media startup and tangles with its billionaire tech king.

Merryn Johns is a playwright, screenwriter, and the editor-in-chief of Curve magazine, America's best-known newsstand magazine for LGBTQ women. A proud New York City resident of 12 years, she is originally from Sydney, Australia and is a graduate of the National Institute for Dramatic Art and the University of New South Wales where she taught theater arts for 10 years.

“Halloween Horror” by Carol Mennie -- A Halloween Horror that is truly a surprise!

As an actress, Carol Mennie has toured nationally in theater ranging from Shakespeare to Neil Simon. She wrote and toured in an original comedy duo that played the college and night club circuit. As a jazz vocalist, Carol has sung at the Blue Note, Birdland and the Whitehouse. She founded CDM, Inc., a not-for-profit teaching literacy through theater and music, and taught Drama for the "Say Yes" program at Columbia University. Tonight marks Carol’s debut as a playwright. www.carolmennie.com

“Moans, Groans and Things that Bang in the Night” by Dennis E. Rager -- It's Midnight on Halloween and “Ghostbuster” Brandon is summoned by his friend Ryan to assist in finding the noisy spirits haunting Ryan’s new apartment.

Dennis E. Rager is the author of numerous poems and short stories that have been published both nationally and internationally and is a member of the Academy of American poets. He has also had his one-act plays (“Diagnosis: Debt or Death”, “Random Responses” and “9-1-1” produced in theatres in New York City, Philadelphia, PA, Spokane, WA, Hollywood, FL and Nantucket, MA.

“Chalk in the Pocket” by Lavinia Roberts -- Mambo Mahalia helps a co-worker struggling from grief.

Lavinia Roberts is an award-winning playwright. Her full-length play, Counting Skunks, won the 2011 Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Playwriting Award at the Castillo Theatre in New York City. She has over 50 plays published with Applause Books, Big Dog Plays, Brooklyn Publishers, Heuer Publishing, Plays: The Drama Magazine for Young People, Pioneer Drama, Smith and Kraus, and others. Her work has been featured in New York City at The Barrow Group Theatre, The Center at West Park, C.O.W Theatre, Emerging Artist Theatre, HERE Arts Center, Galapagos Art Space, The Kraine Theatre, Metropolitan Playhouse, New York University, The Players Theatre, Roy Arias Studios, Theatre for the New City, The Wild Project, and other spaces. She has a BFA in Fine Art from the University of Kansas and a MA in Theatre Education from New York University. https://laviniaroberts.com

“Treat or Trick” by George Bistransin -- The trick is the treat.

George Bistransin learned to write plays by translating and producing the comedies of the ancient Roman playwright T. M. Plautus. Among others, he produced The Menaechmi Twins, The Braggart Soldier and The Haunted House at Boston's 1400 seat vaudeville era Strand Theater. Since joining the Village Playwrights, he has had many short plays produced including "Stop Loss," "Marriage, the Gay Way," "Entrapment," "Insider Steal," "Dueling Drag Queens," and "A.P. Sexology." His ten minute play "Sexual Harassment" was in Village Playwrights 2018 celebration of Valentine Day, Valentine's Gay.

“Tom and Dick and Harry, too” by John Pakkanen -- Love never dies, even in a graveyard.

John Pakkanen has lived in the West Village for many years after coming to NYC from Western Pennsylvania. His one-act "Triage at St. Sebastian's" was staged by the Village Playwrights at the Producers Club's Royal Theater in April, 2016. His short play, "Hitch-Hiker" was staged at 353 Studios in June 2016. His one-acts "Masques" and "Trick or Treat Redux" were part of the Village Playwrights Halloween programs. His "Coming Out" was included in the June Village Gay Pride Festival 2018.

“I Dreamed to Do Autopsies” by Marjorie Conn -- An older woman who is an actress and a younger woman who is a funeral director/embalmer discover that they have the same death row inmate as a pen-pal.Marjorie Conn (Actor/Playwright/Ventriloquist) was given an award by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force for her contributions to theatre in Provincetown, MA. She founded the Provincetown Fringe Festival in 1994, which relocated to Asbury Park, NJ in 2007. She is most known for her portrayal of Lizzie Borden (ax murderess) and Lorena Hickok (Eleanor Roosevelt's lover). Currently she is a full-time New Yorker and living in Hell's Kitchen with a plethora of rescue animals. marjorieconn@gmail.com/617-512-6066

30 minutes, Dan Kavulish, two scenes from "Restless Spirits" In Scene One Jimmy is visited by his recently deceased ex-lover Bob who reminds him of their discordant relationship. In Scene Two: Fifteen years earlier, Jimmy and Bob relax in their new apartment and begin hearing unearthly sounds.

Dan Kavulish has been a writer most of his life. He wrote his first play at the age of 18. His play “Swan Song” was chosen to be in the 2018 NY Summerfest Theater Festival and was performed at The Hudson Guild Theater in Manhattan. That play as well as “Out There,” a companion piece to “Swan Song,” had readings at the Village Playwrights. His soon to be published novel, “The Fortunate Isles” chronicles the life of a gay man in New York City during the turbulent last three decades of the twentieth century. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

No meeting on December 27, 2018

Thursday, January 10, 2019 -- 2 hours, Cayenne Douglass

Cayenne Douglass is a New York City based playwright. Plays include, The Architects of Time (Manhattan Repertory Theater and Village Playwrights) If You See Something…(ESPA Primary Stages, Detention Series and The Big Apple Theatre Festival) The Spare Change of Strange Angels (The Living Room Theater and The Driftwood Players) We All Begin Again (Midtown International Theatre Festival) Oh My - Goodness (New Perspectives Theatre) She’s an alumni of The New Perspectives Theater Women’s Work Lab and The Living Room Theatre Short Play Lab Incubator. She Attended CalArts School of Theater and graduated from Goddard College with a BA in Individualized studies.

Thursday, January 24 -- 30 minutes, Mervyn Kaufman, "Available Annies" -- A middle-aged man, thrust from his home because of published accounts of improprieties with a young female staff member at his corporate office, is visited by his son.

Mervyn Kaufman's came late to playwriting. . .after saying, years ago, that I wanted to be a playwright. But when he came to NYC, he got diverted—into book and magazine publishing. And when that career ground down, in the heat of the recent recession, he decided it was time to pursue his dream. Writing plays is the most challenging and — ultimately—most satisfying thing he has ever tried to do.

30 Mins., Glenn Alterman, "Bar N(one)" -- series of "bar monologues" culled from the over 1000 monologues written over the years.

Glenn Alterman Author 30 best selling theater related books, including 10 books of original monologues. Guinness World Record & Recordsetter.com “Author Of The Most Published Original Monologues for Actors”. Plays won over 65 playwriting awards, including Arts and Letters Award in Drama, Reva Shiner (Bloomington Playwrights) and Jerry Kaufman recipient. 2 International Arts Grants. Plays & monologues appeared in 50 “Best Plays/ “Best Monologues anthologies. Plays produced throughout U.S & Europe/ www.glennaltermanplaywright.com

30 minutes, Mervyn Kaufman, "Available Annies"

Wayne Paul Mattingly lives in NYC and has been involved in theatre for decades. Since focusing on playwriting in 2005, his plays have won multiple awards, produced in NYC, Westchester and Putnam, Los Angeles, San Francisco; Bangor, Maine; Denton & Houston, Texas; Valdez, Alaska, and London, England. 2014 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Artists Fellowship, 2014 Ronald Duncan Literary Prize Finalist, 2014 & 2015 Disquiet International Literary Program Short Play short-list scholarships, Lisbon, Portugal, 2014 Best Women’s Monologues, Smith & Kraus. Founding member, The Misfits Ensemble, L.A., Founding Artistic Director, Tiger’s Heart Players, N.Y. Member: NYC Playwrights, Axial Theatre, The Dramatist Guild, & Actors’ Equity Association. www.waynepaulmattingly.com

60 minutes, Lawrence Rinkel -- "My 632-Pound Bae" -- A very petite woman falls deeply in love with a very large woman, just because there's so much of her; "L'Ultimo Castrato" -- Castrated at eight by his opera-loving surgeon

Kevin Curley’s one-act Your Place or Mine? was chosen for the 15^th Annual Samuel French Short Play Contest. His play, Daddy, was read in NYC at Plays and Pizza in April 2017. Brothers was produced by Stage Door Productions in Fredericksburg, VA in 2014. His ten-minute plays Improv and Proposition were heard on Spokane Radio Theatre in 2013 & 2012. Friendship, was performed in 2012 at the Lebanon Community Theatre in PA. Five of his one acts were performed during the nineties by Love Creek and Riverside Theatre Workshop in NYC. Kevin is a member of the Dramatists’ Guild. kcurley01@aol.com

30 mins., Lawrence Rinkle,

"Brian's Poem" and "My 632 Pound Bae"

60 mins., George Bistransin, "The Train from Chur"and "Into the Mountain" -- When Sean falls in love with a handsome Italian, his sugar daddy turns bitter.

George Bistransin learned to write plays by translating and producing the comedies of the ancient Roman playwright T. M. Plautus. Among others, he produced The Menaechmi Twins, The Braggart Soldier and The Haunted House at Boston's 1400 seat vaudeville era Strand Theater. Since joining the Village Playwrights, he has had many short plays produced including "Stop Loss," "Marriage, the Gay Way," "Entrapment," "Insider Steal," "Dueling Drag Queens," "A.P. Sexology" and "Sexual Harassment." His ten minute play "Gaiety Valentine" was in Village Playwrights 2019 celebration of Valentine's Day, Love Is Love. He lives in Dutchess County with 4 goats, 6 chickens, a ground-hog and countless ticks.

May 23 -- 30 minutes, Marguerite Masse --scene between Catherine and Lynne from Peacock Sonata

Marguerite Masse is a former acting student of Stella Adler and New York University School of the Arts. She has worked Off and Off-Off Broadway as an actress with Milan Stitt and Olympia Dukakis. She is a freelance journalist and an advertising copywriter. Marguerite is a beginner playwright who has some published poetry with the International Library of Poetry.

30 minutes, Robin Reseen

The Stonewall Inn was designated a National Monument in 2016.“Night of Broken Glass” by Merryn JohnsA Jewish-Irish lesbian couple struggles to find acceptance from outsiders and from each other until it becomes clear that only a revolution will keep them together.

Merryn Johns is a journalist, magazine editor, and playwright based in New York City. By day she works as the editor-in-chief of Curve magazine, and as a digital news producer for a multinational mass media corporation. When she is not being a journalist she is writing plays and is delighted that Village Playwrights have showcased three so far: "After Carol," "The Succulents," and "Oyster Season." Merryn is originally from Sydney, Australia where she obtained a diploma in playwriting from The National Institute of Dramatic Art and a PhD from the University of New South Wales.

“Raided Premises” by Nicholas Bompart

1969: The Vietnam War rages, America goes to the moon, The Beatles release Abby Road, Charles Manson kills, Woodstock is held, and what should be a routine raid at the Stonewall Inn for police officers Seymour and Charles takes on a life of it's own when they see Jack and Nelson mingling there.

Nicholas Bompart is an actor, directer, writer, musician, poet, and instrumentalist from Forest Hills, New York. He began acting at the age of four, in the "Rising Stars" theater program in Queens, and has acted all the way into attaining a bachelor's degree in Theater Arts from Pace University. He has acted off-Broadway as singer, actor, and piano accompanist in "Love Is Love" at Theater Row Studios, "Operation Paperclip" and "Deus Ex Machina Short Circuit" at the Theater Eighty St. Marks, and as a stand out character actor in "Inspector Descending" and "Graveyard Shift" at The Secret Theater--in addition to appearing in numerous other productions. He is also an accomplished operatic Bass/Baritone, able to sing in multiple languages, and notably performed at Carnegie Hall in 2014.

“Gay Power!” by George Bistransin

It's a farce when a corrupt cop, trapped in the Stonewall during the Riot, blackmails a drag queen to make his escape.

George Bistransin learned to write plays by translating and producing the comedies of the ancient Roman playwright T. M. Plautus. Among others, he produced The Menaechmi Twins, The Braggart Soldier and The Haunted House at Boston's 1400 seat vaudeville era Strand Theater. Since joining the Village Playwrights, he has had many short plays produced including "Stop Loss," "Marriage, the Gay Way," "Entrapment," "Insider Steal," "Dueling Drag Queens," "A.P. Sexology" and "Sexual Harassment." His ten minute play "Gaiety Valentine" was in Village Playwrights 2019 celebration of Valentine's Day, Love Is Love. He lives in Dutchess County with 4 goats, 6 chickens, a ground-hog and countless ticks.

“Stonewall Shakedown” by Mark Erson

Surprises abound when a lone policeman investigates activities around the uprising.

Mark Erson is thrilled to be a part of this evening of theatre celebrating such a significant milestone for the LGBTQ+ community. His two degrees: an MA in Theatre from Villanova University and a Masters of Divinity from General Seminary, say it all about his two passions. He enjoyed nine years of participation in the Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland as actor, director, and playwright with Frantic Redhead Productions. In 2017 a collection of his short plays were performed in Wittenberg, Germany for the Reformation 500 celebration. In 2018, his play Marc in Venice won the Carlo Annoni Prize (Milan, Italy) for playwriting. He currently serves as pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, on Christopher Street, where he leads a ministry with and for the theatre community. He and his husband/high school sweetheart, Scott are owned by their dog Brooklyn.

“Taking Cover” by William Mullin

The Stonewall riots force a couple to cope with their identity and their relationship to the gay rights movement.

William Mullin is a playwright, storyteller, and performer. He divides his time between New York City and Provincetown. He has performed stories on The Moth, Risk, and the Mosquito Story Slam, where he is a regular host. He has performed stand-up comedy all over New York City, including Caroline’s, and Gotham Comedy Club. He has written for numerous performers including actor Jane Lynch. William has trained at the William Esper Studio and performed at New York’s Upright Citizens Brigade, The Pit and the Royal National Theatre in London.

“Bygones” by Uni Coglioni

What happens when all is said and done from a mobster's past? "Bygones"

Uni Coglioni is proud to be a part of the Village Playwrights. His works have been produced at the Ravenswood Theater and Soho Playhouse. Uni is also the recipient of the McClinchee award for his play "Shortchanged." Other works include a screenplay "Hey Day," and a teleplay/multimedia play "Radar."

coglioniproductions@gmail.com

“Gilding the Lily” by Jason Tseng

Lily and Kris, two trans people at two opposing ends of an epoch, wrestle with the weight of history, the dangerous legacy of heroes, and most importantly, how to dress for the occasion.

Jason Tseng is a queer, non-binary Chinese-American playwright based in New York City, originally hailing from the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Their plays have been presented and developed by Flux Theatre Ensemble, Judson Arts Wednesdays, Mission to dit(Mars), and Second Generation. They are a member of Mission to dit(Mars)’s Propulsion Lab, a group of Queens-based playwrights. Jason’s full-length plays include Rizing (World Premier, Flux Theatre Ensemble), Like Father, Same Same, and Ghost Money. Find more at www.jasontseng.com