Depot News
News and notes about playwrights, actors, stage managers, directors, and Depotees. Congratulations to all on their many successes!
Dates in parentheses indicate a season when a playwright’s work was read at the Depot. See the Past Seasons Page for more information.
Minigan commission for 2027
Commissioned by Concert Theatre Works (CTW), John Minigan (2018, ‘19, ‘21, ‘22, ‘26) has written a new play, Clara Schumann: Romance Variée. Under the direction of Bill Barclay, CTW will produce the play at Tanglewood in August 2027.
In the meantime, The Washington Stage Guild in DC will produce John’s adaptation of Sleepy Hollow, a one-man show directed by Steven Carpenter. The show will run 24 September to 18 October. For more details and tickets visit https://stageguild.org/stage-guild-performances-2026-2027/ John will attend the 4 October matinee performance and participate in the post-show discussion.
Pegasus Theatre in Addison, TX will produce Noir Hamlet, 8-31 October. Ticket information is not yet available.
Burger play in pop up festival
Katherine Burger’s (2026) play, “The General,” will be featured in Howl Playwrights’ End-of-Summer Pop-Up New Play Festival. Plan Bee Farm Brewery hosts the festival on Sunday, 27 September, 2 PM. For more information, visit https://ahowlofplaywrights.org/current-events
Flock presents John Long Play
Flock Theatre presents playwright and director John Long’s new play, “Write Me at Every Opportunity,” based on the letters of Nathan and Lois Peters, separated during the Revolutionary War. Part of the Town of Preston’s celebration of 250 years of American independence, the play is directed by Derron Wood and Victor Chiburis and will be performed in the Long Society Meeting House in Preston, 6-7 November and at the Leffingwell House Museum in Norwich, 13-15 November. For more information and tickets, visit https://www.flocktheatre.org/write
P.S. Anne appears as Sarah Crary, mother of Lois.
Poe spends an hour with Poe
Gary Poe reprises his one-man show, “An Hour (or So) with the Poes” for the Norwich Arts Center, 23-24 October at 7:00 PM. For more information and tickets, visit https://www.norwicharts.org/theater-events
Russell Plays Orsino in Twelfth Night
Zachary Russell will play Duke Orsino in the Connecticut Rep production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Directed by Daniela Varon, the production runs from 15 to 25 October. For more information and tickets, visit https://connecticutrep.uconn.edu/twelfth-night-2627/
Carter in The Mousetrap
Gareth Carter appears on the Bradley Playhouse production of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. The production is directed by William Corriveau and Kathleen Atwood and runs from 9 to 25 October. For more information and tickets, visit https://www.thebradleyplayhouse.org/show/agatha-christie%E2%80%99s-the-mousetrap
PUtt, Jr. gets industry read
Barry M. Putt, Jr.’s (2018) “Inside Out” will receive an industry read on 28 October at Open Jar Studios.
Omeed’s Tapestries is also coming out in a second edition, from Next Stage Press.
Rose One-Act in Florida fest
“A Change of Heart” by Arianna Rose (2024, 2026) will be featured in Theatre Odyssey’s Sixth Annual One-Act Play Festival. The festival will be presented October 2-4 at the Cook Theatre, FSU Center for Performing Arts in Sarasota. For tickets visit https://www.theatreodyssey.org/
Butters performs scenes from shakespeare
Julie Butters and Bryan Butters return to Swampscott Public Library on Saturday, September 19 with their presentation Daring Women and Compelling Villains: Why We Still Fall for Shakespeare Today. This fun and informative slide presentation about the Bard includes live performances from Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, and As You Like It.
The event will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on the top floor of the library and includes a brief Q&A. To register, visit https://swampscottlibrary.org/2026/08/daring-women/
GAllagher novel a finalist
Matthew Gallagher’s novel "A Cowboy in Black and Gold" has been named a finalist in the "Best Western" category for a 2026 Claymore Award. As a finalist, Matthew's novel will be shared with agents, in the goal of securing literary representation.
wachtler in comedy Damage
Alison Wachtler appears in Mark Kiefer’s short “Comedy Damage,” which makes its world premiere at the Woods Hole Film Festival . For more information and tickets, visit https://woodsholefilmfestival.org/events/comedydamage/
Macgregor’s “Mildred Whiskey” coming to Purple Rose Theatre
David MacGregor’s “Mildred Whiskey” (2025) will receive its world premiere at Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre in a fully staged, Equity production. The play will open 21 January 2027 and run through 28 February. For more information and tickets visit https://www.purplerosetheatre.org/2026-27/
scranton play on tour this fall
Ben Scranton (2021, 2026) will see his one-act comedy The Back Porch Gang tour New England in a new production by East Haddam Stage Company, directed by Michele Massa and featuring Nancy Cardone, Doug Stoyer, Michael Isko, and Kandie Carle. For more information or o book a performance, contact East Haddam Stage Company at info@EHSCO.org or 860-873-3521.
Dresner Ten-Minute Play published
“How Many Children” by Mara Dresner (2025) has been selected for publication by Smith and Krause in The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2026.
Gill an O’neill finalist
Maximillian Gill (2025) has been named a finalist for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center 2026 New Play Conference.
After two rounds of reading, Gill’s “Keeping Bodies Apart” is one of 86 finalists, out of 1,650 plays submitted. According to the O’Neill, the finalists’ plays “reflect a bold range of voices and a deep commitment to craft, imagination, and perspective in contemporary storytelling.”
Putt play Airs on Roku
An industry reading of Barry M. Putt, Jr.’s play, Omeed Tapestries, read at the Depot in 2018, is now streaming on the Roku channel, Indie.
Arts News Now has also published an article about the industry reading of the play. To access the article, click the link above.
Ringel Anthology nominated
Monsters in the Mills, edited by Christa Carmen of Westerly and L.E. Daniels, former Rhode Islander living in Australia, is an anthology of tales of horror set in and around the mills of Rhode Island and Connecticut. Depotee Faye Ringel provided the concept and title and wrote the introduction. In addition to being a Shirley Jackson Awards and Australasian Horror Writers Association's Shadows Awards finalist, it is now a finalist for the 2024 Ditmar Awards, to be presented in Canberra at Australia's National Science Fiction Convention. Monsters in the Mills is the second anthology created by this group of horror writers, poets, and scholars: the first was We are Providence (2022). A third anthology is now being assembled, not yet titled.
PUTT Christmas Play published
Kinsman Avenue will publish A Home for Christmas by Barry M. Putt, Jr. (2018) in time for the holiday season this year. The play centers on two homeless boys who befriend a stranger on Christmas Eve and discover a new sense of family.
Tofte Wins $20K GRant
Amy Tofte (2022, ‘24) has won a Los Angeles New Play Project (LANPP) grant of $20,000 for “Righteous Among Us,” read at the Depot in 2022. The LANPP grants were established by producers Paula Holt and Nathan Birnbaum, who, in collaboration with the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, the UCLA Foundation, and the gift of an anonymous donor, seek to bring new work to small and mid-sized Los Angeles theaters. “Righteous Among Us” was produced at Little Fish Theatre.
Amy thanks the Depot for our assistance in the development of “Righteous Among Us.”
Shen’s YZ Rep wins obie
Sally Shen, Executive Director of Yangtze Repertory Theatre, announces that their production of Jeremy Tiang’s Salesman/之死 has won the Obie Award for Outstanding New Play.
cooney on “best of” list
Amy Goldschlager, for Oprah Daily, has selected Claire Cooney’s Saint Death’s Daughter for her top 20 most transporting fantasy novels. Goldschlager notes the novel’s “morbid comedy, intricate wordplay,” and “sweetness and charm,” and she ranks Saint Death’s Daughter 11th on the list.
Depot featured on radio
The Depot was featured on the Wayne Norman Show, WILI AM. Audio of Wayne’s 20-minute conversation with Anne is available here: https://media.transistor.fm/3bb41a75/a3f45216.mp3
Powers named Poet Laureate
The Board of Trustees of Scotland Public Library has named Susan Powers the town’s first Poet Laureate. To encourage poetry writing and appreciation, Susan has taught classes at Parish Hill High School and leads a monthly poetry workshop at the Scotland Public Library, as well as organizing poetry readings at the library and elsewhere. For more information, visit the Connecticut Council of Poets Laureate website: https://ctpoetlaureates.com/
For Susan’s poem about Scotland, CT visit https://ctpoetlaureates.com/poems-about-towns/scotland/
Mcgoldrick makes a CarToon
Michael McGoldrick (2021) has begun a new venture in writing and producing cartoons. Check out his first show, “Trick Me!” a humorous Halloween story, available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYjoV-YWyyE
Houlker at Yale
Surrey Houlker (2023) begins her third year at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale as one of the three MFA candidates in the Class of 2027 in playwriting.
Blak wins Getchell
Cris Eli Blak (2021) has won the 2024 Charles M. Getchell New Play Contest, sponsored by the Southeastern Theater Conference, for Between Dog and Wolf.
Latham play online
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre presents a new short play by Donna Latham (2021, 2022), “Memento Mori,” a love story set in a nineteenth-century post-mortem photographer’s studio. The audio play and interview with Donna are available here: tinyurl.com/EFCTHHAH
Latham monologue published
Smith and Kraus have published Grumio’s monologue from the short play “Best Beware My Sting” by Donna Latham (2021, 2022). The monologue appears in the 2024 edition of The Best Men’s Stage Monologues, edited by Debbie Lamedman.
Shames wins guild fellowship
Germain Shames (2021) has been selected for a 2024-2025 Dramatists Guild Foundation National Fellowship. Germaine joins a class of eleven playwrights. Through the program, Germaine will be able to attend workshops and receive mentorship in developing her work for productions.
Anne is Podcast guest
Anne appears on Rachel Feeny-Williams’ Theatrical Shenanigans podcast, season 2, episode 6. The podcast features an audio performance of Ryan Kaminski’s “The Deal” with Vivian Howard and Arthur Nelligan. Afterwards, Rachel and Anne discuss the play. To listen to this episode and other episodes of Rachel’s podcast: https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/s02-e06-episode-6-the-deal-anne-flammang/
Anne also appears as a guest on George Sapio’s Onstage/Offstage Podcast, Episode #171. You can find the podcast here: https://onstageoffstage.podbean.com/
Both podcasts are fantastic and quite distinct in format, so check out other episodes and support theater podcasters!
Sapio Named Macdowell fellow
George Sapio (2022) was named a 2023 MacDowell Fellow. George was resident at the Peterborough, NH campus in March: “I could wax prolific about my time there, but suffice to say it was a watershed….”
BOSTON PODCAST Players
Season Three of Boston Podcast Players features interviews with playwrights who reflect on the impact of the pandemic. Highly recommended listening. Find the podcast on iTunes and on the BPP website.
