Popping in with a quick bit of news about a brand new release!
Just released from YouthPLAYS, an anthology of plays originally written for streaming which includes one of my favorite plays I’ve ever written, Nana’s Happy Happy Good News Only Birthday Video Chat.
The Virtual Years
In March 2020, our world turned upside down. Or rather, it shut down. When we couldn’t gather on the ground, what did we do to keep our art alive? We journeyed to the cloud: Playwrights created works that could be performed and witnessed from anywhere with a Wi-fi signal, whether that be a remote desert island or a childhood bedroom. This collection of eleven plays isn’t just an artifact of a trying time—it’s a testament to innovation and creativity. While you may no longer need to produce them online, they are easy to adapt for live performance because just like theatre during those virtual years, these plays are still alive.
With summer coming up and school theatre groups looking for way to keep their actors active even when everyone’s not in the same classroom, there are some great options for meaty scripts that let everyone flex their acting chops from home with a reading or full production.
And I know I, for one, would love to see what someone would do with a non-virtual production of Nana’s Happy Happy Good News Only Birthday Video Chat if they were feeling ambitious so please check it out!
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
