Playwright: Risa Lewak
Risa Lewak is a former television writer and author of the book: DON’T STALK THE ADMISSIONS OFFICER (Random House). Her plays have been produced in over fifteen states and the United Kingdom. Winner, “Best Play” for the “Something Funny Happened on the Way to Inner Growth” (Phoenix, AZ, 2024). Winner, Judges Award for the “Fresh Fruit” Festival in New York City (March, 2025) Finalist in Theatre Odyssey’s Ten Minute Play Festival (Sarasota, Fla, May 2023) and the Players Theatre Short Play Festival (NYC, June and October 2023). Accepted to the Northport One Act Play Festival (Oct 2023) and the Gi60 International One Minute Play Festival (in NYC). Finalist in Shawnee Theatre’s Ten Minute Play Festival (Aug 2023, Shawnee, PA). Parish Players Ten Minute Play Festival (Vermont, February 2024), Finalist, Theatre Oxford’s Ten Minute Play Festival (Oxford, Mississippi, 2024). Finalist for the Players Theatre Short Play Festival (June 2024). Finalist in the “Young at Heartland” short play festival in Normal, Illinois. Selected for the Anaconda Ensemble Theatre reading series in Anaconda, Montana. (2024 and 2026)
Included in international anthologies (Fresh Words and Literature Today among others). Finalist, Players Theatre (Feb 2025) Finalist, Chain Theatre Play Festival (NYC, Feb 2025), Accepted to Valencia College Social Media Themed Plays (March, 2025), Finalist, Grosse Pointe Theatre Festival (Grosse Pointe, MI May 2025) Mad
Lab, Theatre Roulette, Columbus, Ohio, May 2025, Gulfport Ten Minute Play Festival, (Gulfport, Fla, June, 2025) Parish Players Play Festival (Thetford, VT, October 2025)
Director: Lorien Goener
Lorien is a German actor and dancer with a background in film and television studies educated at Ruhr-University Bochum, Sungkyunkwan University and Korea University. Having been part of this years main production of Endgame, she is excited to dive into the role of director for the first time.
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Featuring:
Charly McQuaid (@charly_chats)
Iliyana Novakova (@iliyana_nvk)
Brian Keane (@keanogram10)