The Pool Plays are:
Susan’s TANIA IN THE GETAWAY VAN
directed by Portia Krieger
Annie McNamara, Caitlin Morris, Courtney G. Williams, Madeline Wise
time travel through TANIA with Susan and Portia

Lynn’s WASHED UP ON THE POTOMAC
directed by José Zayas
Austin Blunk, Crystal Finn, Adam Green, Jennifer Morris,
Debargo Sanyal, Jacque Emord-Netzley are WASHED UP’s
cubicle dwellers with Lynn and José
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Peter’s THE RAFA PLAY
directed by Morgan Gould
Juan Arturo, Olli Haaskivi, Tommy Heleringer, Annie Henk, Megan Hill,
Tommy Russell swing it like RAFA with Peter and Morgan!

The quandary.  You are an established playwright with a great new play you’d like to share with New York audiences, showcase to New York industry people and use New York talent, but no established New York theater company or producer is knocking down your door offering to invest in your wonderful work and producing it yourself feels like a Sisyphean task. The solution.  Join up with other likeminded playwrights and produce your work together by creating a company, sharing your communities and support systems, begin a Kickstarter campaign that is wildly successful financially, run your plays in rotating repertory at a New York theater and then pass this structure along to three new playwrights.  This is what playwrights Susan Bernfield, Peter Gil-Sheridan and Lynn Rosen did.  They formed The Pool, a pop-up theater company; their new plays are currently in previews at The Flea and they are reaping their rewards as playwright/producers in community.  And of course, the name of the company is apropos.  Not only are the three of them pooling resources, but their wider pool includes New Georges’ Supported Productions programs and New Georges is an Anchor Partner at The Flea.  With all th …Read more