Nicholas Wardigo

Tag: Plays and Players

  • Todd Cardin at E3T

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    The latest installment of the E3T reading series dropped on Tuesday night at Plays and Players, and there was much rejoicing.  Playwright Todd Cardin provided us with Getting the Knack, which is a coming-of-age story (sort of), set in the 1980s, in which the band The Knack plays an instrumental role during a young man’s eighteenth…

  • Fran Wilde rocks Bryn Mawr! Insert “Wilde” pun here!

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    So, instead of posting this last week, I took my Dad to see Captain America.  You wouldn’t think that would take all week, especially since we did it on Saturday, but I spent several days actively avoiding reviews and spoilers, followed by the process of simply getting my head into the correct space.  I mean, a new…

  • The rise of E3T

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    The Tuesday-night readings at Plays and Players have an official name: “E3T” which stands for “Every Third Tuesday,” which, cleverly enough is when the readings occur.  I like it.  It’s short, it’s descriptive, and I finally have something cool to type.  I’m attaching a photo from the reading three weeks ago, featuring the talented playwright…

  • The latest by John O’Hara

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    And by “John O’Hara,” I do not mean the drunkard from Pottsville who wrote about his fellow Pottsvillian drunkards in books like Appointment in Samarra, Pal Joey, and Butterfield 8, the last one of which involved Elizabeth Taylor playing a drunk Pottsvillian.  I didn’t see it, but it’s a John O’Hara novel, so I know she wasn’t…

  • Setting fire to Azuka Theatre

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    Happy Tuesday, everyone.  I spent last night at the Wilma Theater, experiencing a reading of the latest creation from Jacqui Goldfinger called The Arsonists, courtesy of Azuka Theatre.  As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, Azuka has produced two of Jacqui’s other plays (to wit, the terrible girls and Skin and Bone), and The Arsonists completes a sort of Southern Gothic…

  • Christmas at playwright-town

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    So, another Christmas, shot to hell. Actually, we had a good time, mostly because Aurora and I worked hard to keep it low-key.  We invited over actor/playwright Mark Knight and producer/playwright/resident curmudgeon Bill McKinlay. Still giddy from the tiny pies I talked about in my last post, we made savory pies for dinner, to wit, chicken,…

  • New reading series at Plays & Players

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    The title pretty much says it all.  Bill McKinlay has started a new reading series that steals its tone from the old, Tuesday-night reading series that the Brick Playhouse used to do, and I was honored to be the inaugural playwright. Last Tuesday, five talented actors convened upon the top floor of the Plays & Players…

  • The calm before the storm

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    Predictably, things have been relatively calm theater-wise this summer.  I, myself, have taken advantage of the artistic lull by starting work on a new play (my fifteenth full-length, if anyone is keeping track) and building an adirondack chair.  I’ve included a pic of my latter project, since a picture of me staring with frustration at…