Nicholas Wardigo

Tag: playwrights

  • Sam’s Salon, October 2015

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    I’m a little late on this one, but last weekend, Sam’s salon was graced by the literary stylings of local playwright Lindsay Harris Friel in a little piece she likes to call, This is Halloween.  Timeliness aside, it was cool to see a play with a plot I’d never seen before, to wit, how to explain…

  • 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 Philadelphia Connection

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    As I teased in my last post, a new book hit the market yesterday called The Philadelphia Connection by B.J. Burton.  B.J. was one of the playwrights associated with the Brick Playhouse back in the late nineties and early naughts, and since those days, she’s engaged in a series of adventures and misadventures and illicit activities…

  • Sam’s Salon, July 2015

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    So, this blog entry is a little late, but last month, I was hosted yet again by the gentle ministrations of Sam Barrett’s salon.  It’s been over a year since I’ve last heard anyone read my latest play, Circles Circles Circles Circles Circles, and in that time, I’ve complete rewritten the second act.  I don’t…

  • PlayPenn 2015: Eric Pfeffinger

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    PlayPenn 2015 concluded last week, and while I’m normally a ravenous attendee, haunting all the readings and annoying Paul Meshejian like nobody’s business, I only made it to one this year.  I reserved a ticket to see James Ijames’ latest masterwork, but my niece and nephew showed up from out of town, wanting to see…

  • Moon Man Walk

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    Summer is ticking away in Philadelphia, which generally means trips to the shore, generous helpings of water ice, and relatively little theater, hence, my lack of blogging.  But yesterday afternoon, Aurora and I caught the matinee of Moon Man Walk, the world premiere by James Ijames. There are a couple of powerful reasons for all local…

  • Community theater boogie shuffle

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    Last Friday night, I visited the local community theater, which isn’t something I do a lot of, and not merely because I’m a snooty theatergoer (no sense in denying that).  I only have time and money to see a finite amount of theater—typically about 20-25 shows a season—so it doesn’t make sense to waste that time…

  • Do android playwrights dream of electric critics?

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    As usual, let me start this post by encouraging you to check out the latest episodes of Martinis with Nick.  Episode 1.4 features director David O’Connor, juggling, and some very sexy shots of me stuffing a cephalopod.  Episode 1.5 features actor and director Charlotte Northeast and me drinking in a living room fort. As it happens, my last fortnight has…

  • PlayPenn announces playwrights! Lindsay announces stuff! Nick remains cryptic!

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    Earlier this week, PlayPenn announced which plays it will be developing and presenting this summer, and I’m excited to see that James Ijames is among the selected playwrights.  James is a local playwright whose play, The Most Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, had a kickass reading at Playpenn two years ago (and was produced by Flashpoint…

  • Spelunking by moonlight

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    So, last Wednesday I got a chance to see Moon Cave, by local playwright Douglas Williams.  I don’t know Doug very well, but I’ve met him a handful of times, he hangs with the cool kids over at Orbiter 3, and he seems like a fine, upstanding such-and-such.  This is his first, professionally-produced play, so beyond…