News
On November 7, Rebound Productions is producing my short play Family Emergency for a second time, with a brand new cast, as part of its Emerging Artists Festival at The Hen & Chickens Theatre in London. Rebound previously presented the same play in November 2023 in its New Writing Showcase at the Etcetera Theatre, also in London.
My short play Trite and True has received an Honourable Mention from Theatre In the Raw of Vancouver in its 13th Biennial One-Act Play Writing Contest. My play Open House was previously a winner in the Social Issues category in the 11th Biennial contest in 2020.
Asian Story Theater of San Diego has selected my short play The Immaculate Contraception as a semifinalist for its The Last Census project.
Soapbox Stageworks of Monterey, California, will be producing my short play The Immaculate Contraception as part of its Women’s Series at Wave Street Studios in August. Three performances:
Thursday, August 1, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, August 2, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 4, at 1:00 p.m.
Pend Oreille Players Association will be producing my short play Just Another Day at the Airport in their One Act Play Festival at the Pend Oreille Playhouse in Newport, Washington, this August. Three performances:
Friday, August 16
Saturday, August 17
Sunday, August 18
The Central PA Theatre and Dance Fest will be presenting an encore reading of my short play All Sales Final, a winner of the 2023 Playwriting Competition, during this year’s festival, taking place the weekend of June 21 to June 23.
About
Jane M. Lee is a New York City-based playwright whose work has been performed across the United States as well as in Canada, Hong Kong, and London. Her short play Trite and True was produced Off-Broadway in the Downtown Urban Arts Festival at Theatre Row. Her short play Family Emergency was praised for “fus[ing] the hostility of a Jerry Springer program with the warmth and irony of an O. Henry story.” She was a semifinalist for Chisa Hutchinson’s Signpost Fellowship for writers of color. Her play Closet Space won the College of Charleston’s Todd McNerney National Playwriting Award.