NEWS: November-December 2009

Tickets are now on-sale for my adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach: “Christmas Carol” tickets. This year, Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, Jonathan McMurtry, will portray the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge.

“His Last Fight” will be published in the anthology “2010 Best Ten Minute Plays” by Smith & Kraus.

NEWS: September-October 2009

I have been promoted to Literary Manager at Philadelphia Theatre Company and can’t wait to begin our 2009-2010 Season!

I will be scripting the 2009 Barrymore Awards in Philadelphia; the Awards ceremony will be held October 5 at the Walnut Street Theatre.

In November, I will be teaching playwriting at the Gershman Y (Philadelphia). Enrollment is currently open. For more information: Playwriting.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the “Little Women” workshop at North Coast Rep!! It will be fully produced by North Coast in February-March 2010.

NEWS: July-August 2009

There are a few spaces open in my August playwriting workshop, “Playwriting in a Flash,” at UCSD (University of California, San Diego). Register online at: Playwriting in a Flash.

My short play, “Love, Sometimes,” will be produced by New Perspectives Theatre (New York) in August. For more information: NPT.

NEWS: May-June 2009

My adaptation of “Little Women” at North Coast Rep was featured in the San Diego Union-Tribune: Tribune Article.

Just updated my Facebook username. Visit me at: http://www.facebook.com/jacqueline.goldfinger

Thanks to everyone who made “The Oath” successful in New York!

Registration is now open for my summer playwriting workshop, “Playwriting in a Flash,” at UCSD (University of California, San Diego). Register online at: Playwriting in a Flash.

“Slip/Shot” is a finalist for the Stone New Play Award. “Slip/Shot” will also have a developmental reading at InterAct Theatre on June 7.

NEWS: March-April 2009

There will be a Staged Reading of the new full-length version of “the terrible girls” on Sunday, March 8 at 3p.m. in the Beechman Cabaret at the Arts Bank (601 South Broad Street, Philly) featuring Amanda Schoonover, Zura Young, and Kristy Chouiniere. Directed by Allison Heishman.

“The Oath” opens in New York on April 23. See HOME page for details.

My new play, “Sleep-Eaters,” will be developed and workshopped in the Women’s Work Lab at New Perspectives Theatre in New York from March 2009-March 2010.

NEWS: January-Februrary 2009

I was profiled in the San Diego Union-Tribune for my work on the west coast. The article is available online: San Diego Union-Tribune.

I will moderate a conversation with Paula Vogel on February 15 at 6p.m. as part of the Philadelphia Theatre Alliance’s New Play Initiative. Join us at Plays and Players (1714 Delancey Street, Philadelphia). The event is free.

NEWS: December 2008

“The Burning Season” will have a workshop at Blank Theatre as part of their Living Room Series in Los Angeles on Monday, December 8 at 8p.m., Free Admission, The Blank Theatre, 2nd Stage Theatre, 6500 Santa Monica Blvd. (at Wilcox), Hollywood CA 90038. For more information: Blank Theatre Company.

New Village Arts in Carlsbad, CA is producing a Staged Reading of “The Burning Season” on Monday, December 15 at 7:30p.m., Pay-What-You-Can Admission, New Village Arts, 2787 B State Street, Carlsbad, CA 92008. For more information: New Village Arts.

“A Christmas Carol” at North Coast Rep was named CRITICS CHOICE by the San Diego Union-Tribune for the second straight year!

NEWS: November 2008

I have been commissioned to adapt “Little Women” for North Coast Repertory Theatre in southern California.

I have been hired as the Literary Associate at Philadelphia Theatre Company.

“Blood Oranges” is being produced in the Fall Short Play Festival at 13th Street Rep (50 W 13th St) in New York City, November 14-December 7 (Fridays and Saturdays at 7p.m., Sundays at 3:30p.m., no shows Thanksgiving weekend).

NEWS: October 2008

“the terrible girls” will have a staged reading at Azuka Theatre on October 14, 7p.m. at Plays and Players in Philadelphia as part of their Spotlight Series. This reading is being used as a developmental tool to help turn the one act, which had a successful run at the 2007 NY Fringe, into a full length piece. Free. No RSVP required.

I have been selected to participate in the 2008-09 InterAct Playwright’s Forum. I will be developing a new play at InterAct next season. Notice of readings and workshops will be posted on this site.

“The Oath” will be produced by Maieutic Theatre Works in New York at the Arclight Theatre in the spring of 2009. Watch the HOME page for details.

NEWS: August-September 2008

Staged Reading of “Slip/Shot.” Production of “Candide.”

I will dramaturg the first American production of John Caird’s revised Royal National Theatre version of “Candide” at the Arden Theatre Company (Philadelphia). For more information: Arden Theatre Company.

“The Burning Season” will have a staged reading at Blank Theatre in Los Angeles on December 8 at 8p.m. For more information: Blank Theatre Company.

Tickets are now on-sale for the 2008 remounting of my adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” at North Coast Repertory Theatre. Online tickets: North Coast Rep.

“A Christmas Carol” is now published by Playscripts in both binder and acting editions: Playscripts.

The Cardboard Box Collaborative (Philadelphia) is producing a reading of “Slip/Shot” on Sunday, August 3, 7p.m. at the Philadelphia Ethical Society (1906 Rittenhouse Sq, Philadelphia, PA 19103). Free - No RSVP Required. Join us afterwards at The Cafe at 2011 Walnut (thecafe2011.com). For more information: CBC

NEWS: July 2008

Jackie and Bryan Davidson Dramaturg for Native Voices in L.A.

Visit me on Facebook. Just search the Friend Finder for Jacqueline Goldfinger or use my email address (jacquelinegoldfinger@yahoo.com). See you online!

If you’re in San Diego, CA, check out “His Last Fight” at Compass Theatre which runs through July 26 (Compass Theatre).

New Village Arts in Carlsbad, CA is producing a Staged Reading of “The Burning Season” on December 15, 2008 (New Village Arts) . Details forthcoming.

NEWS: May-June 2008

Jackie at Northern Writes New Play Festival

I will be teaching Playwriting at the University of California, San Diego this summer. For more information: UCSD Playwriting.

I will be dramaturging for the Native Voices New Play Festival in Los Angeles, CA. If you’re in L.A., check it out: Native Voices.

DATES ANNOUNCED:

On Saturday, May 31 at 2p.m. “The Oath” will be featured at the Northern Writes New Play Festival. For more information and tickets: Northern Writes New Play Festival.

On Thursday, June 19 at 10:30a.m. “The Oath” will have a Play Labs presentation at Last Frontier. Tickets are free for Conference participants. For more information: Last Frontier.

NEWS: March-April 2008

“A Christmas Carol” will be published by Playscripts. For more information: Playscripts. North Coast Repertory Theatre will also remount the show in December 2008. For more information: North Coast Rep.

“The Oath” will have a staged reading during the Northern Writes New Play Festival at Penobscot Theatre in May. For more information: Northern Writes New Play Festival.

“The Oath” has been selected for Play Labs at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in June. For more information: Last Frontier.

My short play, “His Last Fight”, will be produced at the Resilience of the Spirit Festival by Compass Theater in San Diego. For more information:Compass Theatre

NEWS: January-February 2008

My short play, “Blood Oranges,” will be produced at the 2008 Short + Sweet Festival in Sydney, Australia. You can read about the Festival online at: Short and Sweet.

I am dramaturging “Dancing A Lughnasa” at New Village Arts. Check it out: New Village Arts.

NEWS: December 2007
Ion Theatre Company is producing a Staged Reading of my new play, “The Oath”, on Monday, December 10 at 8p.m. at Diversionary Theatre (4545 Park Boulevard, San Diego, California 92116). Admission is free and open to the public. “The Oath” is is a provocative new Southern Gothic tragedy set in the midst of the Great Depression. A wandering preacher is ensnared in the political and social games of a rural Southern town ruled with a macabre sense of justice by two rival families. For more information: Ion Theatre.

“Christmas Carol” PR Photo

My adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” opens at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach, CA on December 14. Click here to buy tickets: North Coast Rep

NEWS: September-November 2007

“The Burning Season” recently won the Playwrights Theater’s National Plays for the 21st Century 2007 Competition. You can read an excerpt of the play by clicking on The Burning Season under the heading “AvailableScripts.”

Tickets are now on-sale for my adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” at North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach, CA this December. Click here to buy tickets: North Coast Rep

NEWS: August 2007

EVERYONE LOVES TO BE TERRIBLE

“terrible girls” Production Photo

“Ominous. Mysterious. Three Stars.”
-Time Out, New York

“All the smokiness of a Southern Gothic drama.”
-Backstage

“Suspenseful and provocative…a refreshing new story admirably written…What makes this play different than a mundane portrait of the modern South is its mythic quality. the terrible girls forces us to reflect on the duality of human nature and witness how deceit, desire, and obsession can lead to transgression.”
-NYTheatre.com

“It’s a wild mix of fearless comedy and Southern Gothic horror.”
-Kristina Meeks, Founder, Playwrights Collective.

A BIG THANK YOU to all of our wonderful friends at FringeNYC for an AMAZING run during the 2007 New York International Fringe Festival! See the HOME page for more information.

NEWS: May 2007

My play, “the terrible girls,” will be produced at the New York International Fringe Festival this summer. Check back for details.

NEWS: April 2007

I have been invited to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference at the University of the South and named a Tennessee Williams Scholar in Playwriting. I will be working with Lee Blessing and Melanie Marnich. ( Sewanee Writers Conference)

North Coast Repertory Theatre commissioned me to write a stage adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” which will premiere in December 2007. ( North Coast Rep)

I am Assistant Dramaturging “Hamlet,” “Measure for Measure,” and “Two Gentlemen of Verona” at The Old Globe Theatre (The Old Globe).

The Staged Reading of “the terrible girls” played to a sold out, standing room only audience. Thank you to everyone who made the event a smashing success!

NEWS: MARCH 2007

Aspire Playwrights Collective Presents A Staged Reading of Three Short Plays Featuring“the terrible girls” A dark comedy written by Jacqueline Goldfinger; Co-Directed by Esther Emery & Chelsea Whitmore; With Rhianna Basore, Tegan Cohan, Jason Maddy, Sara Beth Morgan, and Erika Phillips

I will be dramaturging “Moon for the Misbegotten” and “The Uneasy Chair” at North Coast Repertory Theatre. For more information: North Coast Rep.

CONTACT: jacquelinegoldfinger@yahoo.com