Interview with Emma Goidel

Emma Goidel is a Philadelphia-based playwright just two years out of undergrad who is already receiving local and national attention for her rigorously entertaining and deeply thoughtful work. We’re so proud to have nabbed Emma for her first commission (and our...

The One Act Play

For season two of  A Play, a Pie and a Pint® I have had over 70 script submissions. Playwrights from the UK, across the US and Philadelphia have submitted scripts. Most are set in restaurants or diners, eleven are in bedrooms, five require musicians, three need small...

Putting the ‘dram’ back in drama

I really enjoyed reading an article online last week by Guardian writer, Alexis Soloski, in which she laments the lack of good theatre bars in NY. She explains it by saying, ” In 1774, with war approaching (you English remember the one), Congress passed a...

Climb every mountain

This is the first blog entry for  A Play, a Pie and a Pint® and I promise that this is all the alliteration that this entry will contain;) We are in a great place this week – we have finalised the details of our first season and our kickstarter campaign has gone...

Knight Arts Challenge Winners!

We are incredibly proud to announce that we are one of the 36 winners (of 1751 applicants) of the 2011 Knight Arts Challenge. The awards were announced last night in an amazing ceremony at the Museum of Art with Mayor Nutter in attendance (and he chatted to us!). It...

Knight Arts Challenge Finalists!

We are extremely proud to announce that we are one of the 63 finalists (from 1752 applications) for the Knight Arts Challenge. Further information can be found on our web site in ‘up next’. Thanks!