Reading: Boston University MFA Playwrights 2025
Boston University Playwriting Showcase 2025
Directed by Jess McLeod
Nathan Alan Davis, Director of Boston University’s MFA Playwriting Program, and Megan Sandberg-Zakian, Artistic Director of Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, hosted a showcase of excerpted original works by talented third year BU MFA Playwriting candidates. We had a blast repping my hometown/home theater and some Terrier Pride!
Featuring the following works:
THREE WISE MONKEYS by Brandon Zang
Haley Wong - Chiyo
Claire Kwon - Meiru
Zion Jang - Jacky
Teresa Langford - Nora
Keren Lugo - Godzilla
MUD, MALLET, GHOST AND THE TEMPERATURE OF THE OCEAN by Maggie Kearnan
Teresa Langford - Lucy
Nadia Dandashi - Nell
Keren Lugo - Willa
HONEY GIRL & THE FIG TREE AND THE PHOENIX AND THE DESIRE TO BE REBORN by Isabelle Fereshteh Sanatdar Stevens
Ava Lalezarzadeh - Fey/Mandana
Imani Russell - Mari
Owais Ahmed - Javeed
TIGHT by Tina Esper
Deborah Rush - May
Molly Camp - Ophelia
Miles G. Jackson - Beau Jameson
Reading of Oversteegen at Premiere Stages!
Teresa rejoins this amazing ensemble to play TRUUS OVERSTEEGEN in Megan Tobias’ award-winning play, Oversteegen at Premiere Stages!
About the play
Based on a true story, Oversteegen follows the lives of Freddie and Truus Oversteegen, who were just 14 and 16 when they joined the Dutch Haarlem resistance against Nazi Germany. Later joined by Hannie Schaft, the trio take on jobs smuggling intelligence to Allied powers, aiding Jewish families in their escapes, and seducing and killing Nazi officers. Together they struggle with the reality of what they’ve been asked to do, living with the constant threat of being discovered, and desperately trying to keep true to themselves. Oversteegen is a play about sisterhood, resilience, and resistance.
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New York City-based artist Megan Tobias is an actor, writer, historian, and dramaturg. Megan has a passion for storytelling and a commitment to bringing diverse stories and genres to life. As an actor she has been a part of both theatre and film, her favorite credits include Crystal (In A Time of Jewels) which won Best Film Long-Short and Best Ensemble in The Brightside Festival in 2023, Ki (Where Are You Going?), and understudy for Claudia (Year One). She dramaturged for the NJ Premiere of Yasmina’s Necklace by Rohina Malik at Premiere Stages in 2019, as well as The Councilman by Lucien Edme, Son of an Unknown Father by Reynaldo Piniella, Weed In A Cold, Dry Patch by Chris Grant, and No History by Reynaldo Piniella. She was part of NJ Play Lab’s inaugural Storyteller Studio in 2020. Her screenplay The Outliers placed as a quarterfinalist for the Screencraft Sci-Fi and Fantasy Competition (2022), and the Screencraft TV Pilot Script Competition (2023). The Outliers was also named in the Second Round Selection for the ISA Fast Track Fellowship (2023). Oversteegen has had a reading at The Untitled Play Lab (2024) and was a part of The Tank’s Limefest (2024).
Antoine at the Border
Teresa will be teaming up with some of her favorite people for a short play festival happening in February and March! Playwright, Maggie Lou Rader, Director, Elise Joyner, and dear friend Gabby Llarena) on a new project “Antoine at the Border” for the Queens Short Play Festival!
Marie Antoinette is a figure larger than history can hold. However, she was born Antoine, a sweet Austrian princess. What happened in that tent when the Austrian princess became the future French queen? Antoine at the Border is a delightful, 10-minute, "what if" story from history. Who came out of that tent on the border?
EMPIRE OF DIRT at New York Short Film Festival
We are thrilled to announce that ‘Empire of Dirt’ has been selected to screen at the New York Short Film Festival. Thanks again to our cast, crew, and everyone involved in this project. The ‘Empire of Dirt’ trailer will be released soon.
Screening/Ticket Information:
7:30 PM, November 10th
Shorts Block 8
Screening Location:
Cinema Village, Greenwich Village
22 E 12th St, New York, NY
Reel Sisters + BRIC Present An Evening of Staged Script Readings 2024
On Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, from 6 pm-8 pm, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series and BRIC Media Education will present an exciting staged reading of scripts by filmmakers from their Summer Screenwriting Lab. We will be having intimate conversation with the writers on their work-in-progress. Featured writers include Freida Jones, Stephanie Rodriguez, Jordan T. Simon and Mari Valdivia.
Come early for a special networking reception! Light refreshments will be served. Details will be announced closer to the date.
The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Please RSVP in advance and arrive early. A ticket does not guarantee entry.
October 29th from 6p-8p
BRIC
647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217, USA
Teresa will be reading the fantastic new work of Jordan T. Simon - a writer/filmmaker who exalts and examines the history, profundity, excellence, beauty and wonder of Black people to the world through the lens of science fiction and the speculative. Heavily influenced by Octavia Butler, Rod Serling and Steven Spielberg, Jordan uses the transformative power of the written word and the commonality of the human condition to engender empathy and enrich one’s inner child. Jordan was a second round finalist of the Black Boy Writes & Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative and serves as a juror for the Oscar-qualifying African Voices/Reel Sisters of the Diaspora 2024 Film Festival.
Oversteegen by Megan Tobias
Oversteegen
August 21st at 7:00PM
Based on a true story, Oversteegen follows the lives of Freddie and Truus Oversteegen, who were just 14 and 16 when they joined the Dutch Haarlem resistance against Nazi Germany. Later joined by Hannie Schaft, the trio take on jobs smuggling intelligence to the Allied powers, aiding Jewish families in their escapes, and seducing and killing Nazi men. Together they struggle with the reality of what they’ve been asked to do, living with the constant threat of being discovered, and desperately trying to keep true to themselves. Oversteegen is a story about sisterhood, resilience, and resistance.
OriGen Story at La Mama!
Empire of Dirt (Short)
Teresa will be playing Anessa in the upcoming short film Empire of Dirt (2024). We just wrapped shooting and cannot wait to see the final cut take the festival circuit! Stay tuned for more, but catch some stills below for a little sneak peek!
Written and Directed by James Crowley
Cast:
Jay - Ben Hargrave
Anessa - Teresa Langford
Greg - Marchael Giles
Crew:
Director of Photography: Jared Briscoe
Sound Mixing/Producer: Aamirah McDonald
Production Assistant: Haylie Lavin
BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter
Teresa is currently spending the next 8 weeks workshopping Harold Pinter’s Betrayal led by director, Eric Tucker.
Stay tuned for a final showing date!
Cast:
EMMA - Teresa Langford
JERRY - Joseph Cordaro
ROBERT - Corey Farrell
