State of Play Productions

The Mermaid Workshop

Fall 2009
Written By Jessica Fleitman
Directed By Chloe Demrovsky
Be Careful What You Fish For
We will be presenting an Invited Reading of The Average-Sized Mermaid at The Dramatists’ Guild on November 20, 2009 and a preview scene at the FAR Showcase at Dixon Place on December 14, 2009.  More information coming soon.
Our process begins with a three-month [...]

The Average-Sized Mermaid

Be Careful What You Fish For
Written by Jessica Fleitman
THE AVERAGE-SIZED MERMAID is an original play that turns the genre of romantic comedy inside out to explore modern feminism.
THE AVERAGE-SIZED MERMAID is an outrageous parable that will have you laughing your tail off. In the classic fairytale, a mermaid gave up her fins to follow a [...]

The Return of the Original Radio Play (Hear Now)

State of Play Productions, in collaboration with Elixir Productions, has created a fun, schizo-sonic radio play, “‘Da Da’ (There, I Said It Twice).” (click to hear the show)

Part experiment in Dada “cut-ups” and part homage to the radio broadcasts of yesteryear, the piece consists of three original playlets, rehearsed separately under the direction of Jody [...]

The Return of Random Acts!

When Playwright Mike Dowling wrote Random Acts, he created some of the characters specifically for State of Play members. We now have the opportunity to reprise those roles with a new tour of Western Massachusetts in May presented by The Chester Theatre Company.  After rehearsing at the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York with Mike [...]