Alison MinamiĪllison Merkel is a writer and performer based in Brooklyn, NY. MFA: The University of Texas at Austin, BA: Kenyon College. His most valued accomplishments, however, are his two young sons – Andrew and Max. Adam has been an educator for twenty years, working as a Drama teacher, English teacher, and college counselor. He has also performed at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, with the Antaeus Theatre Company, and at various venues in Los Angeles, Austin, and Edinburgh. As an actor, Adam was most recently featured in the role of Leon Czolgosz in Assassins at the Pico Playhouse. His play, Headwind, a harsh look into the privilege of selective college admissions at independent private schools, was selected for the IAMA Theatre Company’s New Works Festival in 2019, and his play, Aine, an adaptation of Sophocles, reset amidst “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland, premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He is thrilled to join the Road Theatre’s Under Construction 3 cohort, working on his newest play, Feast. With over 250 submissions from across the country, we are excited to introduce you to the playwrights of UC3.Īdam Hunter Howard, a Los Angeles native, is a playwright, educator, and actor. We are also pleased to announce that “The Play You Want” by Bernardo Cubria, developed in Under Construction 1 will open our 2022 season. Initial drafts will be read by fellow playwrights, but participants in this program will also have access to The Road’s ensemble of theatre artists for private & public readings, as well as support from the Artistic Team at The Road.

Playwrights are given live readings of their plays in our state of the art theatre on Magnolia.

The goal of Under Construction is simple: to leave with a deeper knowledge of playwriting through collaborating and sharing with one’s peers, and for each participant to create a new piece that is workshop ready. The Road is proud to begin its third year of Under Construction, a playwright’s group that develops socially and politically relevant voices and thoughts for the American stage. I don’t know their formula, but whatever’s happening in this new work incubator at The Road is clearly working: The Play You Want opens its 30th Anniversary Season with a bang.” Ĭontinuing the success of Under Construction 1 & 2, Carlyle King, Jessica Broutt, and Mackenna Goodrich went on a search for the playwrights for Under Construction 2022 (UC3). “The Play You Want is a product of The Road Theatre Company’s playwriting workshop, Under Construction.

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