MONICA PRINCE IS THE PPADC 2023 PLAYWRIGHT-IN-RESIDENCE
Prince's choreopoem Roadmap will be staged as part of the Hamilton Arts Festival
The Paterson Performing Arts Development Council (PPADC) announced that Monica Prince will be the organization’s 2023 Playwright In-Residence. Prince’s choreopoem Roadmap will be the centerstage featured play of PPADC’s Annual Hamilton Arts Festival (HAF). Now in its third season, the festival runs June 15–24, 2023 and features a series of events including theatrical productions and film screenings.
PPADC’s Playwright-In-Residence program provides a monetary stipend and developmental support to writers, which includes working with a dramaturg, director, and other production team members to mount a mainstage production of Roadmap. The residency program was created to expand the diversity of plays produced on the main stage, to generate public value through the interaction of playwrights with local communities and to foster unique narratives in the arts.
Monica Prince [...] writes with a performance lens, trying to emphasize that what she says matters and deserves a platform. She brings a brilliant mix of mysticism, real world sobriety and movement to Roadmap, which asks its lead character, a young Black American man to thwart his inevitable murder.
Upcoming Events!
Conversations & Connections at American University!
Join Monica, the Barrelhouse crew, and a bunch of dope writers and editors for the best conference of the year!
Conversations and Connections is a one-day writer's conference that brings together writers, editors, and publishers in a friendly, supportive environment. The conference is organized by Barrelhouse magazine, and has been held for the past 15 years in Washington DC, and the past 6 in Pittsburgh, with 3 virtual pandemic conferences. All proceeds go to participating small presses and literary magazines, and to Barrelhouse. A great opportunity to support literary magazines and small presses.
APRIL 15, 2023
9-5 PM ET
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Monica's Performance Skills
Coaching
Write About Now Stage
Performance Artist
Monica's favorite part of performance when she isn't doing it herself is coaching other writers to get on stage and share their art. Whether in classrooms or at Creative Writing Camp, Monica can coach the stage fright out of anyone (well, almost anyone).
Photo credit: Monica Prince
Performance Artist
Write About Now Stage
Performance Artist
Monica always performs in high heels. She adopted this rule of performance when she was eighteen, and hasn't looked back. She is available for readings, choreopoem tastings, and open mic hosting.
Photo Credit: Jennifer Garza Photography
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Write About Now Stage
Write About Now Stage
Write About Now Stage
Since discovering Write About Now, one of Houston's many slam poetry communities, you can find Monica on this stage at least once a year, primarily during the summer while she teaches in the Creative Writing Camp. This stage is full of welcoming and loving people, and anyone looks good under the lights at Avant Garden.
Photo Credit: Christopher Diaz Photography
ROADMAP AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!
Monica's latest choreopoem, Roadmap, is available for pre-order! Be the first to have it on July 1st!