Cold War Choir Practice

9 actor/singers

It’s twilight in Ronald Reagan’s America and the specter of nuclear war hangs over the country – but rent is still due on the 1st. A young girl is embroiled in intrigue when her estranged uncle, a prominent Black conservative, brings his mysteriously ill wife home for the holidays. This darkly comedic play with music is a fugue of Reaganomics, espionage, roller disco, cults... and choir practice.

NYTimes Critic’s Pick, “…a brainy new comedy that’s infused with choral music and spiked with espionage.”

Helen Shaw’s list of The 10 Most Mind-Altering Theater Moments of 2026 (So Far), NYTimes, “Ro Reddick’s action comedy… is the bizarro ’80s-inflected child of ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash’ and ‘Red Dawn.’”

Boston Globe , “Weird and wonderful…”

Available for purchase from Methuen | Bloomsbury

AWARDS:

Susan Smith Blackburn Prize 2026

Outer Critics Circle, John Gassner Award for  New American Play 2026

Off-Broadway Alliance Award, Best Play 2026

Nominations include: Drama Desk,  Outstanding Play & Outstanding Music in a Play , Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, Drama League,  Outstanding Production of a Play, Dorian Theater Awards, Outstanding Off-Broadway Play.

Production History: Cold War Choir Practice was developed and originally produced by Clubbed Thumb and Page 73 as part of Summerworks 2025 (dir. Knud Adams). Cold War Choir Practice was also developed and produced in September 2025 at Trinity Repertory Company, Providence, RI. Curt Columbus, Artistic Director, Kate Liberman, Executive Director, (dir. Aileen Wen McGroddy). 

It was later produced by MCC Theater, Clubbed Thumb and Page 73 in 2026 MCC Artistic Directors: Bernard Telsey & William Cantler / MCC Executive Director: Blake West Clubbed Thumb Artistic Director: Maria Striar / Clubbed Thumb Producing Director: Michael Bulger Page 73 Artistic Director: Michael Walkup / Page 73 Interim Executive Director: Renee Blinkwolt.

Unlined | Hardcover | Layflat

6 actors

In a world where the analog reigns supreme and the titans of industry measure influence by the ream, Morgan, a recent grad with a “unique ability”, stumbles into a prestigious design mentorship program. Under the guidance of Madam, a glamorous notebook magnate, Morgan’s on her way to becoming the second most well-known producer of high-end analog time management resources in North America! — if she survives Madam, that is. Unlined - Hardcover - Layflat is an absurdist corporate satire that explores capital’s unholy union with time and the perennial allure of a bunch of dykes in the dangerous world of luxury notebooks. 

Finalist, O’ Neill 2024

Development History: Vineyard Theatre Works in Progress Reading Series 2026 (dir. Leigh Silverman), DGF Playwriting Fellows Showcase (excerpt) 2025 (dir. Laurie Woolery).

Throwback Island

8 actors + 1 audience member

Six “sexy singles” go to a secluded island for true love, nostalgia soaked #goodvibes, and a chance to win $100K. But when a strongman bachelor enters the villa there’s a lot more at stake than a pot of money… Throwback Island is a dark and eerie satire that explores good old fashioned American fascism through a bonkers reality dating show. It's a play interested in how a nation constructs its identity through the performance of reality; It is an invitation to question our roles in building the narratives that power the performance. 

Development History:  Bramble Theatre Company Spring Reading Series 2026 (dir. Ebby Offord), The Ground Floor 2023 (dir. Taylor Reynolds) , 2023 O’ Neill Finalist, 2023 Venturous Fellowship Nomination, 2022 Bushwick Starr Reading Series (dir. Aileen Wen McGroddy), 2022 Writing is Live Festival/Brown University (dir. Aileen Wen McGroddy).

Photo credit: Maria Baranova