MacLean will be published in the Smith & Kraus ‘Best of’ anthologies for the 5th time. According to her post, two monologues from her celebrated play THE POINT will be published in the Smith & Kraus 2025 ‘Best of’ anthologies. A monologue from the character “Murph” will appear in Best of Men’s and one from … More MacLean’s THE POINT Recognized in Smith & Kraus 2025 Anthologies
Thursday, May 16th is Mental Health Action Day! In 2021, MTV Entertainment Group, Task Force, and Partners launched the first Mental Health Action Day to shift the culture of mental health. Today, with over 2,000+ partners, brands, and influential speakers, plus millions of individual participants from across 32 countries, this year the focus is on deepening impact. … More Ali is a 2024 MTV Task Force Ambassador for Mental Health Action Day!
Today is Mental Health Action Day 2023! The theme this year, planned in partnership with MTV and TaskForce, is ACTION. What if everyone dedicated one hour to take action for their mental health? As an MTV Mental Health Talent Ambassador, and a 2023 Partner with MTV and Taskforce, Ali’s goal is to help empower people around the globe to take action for mental health, … More Today is MTV Mental Health Action Day! Watch Ali’s Roundtable Chat
Ali has been published yet again, this time returning to Smith & Kraus Books. She appears twice in The Best Men’s Stage Monologues of 2022 with selections from Sullen Girl (which had virtual pandemic readings with Dramatists Guild Footlights, EST LA SpringFest, and participated in the The Playwrights Realm Script Share). and I’ll Call You … More Ali’s work published again!
Ali MacLean is in print. Three of her plays are represented in the new book from Applause Books, She Persisted – One Hundred Monologues from Plays by Women over Forty. The anthology was curated and edited by Lawrence Harbison, with a preface from Jacquelyn Reingold and an introduction from veteran playwright Theresa Rebeck. The book … More MacLean’s work published in ‘She Persisted’.
Ali MacLean’s play This Will Be Our Year, described as a rock-n-roll Greek tragedy, melodramedy, or Normal People meets A Star Is Born, was a rock rollercoaster ride that audience members rode on Saturday at The Zephyr Theater. The play, starring playwright MacLean, Adam Sinclair, Juliet Lopez, and Eric Delgado, chronicles the ten-year-long tumultuous relationship … More This Will Be Our Year debuts at Zephyr Theatre!
Tickets NOW ON SALE for Ali MacLean’s award-winning play SHE’S NOT THERE, opening August 2nd at the Zephyr Theatre in LA. Go grab yourself a pair! https://www.shenycarts.org/she-la The play will be in repertory with 4 other shows at the She NYC/ She LA Theatre Arts Festival this summer. The show stars Clayton Farris as Rob … More Tickets on sale for She’s Not There at the She NYC/ She LA Theatre Festival!
Gassner Award Honoree 2018 First Prize: Ali MacLean She’s Not There The John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award Competition fosters new playwrights and scripts through this important competition established by Molly Gassner, wife of theatre historian John Gassner. The Award was created in 1967 to honor the late John Gassner (1903-1967) for his lifetime dedication to all … More Ali MacLean awarded the 2018 Gassner playwriting prize at the NETC Theatre Awards
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