Ali was featured on the front page of New Play Exchange this week, as part of a top ten list of Musicals by Women. The New Play Exchange stated: Confidential to artistic directors: here on the New Play Exchange, there are any number of scripts by women just waiting to be produced. Here is just … More This Will Be Our Year in NPX Top Ten
Marking the 6th and 7th publication for Ali, Smith and Kraus‘s newest anthologies to hit the shelves The Best Men’s Stage Monologues 2023 and The Best Women’s Stage Monologues 2023 both feature two pieces each from Ali’s plays. Each book has a monologue from Ali’s acclaimed play This Will Be Our Year (Hugo and Shannon), … More MacLean published again by Smith and Kraus – Best Monologues of 2023!
Team TWBOY has some exciting prospects coming up, including workshops with some broadway producers and creatives. However, funds are needed, so Ali and the gang started a fundraiser: Hey you rock ‘n rollers! Help us take This Will Be Our Year on the road! Or even down the road… Recently Ali adapted her play This Will Be Our … More Help take rock n roll show This Will Be Our Year on the road! Or down it…
Ali was named the Resident Artist at the Citadel of Playwrights this summer. As a co-hort and resident artist, she spent weekly sessions presenting pages to the collective and panel of her play as she transferred it into a musical, with the new material by Craig Finn. The work culminated with a virtual performance of … More MacLean’s residency at The Citadel ends with virtual presentation of This Will Be Our Year
Ali MacLean has tapped indie-rock stalwart Craig Finn, frontman for The Hold Steady, to pen original music for the new mounting of her play This Will Be Our Year. This grunge rock-n-roll story follows the star-crossed, ten-year love affair between Gen (a struggling New York jewelry designer) and Hugo (a fledgling British rock star). In … More MacLean collaborates with indie rocker Craig Finn
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