PLAYS IN PROGRESS MENTOR

TASHA GORDON SOLMON

Tasha Gordon-Solmon’s plays and musicals have been produced and developed a the Humana Festival of New American Plays, Clubbed Thumb, Northern Stage, New Georges, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Zeiders American Dream Theater, The Playwrights Realm, Ars Nova, The Perry Mansfield New Works Festival, Dixon Place, INTAR, The Tank, The Flea and the 24-Hour Musicals. She is a recipient of the Dramatist Guild Fellowship, the Playwrights Realm Fellowship, a Puffin Foundation Grant, and an AFO Solo Collective Residency.

Tasha has received residencies at Barrington Stage Company, The Millay Colony, Bethany Arts Community and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She is a New Georges Affiliated Artist, a member of the Theater Now New York National Musical Theater Writers Group, a member of the BMI Advanced Musical Theater Workshop, and an alumna of the Ars Nova Playgroup, Clubbed Thumb Early Career Writers Group, and Project Y Playwrights Group. Her plays are published by Playscripts, and Smith & Krauss, and her writing has appeared in Dramatist Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, and The Huffington Post. She has been commissioned by Actors Theater of Louisville and Project Y Theater and received her MFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU.

Tasha’s teaching credits include NYU Department of Dramatic Writing, NYU Playwrights Horizons School, Primary Stages ESPA, Curious New Voices Festival (Master Playwright), The Playwrights Realm, and Williamstown Theater Festival. She has worked in literary offices, as a reader for theaters and fellowship programs, and as Director of New Play Development at Project Y Theater. Tasha’s directing credits include Ensemble Studio Theatre, Brooklyn Museum, InViolet Theater, Pipeline Theater Company, The Tank, The Flea, The Brick, Dixon Place, Project Y, Columbia University Graduate Playwriting, NYU Graduate Playwriting, Boomerang Theater, HB Studios, Crashbox Theater, the New York Fringe Festival, and the Fire This Time Festival.

I’m interested in plays that are character-driven, plays that explore big ideas, plays that are highly theatrical, and plays that have some element of comedy. 

I draw on my experience as a writer director and dramaturg to get to the heart of what your play is about. I love to unpack big dramaturgical questions and talk about story structure.  My goal is to give feedback that will help you write the best possible version of your play.  Whether you’re working on a first draft or wondering how your play will work in production, I’ll meet you at whatever stage you’re at. I think it’s as important to figure out what is working in your play as it is to figure out what isn’t working – and we’ll spend time discussing both.