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AMY E. WITTING is an actor, writer, and educator living in Tudor City, New York. Her work explores complicated grief, the longing for connection in a world tailored for isolation, and how love, poetry and magic can anchor the human experience. Most recently, she received a NYFA Artist Grant for her project, You’re The Reason I’m Still Here, - a documentary theatre piece chronicling the stories of twelve college students coming of age in a post-COVID world. The play with music is sscheduled to have a NYC workshop production in March 2025.
Other plays include Our Father (Irish Rep Development Reading), The House on the Hill (Atlantic Theater Inaugural LAUNCH Commission, NNPN National Showcase, CATF World Premiere), The Midnight Ride of Sean & Lucy (Roundabout Underground Workshop featuring Elisabeth Moss & Bryce Pinkham, Semi-finalist O’Neil Playwrights Conference, Archipelago (PlayPenn Development Conference, Haas Fellowship), and Day 392 (The Kennedy Center ACTF/NNPN MFA Playwrights Workshop, Hunter Playwrights Week, Kilroy’s List). She was the winner of the 2019 inaugural Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries prize for her play Anne Page Hates Fun, which had its world premiere at The American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia.
Her work has received a Jerome Foundation Fellowship, NEA Grant, Queens Council on the Arts Grant, NYFA Grant, and Anne Freedman Grant. She has been nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Weissberger Award, Stavis Award, and Theatre Visions Award. She was the 2016/2017 Inaugural Artist-In-Residence at Abingdon Theatre Company under the artistic direction of Tony Speciale.
Her plays have been developed at Atlantic Theater, The Lark Play Development Center, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Manhattan Theatre Club, Pipeline PlayLAB, Tofte Lake Center, Roundabout Theatre Space Jam, National New Play Network, Abingdon Theatre, NewYorkRep, and The Kennedy Center. Amy received her bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College & MFA from Hunter College. She is a member of The Dramatists Guild, affiliated artist with National New Play Network, and founder of aWe Creative Group.
When she is not writing she is busy learning from her many students as a Teaching Artist at Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre Company, and Strike Anywhere. She also is very fortunate to have the opportunity to be an adjunct professor at Long Island University in the Theatre Department. Leading with love is her most important credit.

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Photos: Go Inside Roundabout's 2024 Gala, Honoring Kenny Leon and the Rudin Family


Roundabout Theatre Company celebrated its 2024 Gala, honoring Kenny Leon and The Rudin Family. Check out the photos here!

Photos: I SQUEEZED REALLY HARD Premieres At The Wild Project


Anthony Misiano, in association with The Aviary and the wild project, presents the World Premiere of I SQUEEZED REALLY HARD. Directed by Jacob Titus (Spaceman by Leegrid Stevens), this one man comedy about one kid's tragedy runs through September 26th at the wild project.

I SQUEEZED REALLY HARD. Begins September 17 at the Wild Project


In I SQUEEZED REALLY HARD., Anthony Misiano serves up a series of painfully funny, progressively more shocking true stories about his turbulent childhood and the modern broken home. A Dickensian journey as raw as it is intangibly universal, Misiano's fearless, high-energy storytelling takes us down an engrossing autobiographical road that makes us laugh at our darkest moments, and question what exactly we define as family. A bold, unapologetic comedy set in a simpler, more aggressive time known commonly as: The 90's.

Mission To (dit)Mars To End Programming


(dit)Mars theatre company has made the decision to wind down its operations as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Freddie Ashley Awarded Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Medallion Of Excellence


On Sunday, August 4, 2019, at the conclusion of the 2019 MFA Playwrights' Workshop at the Kennedy Center, Actor's Express Artistic Director Freddie Ashley was awarded the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Medallion of Excellence.

FILIBUSTERED AND UNFILTERED: AMERICA READS THE MUELLER REPORT At The Arc


To ensure a separation of powers, the U.S. Federal Government is made up of three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. When authority runs amok, the ultimate check is the American citizen. 

PlayPenn New Play Development Conference Announces 2019 Plays And Haas Fellows


PlayPenn, the new play development organization which assisted in the development of the Tony Award-winning international hit OSLO by J.T. Rogers, has announced their 2019 New Play Development Conferenceplays and writers, which will constitute the inaugural class of Haas Fellows.

The Vicious Circle To Present Industry Reading Of Amy E. Witting's I WASN'T EXPECTING YOU


The Vicious Circle will present two private industry readings of Jerome Foundation Fellowship recipient Amy E. Witting's new play I Wasn't Expecting You, directed by Zoey Martinson on Monday, April 8th.  Casting to be announced.

New Dates Announced For Off-Broadway Premiere Of SPACEMAN


After an unfortunate 'failure to launch' mishap, Loading Dock Theatre is thrilled to announce that Leegrid Steven's Spaceman has once again been cleared for take-off and will launch into the Off-Broadway stratosphere beginning February 2019. This exciting news comes after the originally scheduled debut was forced to close after only one preview when leading lady Erin Treadway suffered a substantial fall that left her with serious fractures to both arms and left wrist.

American Shakespeare Center Winter Season Takes Deep Dive Into Elizabethan Rehearsal Conditions; Creates Memorable, Actor-driven Productions


The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) Winter Season: The Actors' Renaissance began previews this past weekend of The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, Part 1.

Previously Canceled Due to Injury, SPACEMAN Relaunches Off-Broadway


After an unfortunate "failure to launch" mishap, Loading Dock Theatre announces that Leegrid Steven's Spaceman has once again been cleared for take-off and will launch into the Off-Broadway stratosphere beginning February 2019. This news comes after the originally scheduled debut was forced to close after only one preview when leading lady Erin Treadway suffered a substantial fall that left her with serious fractures to both arms and left wrist.

New Dates Announced For Off-Broadway Premiere Of SPACEMAN


After an unfortunate 'failure to launch' mishap, Loading Dock Theatre is thrilled to announce that Leegrid Steven's Spaceman has once again been cleared for take-off and will launch into the Off-Broadway stratosphere beginning February 2019. This exciting news comes after the originally scheduled debut was forced to close after only one preview when leading lady Erin Treadway suffered a substantial fall that left her with serious fractures to both arms and left wrist.

Town Hall Discussion On Rape Culture to Be Hosted By NewYorkRep


In anticipation of White Ribbon day, also known as the International Day for the eradication of violence against women, NewYorkRep will present a staged reading and town hall discussion of A BAD NIGHT, a new docu-drama co-written by Nicole Pandolfo and Amy E. Witting, at Playwrights Horizons, this Sunday November 18that 12:00pm and 3:00pm. Markus Potteris set to direct.

American Shakespeare Center Announces Titles To Be Accepted For Year 3 Of The Shakespeare's New Contemporaries Project


American Shakespeare Center (ASC) today announces that it will accept companion plays to six Shakespeare titles for its third year of submissions to the Shakespeare's New Contemporaries (SNC) project. The titles are All's Well That Ends Well, Henry V, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado about Nothing, Titus Andronicus, and Twelfth Night.

The Contemporary American Theater Festival Awarded Benedum Foundation Grant


The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) at Shepherd University is the proud recipient of a grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation to support the Rural Arts Collaborative (RAC). Supported by the Foundation, students from Magnolia High School in Wetzel County, West Virginia will tour their immersive art exhibition, Where?, to Shepherdstown for an arts residency this month during the Contemporary American Theater Festival. The student artists will showcase and share their work with Eastern Panhandle residents and visitors.

BWW Review: THE HOUSE ON THE HILL Revisits a Trauma in Tears and Anger and Healing at the Contemporary American Theater Festival


Alexandra and Frankie are shown tacitly agreeing to steer clear of the secret not merely because such circumspection is calculated to heighten audience interest; once we understand what the secret is, we can see that the characters know that if they address it, a long-buried grievance between them will have to be put on the table, and worse, they will need to rip off the emotional scabs that have formed over a terrible trauma.

American Shakespeare Center Selects First Two Winners Of 'Shakespeare's New Contemporaries'


The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) today announces that Amy E. Witting's Anne Page Hates Fun and Mary Elizabeth Hamilton's 16 Winters or the Bear's Tale are the first two winners of 'Shakespeare's New Contemporaries,' an international playwriting competition designed to create a modern canon of companion pieces for each of Shakespeare's 38 plays.

CATF Welcomes The 2018 Company


Known nationally and internationally for its professional cultivation of vibrant new plays, the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) at Shepherd University welcomes the 2018 company to Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Each July, artists from around the country, including cities such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, gather in historic Shepherdstown to create the future of American theater.

CATF Announces The Return Of Company Manager Nicole M. Smith


The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) at Shepherd University, dedicated to producing and developing new American theater, welcomes Nicole M. Smith, as the full-time Company Manager. Smith served as CATF's seasonal Company Manager from 2012 to 2014, before accepting a position at the notable Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. For Smith, returning to CATF is akin to returning home.

Casting Update Announced For The Contemporary American Theater Festival's A LATE MORNING (IN AMERICA) WITH RONALD REAGAN


The Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University will produce the world premiere of Michael Weller's A Late Morning (in America) with Ronald Reagan as part of its 2018 season. This play is a result of a collaboration between Weller, director Sam Weisman, and actor Tim Matheson. Initially, Matheson was to originate the role of Ronald Reagan. However, due to an unexpected scheduling conflict, Matheson is no longer able to be a part of the project and the role will be recast.

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