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Haley Rice is a NYC-based creative. She most recently played The Cosmonaut in Isaac Byrne’s Under The Dragon’s Tail. She is currently the Creative Producer at MCS Theatre and has curated THe New Works Series running now through June 29th. She recently directed Ryan Tofil's play reading Part One, MCS Writers' Block Showcase Scratch That, and assistant-directed Isle of Shoals production of Romeo & Juliet. Proud to be asked by the late Ted Wold to direct his 2021 production of Sunday on the Rocks.

Haley has a body of work that spans from full-length plays to multiple pilots and feature screenplays. She's studied TV-Writing through UCLA, playwriting at Primary Stages, and a founding member of The Writers' Block at MCS since 2019. Haley was an Artist-in-Residency at The Ace Hotel and is currently Head Artist-in-Residence at Theatre4thePeople.

Haley wrote her first play LOU, based on the life of Lou Salome, which premiered at the Paradise Factory NYC in 2017. In 2020 Chimera placed in the top 30 at the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. Don't Feed the Ducks will premiere at the 2023 International Human Rights Art Festival at The Tank.

Her screenplay The Last Gableton was selected for the LBGTQ+ Toronto Film Festival, a quarter finalist in the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, and a finalist in the 2021 Downtown LA Film Festival screenplay competition. Her original pilot Giselle, In Process was a semi-finalist for the 2021 Emerging Screenwriters Competition. Co-Founder of Messy Stars Productions.

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Cast Set For SPERM DONOR WANTED (OR, THE UNNAMED BABY PLAY) with Theatre 4the People


Theatre 4the People has announced the cast for their World Premiere of Sperm Donor Wanted (or, The Unnamed Baby Play) by T.J. Young, directed by Haley Rice at the Chain Theatre (312 W 36th St. 4th floor, New York, NY 10018), April 11-28.

T.J. Young's SPERM DONOR WANTED (OR, THE UNNAMED BABY PLAY) to Open at The Chain Theatre in April


Theatre 4the People will present the World Premiere of Sperm Donor Wanted (or, The Unnamed Baby Play) by T.J. Young at The Chain Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Photos: Go Inside STUPID F*CKING BIRD Opening Night Gala at MCS Theatre


Theatre4thePeople's production of Stupid F*cking Bird by playwright Aaron Posner opened to a sold-out house on Sept. 15th at MCS Theatre. Check out photos from the gala here!

Theatre 4the People Opens Their 2023-2024 Season With Aaron Posner's STUPID F*CKING BIRD


​​​​​​​Theatre 4the People presents a revival of the hit show STUPID F*CKING BIRD, written by Aaron Posner and directed by Isaac Byrne.

Photos: PIEDMONT POINTE Begins Rehearsals At Theatre Row


A limited engagement of Scott Miesse's PIEDMONT POINTE will open at NYC's Theatre Row on August 25th, to a sold-out opening night crowd. See photos from rehearsal.

Roaring Epiphany Production Company To Debut New Play HUGO SAVES CHRISTMAS…in MAY!


On May 20th and 21st, Roaring Epiphany Production Company will present the NYC debut of an all-new work, 'Hugo Saves Christmas...in May!,' written by REPC resident playwright, Steven Hayet, and directed by REPC's Co-Artistic Directors, RJ VerChaud and Jillian Faye Liebman.

Photos: Inside The MESSY STARS PRODUCTIONS Launch Party


Industry folk gathered in midtown NYC to celebrate the launch of MESSY STARS PRODUCTIONS: a full-scale NYC-based production company formed by J.D. Brookshire, Caycee Black (Bravo's Project Runway: Season 19), Lola Maltz, and Haley Rice. 

Benefit Concert of NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT to Honor the Memory of Rebecca Luker


Help Make a Difference! New Jersey’s Jesse Walker, host of the online celebrity show “The Jesse Walker Show,” in support of Project ALS, will join 2-time Tony Award winner Judy Kaye for a special benefit virtual performance of the Broadway musical Nice Work If You Can Get It to honor the love and memory of the late Rebecca Luker.

Benefit Concert Performance of NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Postponed Until December


Due to a last-minute scheduling conflict and cast change, the ONE-NIGHT ONLY live virtual special benefit concert originally announced to take place this evening, September 28, 2021, has been RESCHEDULED for Friday evening, December 17, 2021 at 8:00PM (EST).

Model Sophie Sumner, Comedian Matt Vita, And Broadway Producer David Lambert Join AS SEEN ON Podcast


America's Next Top Model Sophie Sumner, Comedian Matt Vita, and Broadway Producer David Lambert join the Grace Day penned podcast, AS SEEN ON.

Charly Clive and Nikki MacCallum Join AS SEEN ON Podcast


Television star Charly Clive (Pure) and Author Nikki MacCallum (Dry Run) join the cast of the Grace Day penned podcast, AS SEEN ON.

Samuel French's OOB Short Play Festival Announces 30 Finalists; Dominique Morisseau to be Honorary Festival Playwright


Samuel French's Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival (OOB) has announce that Dominique Morisseau (Skeleton Crew, Pipeline, Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations) is this year's honorary festival playwright.

Stealing from Work Brings Ensemble Comedy to Middlebury


Stealing from Work is back with a full show of brand-new sketch comedy written by Angie Albeck and Marianne DiMascio. This year's show, Sketch Victims Unit, plays Town Hall Theater in Middlebury on March 8 at 7pm.

THE METROMANIACS Coming to Middlebury Actors Workshop This Fall


Middlebury Actors Workshop, Central Vermont's premiere professional theater company, will present a new comedy by David Ives, The Metromaniacs.

THE METROMANIACS Coming to Middlebury Actors Workshop This Fall


Middlebury Actors Workshop, Central Vermont's premiere professional theater company, will present a new comedy by David Ives, The Metromaniacs.

Lively, Global Sensation WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT Comes to Town Hall Theater


An actor walks on stage and is handed a script in a sealed envelope. The actor (MacArthur Stine) has never seen the script. He opens the envelope, begins to read, and the play begins. No one in the room knows what it will be about, what the actor will be asked to do, or how it will end. He just has to finish reading the play. No matter what.

Photo Flash: In Rehearsal for Theatre 4the People's LOU


Theatre 4the People will present the World Premiere of Haley Rice's LOU, directed by Kate Moore Heaney, May 19-June 3 at The Paradise Factory (64 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery, Second Theater). BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!

Theatre 4the People to Premiere Haley Rice's LOU at The Paradise Factory


Theatre 4the People will present the World Premiere of Haley Rice's LOU, directed by Kate Moore Heaney, May 19-June 3 at The Paradise Factory (64 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery, Second Theater).

Theatre 4the People to Host LIBATIONS WITH LOU Spring Fundraiser


Join Theatre 4the People for a night of 'Libations With Lou' to raise funds for the world premiere of playwright Haley Rice's 'LOU,' a new play exploring the life and work of Lou Salome, one of the greatest and most controversial minds of 20th Century Europe.

Town Hall Theater's Pop-Up Plays Returns


The process of creating Pop-Up plays is simple: 6 playwrights stay up all night writing a ten minute play, based on photos of their actors (many of whom they've never met) and random instructions called "curveballs". The next morning, the hot-off-the-press scripts are given 17 local actors and 6 courageous directors to rehearse and memorize in 10 hours.  Whatever they come up with premieres in front of a live audience that evening.

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