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[writemarcus]

Playwrights Selected For Garden State New Play Festival

This collective of writers was carefully selected from an extensive submission and outreach process to honor the mission of JCTC, and to realize the goals of The GSNPF.

By: A.A. Cristi Oct. 28, 2024

Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) and The New Jersey Play Lab (NJPL), in partnership with the Department of Theatre and Dance's BA Theatre Studies Program at Montclair State University, have announced the collective of playwrights selected for participation in the inaugural year of The Garden State New Play Festival (GSNPL).

The diverse collective of playwrights include:

Yangzhou (Yao) Bian Sichuan; China (Binghamton University, NY)

Khadija Diop; Jersey City, NJ

Boris Franklin; Highland Park, NJ

Gabriel Diego Hernández; Jersey City, NJ

Vincent Langan; Union, NJ

Rossella Lopez; Bayonne, NJ

Elijah Maldonado; Belleville, NJ

Palesa Mazamisa; Johannesburg, South Africa

Tiffany McQueary; Jersey City, NJ

Cynthia Mellon; Newark, NJ

Francisco Mendoza; Brooklyn, NY

Dave Osmundsen; Denville NJ

Syd Rushing; Raleigh, NC

Marcus Scott; West New York, NJ

Dylan Zwickel; New York, NY

For more information on these writers, visit The NJPL website.

For a Full pass to the festival, visit www.jctcenter.org.

This collective of writers was carefully selected from an extensive submission and outreach process to honor the mission of JCTC, and to realize the goals of The GSNPF: Community, Festivity, Advocacy, Sustainability, and Artistic Equity.

As artistic institutions in a rapidly changing world, it is incumbent upon us to constantly question whether our work is truly being created, developed, and produced in service of our community, and assess whether or not our work is reaching audiences in a meaningful, impactful manner.

The GSNPF was conceived around a new strategy of blending community and artistic development in which community members are given access to create art not just consume art, resulting in an understanding and celebration of the opportunity for individual and collective growth inherent in the process of new play development.

The Collective of Playwrights participating in the GSNPF include both emerging and early career playwrights, Jersey City Community Members working in the non-profit and advocacy sector, International Artists both from abroad and from our local immigrant communities, college students, and high school students. Each of their plays focuses around an aspect of social justice.

The Garden State New Play Festival will take place on May 1st-4th and 8th-11th, 2025 at Jersey City Theatre Center.

Over the course of the six months leading up to the Festival, each writer will embark on an individualized dramaturgical track to further develop their play for presentation at the Festival. Woven into each track will be an interactive forum with a local community group or organization selected according to the lens of social justice through which the play has been conceived.

Concurrently to the individualized play development tracks, a schedule of workshops, exchanges, classroom visits, play readings, and public events, will take place between November and May, and be open to all Festival participants, including writers, actors, dramaturgs, directors, and community leaders.

The goal is that by the time the Festival itself opens, hundreds of artists and community members will have collaborated and contributed to this process of new play development, and personally experienced the power of the written word for the stage.

The GSNPF offers a new model for a new play festival that brings together artists of all career levels without barriers of hierarchy, and blurs the lines between artist and audience, all while respecting the integrity of each individual artist's craft and experience. This model frames the art of playmaking as a means of expression and advocacy, and as a tool for deeper understanding of self and one's community, and dismantles barriers to producing full productions of new plays by cultivating a vibrant ecosystem that values and champions the power of playmaking.

The Garden State New Play Festival is supported by a grant from the NJ State Council on the Arts, Project Serving Artists grant.

[allisonarnce]

Going to JCTC for the Practical Nursing Program has been one of the greatest decisions I have made. The PN program gives you the opportunity to learn nursing skills and practice them in a real-world setting.

My favorite thing about this program is the SIM lab which gives us the opportunity to act in real-life situations, that are designed to mimic real-life patient care scenarios. The amount of time we spend in the labs practice the skills we are going to be doing as LPN’s give us confidence to perform all of them well and appropriately.

The instructors are AMAZING, whatever you may need to help you learn better or perform better they are always willing to do it!

Scan the code above if you’re interested in JCTC PN program which is only 12 months! You won’t regret! 💙💛

[omeprotv]

Tickets are now on sale for next weeks screening. https://wl.seetickets.us/event/JCTC-Film-TALKS-WITH-MYSELF/593496?afflky=JerseyCityTheaterCenter

[javandcharlestalkcomics]

In which our heroes jump into the way back machine and talk about their childhood (and adult) favorite Star Wars. And even though it was written in the 70’s Charles refused to betray his inner child and had nary a negative thing to say about it. Then they talk about everyone’s favorite superhero Batman Zero Year and Jav damns it with his most vicious scorn “It was good just not great”.

Star Wars Written by Roy Thomas and Archie Goodwin Art by Howard Chaykin and Carmine Infantino

Batman Zero Year Written by Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV Art by Greg Capullo, Danny Miki, and Rafael Albuquerque

[sarahgolleymusic]

Meet Bartok my new cat! 😻 Oh! And I'm playing NYC at @rockwoodmusichall tonight starting at 8pm! See you * "It’s Broadway’s Stephen Schwartz sharing an elevator with Regina Spektor, The Cranberries and Bang On A Can. And it’s great." - New Haven Arts Council 2019 *** "Equipped with only a keyboard and looping machine, Golley is able to achieve a moody opulence rare among solo artists." - Devon Antonetti, Village Voice 2017 * 🐌TOUR! 🐜🦗 #AsWeCrawl 11/11 NEW YORK @rockwoodmusichall 11/12 JERSEY CITY @jctccenter Music starts at 8pm both shows 😀 I'm SO PUMPED 📷: @wiggledatfiddle made b&w by insta * * * * * * * * * * * #sarahgolley #tour #nyc #jctc #rockwoodmusichall #brooklyn #Manhattan #brooklynmusic #nycmusic #jerseycity #jerseymusic #selfcare #growth #orchestralmusic #piano #violin #cello #livelooping #cats #newengland #music #catsofinstagram #composition #contemporarydance #lgbt #queer #theaterkid #selfcare #selflove (at Rockwood Music Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ut-a3FffD/?igshid=yyikguea29t7

[stevegrider]

On Broadway. #jctc #downtownlouisville #abovelouisville #louisvilleskyline (at Jefferson Community & Technical College) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaZvMvuuOT8/?utm_medium=tumblr

[crazynoles]

F.Y.I. The webseries I'm apart of @omeprotvdekalog 2nd Annual Screening is next Thursday, August 29th 7pm-10pm at the Jersey City Theater Center (@jctcenter) Tickets are $10. Hope you can make it. Click tag for info. Also check out the show on @omeprotv 😎 #NoelBAustin #dekalog #omeprotvdekalog #talkswithmyself #jctc #rogeromeusjr (at Jersey City Theater Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1c0oCTpaj5yM4fmkxB-qZtANXAOzqn4U-ghEQ0/?igshid=1vckr64ydvxja

[whitesuited]

she's  easily  distracted  when  she's  supposed  to  be  packing  to  begin  with  -----  the  habit  of  keeping  a  mostly  -  packed  to  -  go  bag  in  the  bottom  of  her  closet  always  manages  to  spare  her  the  otherwise  likely  chance  she'll  go  off  on  an  assignment  missing  half  of  what  she  needs.

but  it  isn't  just  her  usual  loathing  of  rummaging  through  drawers  and  fifty  back  and  forth  to  the  bathroom  for  every  item  she  forgets  on  the  previous  trip  that  keep  pulling  her  attention  elsewhere  --------  the  way  steve's  decided  to  sit  himself  on  the  edge  of  her  bed  (  and  directly  in  the  middle  of  the  shortest  path  to  her  duffle  bag  )  is  more  effective  than  she'd  like  right  about  now.

❝    every  time  you  walk  away  you  take  another  piece  of  me  with  you. ❞      /      @multiwrites​    /    steve.

she  sighs  as  she  balls  up  a  pair  of  socks  and  tosses  them  in  the  direction  of  the  open  bag,  "this  time's  not  completely  by  choice,  you  know  that."  not  like  the  other  times  they've  found  themselves  in  this  situation  (  in  this  conversation  )  had  been;  back  when  she  was  still  freelancing  her  eyes  and  ears  to  fury  long  after  SHIELD  had  fallen  apart. "we're  both  in  enough  hot  water  separately  as  it  is,  but  together?"  she  clicks  her  tongue  as  she  works  on  a  new  pair  of  socks,  choosing  to  answer  her  own  question  with  no  real  answer  at  all.

(  because  she  knows  if  steve  asked  her  to  go  underground  with  him,  she  would. it  would  be  two  targets  for  the  price  of  one  for  anyone  who's  looking  for  them,  but  they  also  wouldn't  have  to  keep  doing  this  every  few  weeks. it's  tempting.  )

              "i've  got  some  old  contacts  in  brussels  who  owe  me  serious  favors,"  she  bites  at  the  corner  of  her  lip  as  she  sends  the  second  pair  of  socks  arcing  towards  the  bed,  "if  it  turns  out  to  be  safe,  you  should  come  for  a  little  while. maybe  even  get  back  a  couple  of  those  pieces  i'm  holding  onto."

[writemarcus]

Loyalty comes to a head in reading of ‘Sibling Rivalries’ at JCTC

Updated: Sep. 12, 2023, 5:41 p.m.|

Published: Sep. 12, 2023, 5:23 p.m.

By David Mosca | The Jersey Journal

Jersey City Theater Center will have its next live play reading, “Sibling Rivalries” by Marcus Scott, on Monday, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p.m. The new play is set at a fictional Ivy League school in the years following the Obama Administration.

This political drama follows a group of young black men, all members of a fraternity, who face shifting loyalties and eroded principles when they are forced to compete against one another for a prestigious fellowship.

“As we prepare to showcase the extraordinary talent of Marcus Scott, a remarkable representative of the black, queer community, whose work we have had the privilege of nurturing by providing a creative residency in 2023, our enthusiasm knows no bounds,” said Olga Levina, the executive producer at JCTC. “At the very core of our mission lies our unwavering commitment to open doors for emerging playwrights, allowing their voices to resound both locally and globally. JCTC is immensely thankful for our enduring partnership with I Love Greenville and the sponsorship from Healthier JC. Our collaboration has given rise to a wide spectrum of programming, each piece thoughtfully designed to shed light on the experiences and obstacles faced by people of color while celebrating their rich cultural traditions.”

Scott is a playwright, musical theatre writer, and journalist. Some of his full-length work includes “Tumbleweed” (finalist: 2017 BAPF & the 2017 Festival of New American Plays at Austin Playhouse; semifinalist: 2022 O’Neill NPC, 2022 Blue Ink Playwriting Award & 2017 New Dramatists Princess Grace Award in Playwriting Fellowship), “There Goes The Neighborhood” (finalist: 2023 New Dramatists Princess Grace Award in Playwriting Fellowship, 2023 Blue Ink Playwriting Award, the 2019 Bushwick Starr Reading Series; semifinalist: 2023 BAPF), and “Cherry Bomb” (recipient: 2017 Drama League First Stage Artist-In-Residence, 2017 New York Theatre Barn’s New Works Series; 2017 finalist for the Yale Institute for Music Theatre).

He was commissioned by Heartbeat Opera to adapt Beethoven’s “Fidelio” and his one-act “Sundown Town” was published in Obsidian: Literature and Arts of the African Diaspora: Issue: 48.1.

Sibling Rivalries will take place at Jersey City Theater Center, 165 Newark Ave, Jersey City, entrance from Barrow St. Tickets start at $5 and are available at www.JCTCenter.org.

[davelamorte]

Today's a beautiful day to check out DISRUPTION at Merseles Studios Gallery at @jctcenter. Open now 'till 7 pm. Don't forget to check out @themovingarchitects performance at 7:30 pm. #jerseycity #jcmakeityours #downtownjc #dtjc #jctc #chilltown #artshow #politicalart #america #maga #jcdisruption #whiteeaglehall #oilpaintings #installationart #photography #exhibition #disruption #dissent #nycart #artist #art #artistsoninstagram Open Now! #Repost @nosucharts with @aremyh (at Jersey City, New Jersey)

[jolalibrary]

How about some hds about zemo and a shield! reader 👀 imagine the conflict

for this, I’ve bent the shield bit a touch and had reader a bit like Sharon Carter in CW. and imagine there’s a touch more time in the JCTC before Sam hunts him down.

If you had known who he was when you first took him home, you would have cuffed him to the bed for a different reason.

Instead, you found him enigmatic, handsome, intelligent and even funny. A chance meeting in a bar and now he kept buying you flowers whenever he got the green light you were free.

You never asked what he did. He never asked what you did. The two of you keeping it strictly… after hours.

They all ended the same. One of you on your back, against tiles, against sofa cushions, floors and once you even bent over your kitchen counter.

Your eyes catching his as he runs from the chaos with Barnes. The sound of people fleeing below you, the entranceway screams and shouts bouncing all over the walls.

Your feet taking off before your brain caught up, slamming into him. His eyes catching yours.

“Schatz?”

“Zemo.”

His eyes dart to your gun, kicking it from your reach before slamming into you. Pinning your back on the floor, smirking.

“This feels familiar.”

Growling, you try to pivot him, a soft hmmph leaving his throat as you force him off you. His lips parting, eyes wide as the two of you stare at one another, the gun in between you both.

“Under different circumstances, I’d afford you the luxury of escaping unharmed,” he says, eyes narrowing before he lunges.

Hands grasping for the gun.

You just as quick, moving kicking him into his stomach, grasping for the gun as his hands find your neck. Thumb pressing down, thighs pinning you down hearing soft, little chokes as your nails dig in.

“This also feels familiar,” he smirks, removing one hand, furrowing in his pocket. “Fuck I love your fight, Schatz. But, I need you to sleep now. If you do, I’ll come back for you.”

Your eyes narrowing, full of fire and determination.

“Reward you with that thing I do with my tongue,” he grins. “You’re such a pretty thing, I hope you know that.”

He almost pities you. Even as your lashes begin to flutter, your hands tapping and tapping at his hands.

“I’ll find you when I’m done,” he says with finality, before stabbing your neck with a needle.

Watching the little light left on fading, and fading. Slowly releasing his hand, brows raising as he sees the marks he’s left.

“I hope they’re there when I return,” he mutters, if only to himself, standing as he brushes himself down before fleeing.

[valkyrieandstrangeridingaragorn]

RE: this ask... yeah, it would've been nice if in some way, Tony was called out more for dehumanizing Wanda. There's so many ways they could've done this. I mean, it could be through:

When Vision provides Wanda with Tony's reason ("Mr. Stark would like to avoid the possibility of another public incident") for interning her in the Compound with Vision as her jailer, have Wanda respond, "So you and Stark don't want people to see me at all. How does that make you any different from politicians in third world countries like Sokovia who lock up those who don't agree with them?" and then immediately leave the Compound at that moment, travel to Germany, and yell at Tony in front of everyone there at the JCTC. I bet even Natasha would be on Wanda's side here.

Have Wanda and the rest of Team Cap get to Siberia with Steve and Bucky, and she calls out Tony here.

Have Steve call out Tony when he makes the "WMD" remark about her and point out that by saying that, Tony is saying that he shares the same views Thaddeus Ross has of Thor and Bruce (that they aren't people, but things to be controlled).

I wholeheartedly agree with you. They had more than enough opportunities to do something like that and call him out because the things Stark is defending in CW are basically that the enhanced are not people, that once the government decides something you better follow it or expect illegal imprisonment with no right to lawyer or trial, and he wants to be granted the permission to act and not face any consequences for his actions (like Steve says, the Accords shift the blame).

Not to mention he finally gets the perfect excuse to admit he just wanted to defend his country and screw everyone else (the Accords state that heroes can act freely in their country of origin. Oh look what a coincidence, most of the Avengers are American! And Wanda could technically defend Sokovia but oh, surprise, she's interned and arrested.).

And then of course the movie that's meant to give some form of closure to CW is EG where Stark says this:

But once again no one is allowed to say anything back not even when he's spouting Hydra rhetoric.

In Wanda's case it's even worse since her parents were murdered by Stark's weapons (and was he ever made accountable for it by the authorities? nope!), her brother was killed after Stark went behind the team to build Ultron (again, any accountability or consequences for him after that? nope!) and in CW he's keeping her interned in the compound for no damn reason.

If this wasn't the Stark Cinematic Universe she would have said something but we all know he can never be called out for his ideas or beliefs since I'm pretty sure Disney agrees with them...

[mostly-marvel-musings]

Are your dirty drabbles still open? If they are could you do a Tony Stark one where he’s wearing that suit from the civil war conference and after everyone’s left the reader wants to make him feel better and rides him whilst pulling on his red tie and his lips graze her ear as he whispers like really dirty stuff-

Idek where my innocence went.... if you’re not taking requests then it’s fine and you don’t have to do it tho.

Tense

Pairing: Tony x Reader

Smut Drabbles Masterlist

Tony Stark Taglist: @raspberrymama @ladyeliot @boop-le-snoot @make-a-memory-drink-it-up @anthonyjanthony666 @downeyreads

Everything Taglist: @godofplumsandthunder @ladyacrasia @agustdowney @swaggysposts @littlegasps @little-baby-vixen @another-stark-sub @supraveng @kahlanmars @marvelgirl7 @disappointmentofthefam @pandaxnienke @tom-hlover @just-the-hiddles @fyreball66

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After the conference and the whole ordeal in Berlin, to say Tony was disturbed would’ve been the biggest understatement.

He’d been disturbed for a while. You knew it. After New York and Ultron, nothing was the same. Not the team, not you, not Tony.

While his anger was directed towards Captain and his other supersoldier war buddy, he kept his distance from you.

And you were willing to do anything and everything in your power to make him feel better even if it was just for a little while. Anything.

So you’d pulled him in one of the deserted but impressively well maintained restrooms of the JCTC building, locked the door behind you and sat him down on one of the toilets.

He followed you with minimum complaints, he knew he needed this and was grateful you understood.

The location was far from desirable but it would have to suffice, for now.

Jacket long abandoned, you loosened his red tie not taking it off, the damn thing had been driving you insane ever you saw him in it before moving to massage his tense shoulders.

Tired brown eyes implored yours when your hands grazed over the fabric of his pants, fingers attempting to unbuckle the belt before he stopped you.

“Here? Now?”. “It’s tension release. I want to make you feel better Tony. Can’t see you like this. I’ll do whatever it takes.”

He didn’t question any further. Simply sunk into your ministrations, though made no attempts of ridding you of your clothes. He let you take the lead.

Rough kisses, haphazard shedding of your skirt and unzipping of his pants later, you took his length in your hands and worked him up.

You sunk down on his shaft after a while, a combined groan echoing in the tiny stall, holding his tie with one hand, twisting it over your wrist as you began moving.

“Come on Tony. Let go.” You whispered and he did. Suddenly gripping your hips roughly while another hand pulled on your hair as he grazed his teeth over your neck, sucking and biting marks on the skin.

“You’ve been wanting this since we got here didn’t you? My. Needy. Little. Girl.” He growled, every thrust making his cock reach deeper and deeper inside while your fingers pulled on his hair and you bit your lip to prevent from screaming as your climax approached.

“You like it when I’m rough. Angry. Frustrated. It spurs you on does it not sweetheart?” His eyes burned into yours, the hurt and anger blazed but lust was the prime emotion reflecting at the moment. All you could do was nod and pull on his tie harder.

“You’re gonna cum aren’t you? I can feel you’re close baby.”

“Anything to make you feel better Tony.” You managed to whisper before he covered your mouth with his, swallowing the rest of your sentence along with those screams you could no longer hold in.

Tears sprung in your eyes as you came, walls spasming around his cock, legs twitching, skin flushed and sweat-lined as he grabbed your hips to still them, his own orgasm spilling into you in thick hot ropes of cum, face buried into your neck as he grunted to a stop.

The stall sure felt stuffy and uncomfortable now that you were done, but made no attempts of moving.

“So tension release huh?” “I think it was necessary.” Wiping your hair away from your face, Tony smiled for the first time in days, a rare easy Stark smile before capturing your lips in a sweet kiss.

“Thank you.” “Anytime Stark.”

Alright...I don’t know what happened. I wrote this in the spur of the moment. Hadn’t planned on it. Ok bye.

Tags are open folks!

[incorrectavengersquotes]

Sharon: We're so far from home.

Bucky: At least you have a home.

Sharon: Not anymore. I can never go back. I betrayed everything when I saved you from the JCTC.

[sarahgolleymusic]

Words cannot express how amazing last night was! Jersey City, you welcomed me with a big hug and I am forever grateful! What better way to end my fall tour than in a really creative space with amazingly talented people. Thank you @benedictofigueroa for inviting me to play. Thank you @jctcenter for hosting. Thank you @therealchillbrown for sharing your beautiful music and poetry. 💜💜💜 Until next time, kids. #AsWeCrawl * * * * * #sarahgolley #jctc #originalmusic #blackbox #theaterkid #icantihaverehearsal #instamusicians #orchestralmusic #piano #vocals #liveloop #violin #cello #lgbt #queer #wlw #mixedchicks #jersey #newjersey #ctmusicscene #composer #musicproduction #music #dance #ballet #contemporarydance #mentalhealthawareness #growth #selflove (at Jersey City Theater Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B40K73zJ47-/?igshid=10819q0yh7oe4

[nahimjustfeelingit-writes]

Tonight I watched Winter Soldier and Civil war

I noticed how Tony mentioned something about MIT during a presentation in Civil War about that B.A.R.F holographic illusion. Then, Agent Ross said something about the JSOC. Erik went to MIT and he’s apart of JSOC. So much potential there!!! Maybe Tony knew Erik? It would have also been cool if Erik went on JSOC missions for the CIA. Natasha said to T’Challa that “task force will decide when to bring in Barnes.” Bucky was also held at the JCTC ( Joint Counter Terrorist Centre) in Civil War before he escaped. It would have been cool if Erik was there!!!

Just my thoughts!