Summer Shorts

01/29/2020

Submissions for our 2020 season are now open!

Throughline Artists is currently accepting submissions for the 14th season of SUMMER SHORTS, an annual festival of new American short plays, to be held this summer at 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan. Playwrights in the tri-state area are encouraged to submit previously unproduced one-act plays between 2...

08/31/2019

Final 2 performances of Summer Shorts Series B today at 59E59 Theaters! Photo by Carol Rosegg.

08/30/2019

Only 3 more chances to catch Series B at 59E59 Theaters! Photo by Carol Rosegg.

08/27/2019

Playwright Nancy Bleemer discusses the inspiration and journey with her play PROVIDENCE, one of three new one-acts in SUMMER SHORTS Series B. PROVIDENCE is directed by Ivey Lowe.

Playwright Nancy Bleemer discusses the inspiration and journey with her play PROVIDENCE, one of three new one-acts in SUMMER SHORTS Series B. PROVIDENCE is directed…

08/25/2019

Join us today for the final 2 performances of Series A at 59E59 Theaters! Photo by Carol Rosegg.

08/21/2019

Only 4 more chances to catch Series A at 59E59 Theaters! Photo by Carol Rosegg.

08/18/2019

Photo by Carol Rosegg. 59E59 Theaters

08/15/2019

Series A returns tonight! Photo by Carol Rosegg.

08/13/2019

Photos courtesy of Carol Rosegg. 59E59 Theaters

08/12/2019

The cast and creative team of SUMMER SHORTS celebrated the opening with friends and family at the Museum Tower Terrace on West 53rd Street in Manhattan on Monday, August 5 hosted by SUMMER SHORTS producer Throughline Artists.

08/04/2019

59E59 Theaters. Photo by Carol Rosegg.

07/31/2019

Playwright Neil LaBute discusses how a story about reparations inspired him to write APPOMATTOX, one of three new one-acts in SUMMER SHORTS Series B. APPOMATTOX is directed by Duane Boutte.

Playwright Neil LaBute discusses how a story about reparations inspired him to write APPOMATTOX, one of three new one-acts in SUMMER SHORTS Series B. APPOMATTOX…