Ken Urban Awarded Jerry A. Tishman Playwrights Creativity Fund

Photo from one of Ken Urban's PlaysKen Urban was awarded a Jerry A. Tishman Playwrights Creativity Fund from New Dramatists to support the development of my new play DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY.

A four-day workshop of the play will be directed by Steve Cosson (Artistic Director, The Civilians) and feature Maulik Pancholy (30 ROCK, WEEDS), Michael Cyril Creighton (SPOTLIGHT, HIGH MAINTENANCE) and Danielle Skraastad (NYTW’s HURRICANE DIANE).

The workshop will conclude with an invited reading on Friday, December 14th at 3pm. The play is a comedy about a married gay couple who decide to get romantically involved with an ex-girlfriend.

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