The Brooklyn Generator is Erin and Bixby's first collaboration. The Brooklyn Generator was originally started by Erin when she began making plays back in 2010 with a rotating group of 6 playwrights and 12 actors who gathered once a month on a Friday night to create six 10-minute plays in less than two days. Erin continued this way for 2 years and they collectively wrote about 140 short plays. Then, after a hiatus, Bixby and Erin put their heads together and asked each other "how can we adapt this model to support the creation of full-length plays?"
Cut to June 2014 when they relaunched The Brooklyn Generator with six great playwrights. The Generator supports each other over a six month period during which each playwright takes a turn being "Playwright-of-the-Month," bringing actors and directors to the table to create brand new full-length plays in less than 30 days.
Here are the writers who have worked with The Brooklyn Generator so far:
Mallery Avidon, Eboni Booth, Ed Cardona Jr., Guadalís Del Carmen, Bixby Elliot, Georgina Escobar, Ken Greller, Amina Henry, Stephen Kaplan, Erin Mallon, Sarah Matusek, Julian J. Mesri, Eric John Meyer, Charlie O'Leary, Noah T. Parnes, Lia Romeo, Stacey Rose, Nandita Shenoy, Diana Stahl, Melisa Tien, Juan Francisco Villa and Nathan Yungerberg
If you are a writer and interested in submitting yourself for consideration for Brooklyn Generator - please click HERE to share your info and work!
For more info go to our Brooklyn Generator Facebook Page
We are excited to announce our Seventh Season of The Brooklyn Generator (at The Tank) kicking off in January 2019. Our writers for Season Seven are: Kaaron Briscoe, Naveen Bahar Choudhury, David Hilder, Daaimah Mubashshir as well as Erin Mallon and Bixby Elliot.
Readings Dates are as follows:
January Playwright - Erin Mallon
Reading: Sunday February 3rd 3:30pm
February Playwright - David Hilder
Reading: Sunday February 24th 3:30pm
March Playwright - Naveen Bahar Choudhury,
Reading: Sunday March 31st 3:30pm
April Playwright - Kaaron Briscoe
Reading: Sunday April 28th 3:30pm
May Playwright - Daaimah Mubashshir
Reading: Sunday June 2nd 3:30pm
June Playwright - Bixby Elliot
Reading: Sunday June 23rd 3:30pm
Stacey Rose's "AS IS: Conversations with Big Black Women in Confined Spaces" during Season 4.of The Brooklyn Generator
Stephen Kaplan's "The John Wilkes Booth High School for the Performing Arts Presents The Least Offensive Most Inclusive Play Ever: An After School Special" Season 4 of The Brookliyn Generator