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Cooking up some new recipes for growth and development for musical writers with MusicalWriters.com & celebrating Latine artists with Amphibian Stage's SparkFest!

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 Amphibian Stage's SparkFest '26
Learn more about the annual festival here.

I just finished Literary Management for the fourth year of Amphibian Stage's SparkFest, an annual summer arts festival focused on celebrating and uplifting underrepresented communities in the arts.

SparkFest'26 will celebrate Latine artists, showcasing the diverse voices and stories that inspire and captivate.

As the New Works Producing Coordinator, I literary manage the festival, running our call for plays and helping to uplift three stellar plays each year.

Previous groups celebrated at SparkFest include Native American/Indigenous artists (2025), AANHPI artists (2024) and SWANA artists (2023).

We just announced our finalists for this year's festival:
  • Benjamin Benne for Los Feliz, or the live-in nanny Play
  • Lori Felipe-Barkin for Ama. Egg. Oyá
  • Franky D. Gonzalez for Escobar's Hippo

I am stoked for these artists to head to Fort Worth and for their plays to be out in the world! Stay tuned for more and for how you can attend.

I also want to give a major shout-out to all of our finalists below – there are some incredible works here!
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RECENT DRAMATURGY FEEDBACK:

"Ally was fantastic to work with and was such a champion of my work. I always felt like she had my best interest in mind and asked me the best questions to help get my play and my writing to a better place. I feel like I walked away from this experience with a fuller, more realized play and a better writer." - Parker Davis Gray, playwright

"Ally is dedicated, thorough, intelligent, and has a innate sense about what a play is, needs, and wants to be. I highly recommend her services as a dramaturg if you're looking to cross the bridge from good to great." - Calder Meis, actor & playwright, cry hard

SCRIPT READING

Currently meeting new stories through reading for Amphibian Stage, Expand the Canon, NAMT, the Playwrights' Center's fellowships, and SHE NYC Arts' Festivals (ATL, DFW, LA, NYC).
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