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Join us for a reading of Tammy Ryan’s new play
The Boy King In Queens
Tammy is the inaugural recipient of The Boost and this new work was written in conversation with Leah’s play The Wire.
Where: Shares at LaMama* – 66 East 4th Street, New York NY
When: Monday May 19, 2025
Reading of Leah Ryan’s The Wire @ 4pm
Reception @ 6pm
Reading of Tammy Ryan’s The Boy King In Queens @ 7pm
Tickets are “pay what you wish” and are now available by CLICKING HERE.
*Shares at LaMama provides theatre space for non-curated productions.
The Boy King In Queens was workshopped as part of PlayTime at New Dramatists,
and was written with additional support from the Bogliasco Foundation.




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Our Mission
The Leah Ryan Fund helps sustain and support writers facing individual challenges and systemic oppression so they can keep writing, connecting, creating, and thriving. The Fund currently offers an annual playwriting prize (The Leah) and an annual award for writers facing a serious illness (The Vladimir), and the newly created commission (The Boost).
The Leah Ryan Fund was established in 2008 to honor the memory of Leah Ryan, a woman of letters who wrote plays, poetry, essays, lyrics, adaptations, and collaborated with performance artists.