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Join us for a reading of Tammy Ryan’s new play
The Boy King In Queens
at 7pm
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with Jane Cooper, Diane Davis, Aaron Costa Ganis, Brynn Gauthier, Iván Marcel & David Mason
stage directions Alex Moon
stage manager Amanda Crystál López
director Jessi D. Hill
preceded by a reading of Leah Ryan’s
The Wire
at 4pm
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with Samuel Foster Andrews, Senna Prasatthong, Tina Stafford & Jim Stanek
stage directions Alexandra de Suze
stage manager Meg Dowling
co-directors Dev Bondarin & Ed Cheetham
Tammy Ryan 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
All are invited to a reception between readings (5:30pm-6:45pm)
Tickets are complimentary or “pay what you wish” and are 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.
Graphic design by Lauren Simkin Berke.
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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.