Philadelphia Fringe - Kennett Square

For the first time ever, theNew Play Theatrical Club will be part of the Philadelphia Fringe. We will be presenting original short plays by local playwrights at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival in September 2026. Performance dates are September 24th from 7 - 8:30pm and September 26th from 2 - 3:30pm at the Kennett Library Auditorium. The New Play Theatrical Club meets on the third Wednesday of each month to prepare for the Fringe. Playwrights are encouraged to submit their one act plays (10 to 15 pages) . If you are an actorordirectoror simply someone who loves the theatre, join us to read and help develop new works for the stage. Gain an appreciation of what it takes to put on a great eveningof theatre and unleash your creativity at the Fringe For information about Philly Fringe go to:phillyfringe.org/ Guidelines: NPTC is open to all levels of writers, actors, directors, and dramatic arts lovers. Facilitator: Monique Girouxs play BABYLON AND TWIST received a staged reading by Daisy Theatricals in New York (2024) . THE POOL BOY received a staged reading at 1st Mondays, Naked Angels, NY (2022) and at Round The Bend Theatre in Saugerties, NY (2022) . Her play: LUCILE was workshopped by Naked Angels in New York and received a staged reading at Theatre@First in Boston (Fall 2022) . Her play SHEEPS MEADOW is the runner-up for the Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize 2021. Monique also wrote a one-act play: A BITTER PILL which received a Zoom reading by The Quarantine Series Theatre Company (2020) Monique graduated from NYU with a Bachelor of Arts and Science and from McGill University (Montreal) with a MBA. She founded The Armadillo Theatre Company in Toronto, Ontario to produce new American and Canadian playwrights. She worked as associate producer for Les Productions La Fete on the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Memoirs, a six-episode english and french documentary on the late prime minister of Canada which aired on the CBC/Radio-Canada. She was Literary Associate under Curt Dempster at The Ensemble Studio Theatre