Current:
The entertainment industry is fluid, success comes with the ability to pivot as trends change and societal issues change as often as the weather. Therefore, what follows are a select group of our current projects for your perusal. It is important to note that due the "inherent change in the winds" new projects may take forefront. However, Morgalina Media will always be steadfast in our pursuit of excellence...
Stage - New York, Off-Broadway
Broken Snow
A new play by Ben Andron, In an abandoned run-down house, two strangers, both looking for something, find themselves in a deadly stand-off. Over the course of 90 minutes in this three-man plan, they discover that the mystery they are each trying to solve ties them together, and is much more powerful than either of them imagined.
Broken Snow will have it's NY debut in Spring of 2025
Streaming Serial - Web/Metasphere
Vive Acuatico
Vive Acuático is a parody marine adventure show that follows a quirky crew aboard a sailing yacht as they explore the oceans in search of both real and mythical marine life. The series combines elements of reality TV and scientific exploration, with a humorous and satirical twist, drawing inspiration from shows like "Life Aquatic," "Parks and Recreation," "Rick and Morty," "The Crocodile Hunter," and "The Orville." Targeted at mature audiences, the show features adult themes and integrates cerebral humor and social commentary. Captain Eli Hawkins leads the crew, often joined by celebrities and marine biologists, creating a dynamic and entertaining narrative that resonates with fans of adventure and marine science
Stage - New York, Off-Broadway
A new play by Greg Ostrin about the origins of Tennessee Williams, Street Car Named Desire. Marlon Brandon has an audition with destiny and this delightful fictional retelling illuminates the exciting story of how the most prolific playwright and the Godfather found Stanley and made a brilliant play that changed the world.
Previews Begin January 13th, 2025
Kowalski will have it's NY debut January 27th 2025
Stage - New York, Broadway
Windows
Windows, a dramatic new play by New York Times bestselling author
Tawni O’Dell, is based on the highly acclaimed Podcast/Audio Drama, Closing the Distance (written by Ms. O’Dell) which when released as a Podcast during the lockdown, it soared to the top of the charts and received universal five-star reviews. WINDOWS made its world premiere stage debut in March of 2024 at NYC’s prestigious Town Hall. The production featured an all star cast of Broadway, TV and film stars and the reception was simply sensational.
Windows asks: Is everything okay in there? 11 lives, 8 stories, 24 hours of endless frustration, fear, hilarity, anger, loss, and love unfolding behind curtains, blinds, broken glass, and bars. Whether navigating the self-reflection of isolation, or the unease of a chance meeting between strangers in need, or the simple realization of how much we value our most basic connection with others, Windows delves into the devastation and new beginnings found in a world forced to face an abyss together but alone. What we each endured as individuals when time suddenly stood still may have differed, but we were all changed by the experience. Our characters reshaped. For better or worse. What were you doing in 2020?
Prior to production Director Mitchell Maxwell stated the importance of Ms. O’Dell’s stunning new play. It is essential that the artistic community clearly understands the changing landscape that our society authors. In turn, an artistic response is not one to judge or to politicize, but simply to provoke thought as a conduit to change and understanding. Whether realized or not, the pandemic changed us all in myriad ways that transcended the physical.
We as a country must address the emotional carnage of Covid. The media pays lip service to what the pandemic did to the emotional state of our nation. Now that people are not dying in vast numbers, we as a society have "moved on," leaving a country cloaked in depression, substance abuse, suicide, and whose denizens walk beneath a cloud of soot. It is time for the creative community to address these lingering effects the way the great artists of the past addressed similar sensibilities that followed both World Wars, the Depression, Vietnam, and 9/11. We must purge/talk and share in order to heal and move on toward brighter days. This is a legacy play.
Windows Deck - Windows Pitch Deck
Closing the Distance - Apple Podcast Introduction
Closing the Distance - Apple Podcast Full Series
Windows - Town Hall - Sizzle Reel
Stage - New York, Off-Broadway
Irrelevant
Irrelevant, is a stunning a new play by New York Times bestselling author Tawni O’Dell. Irrelevant is a volatile, sexy, timely thriller about a beautiful writer attempting to navigate her industry’s views on racism and cancel culture, while also battling personal passions that threaten to push her to the brink of her own sanity. A brave exploration into the many faces of desire and betrayal, Irrelevant is a smart, provocative, relentless work of suspense, with an ending that will leave the audience gasping.
Irrelevant will make its world premiere in 2024 featuring a star actress in the leading role.
Stage - Dev P1, Q4 2024
The Naughty List
It’s the night before Christmas and one of the world’s most famous power couples is contemplating divorce. After 323 years of marriage Mrs. Claus is leaving Santa & she’s well aware that her timing is terrible. After a hilarious & heated argument with her husband who has just finished showering & is getting ready to “work late,” she flies the coop in a sleigh with two youthful reindeer-in-training who only make it as far as a Hampton Inn in Paramus, NJ. Will Santa alter his route and come looking for her? Will the man who spreads love to all on this special night remember that the woman he loves should come first?
The Naughty List is a breezy yet moving two-character play about the reconnection between mature sweethearts. It’s full of big laughs, smart insights, and plenty of holiday spirit. The actors will get to experience the fun & thrill of playing this legendary couple as two real people involved in the kind of modern day marital crisis all audiences can relate to. They will also be part of a production filling a beckoning void in our holiday landscape: Christmas movies abound but there are no contemporary Christmas plays. For theatre goers, The Naughty List will be a wonderful gift that leaves them saying, “Now, that was just what I wanted".
Stage - London, Off West-end
When It Happens To You
When It Happens To You, A new play by New York Times bestselling author, Tawni O’Dell, is a fictionalized account of the unquantifiable damage suffered by a victim and their family following a brutal sexual assault. The play made its world premiere off-broadway in November 0f 2019 and was beautifully received. Negotiations for an electronic platform production were halted due to lockdown.
When It Happens To You, opens in London at The Park Theatre in July 0f 2024 staring Amanda Abington and will be directed by Jez Bond, the founding Artistic Director of the prestigious Park Theatre in Finsbury Park.
Park Theatre - Box Office
WIHTY Interview - Jez Bond & Amanda Abington
Stage - Dev P2, Q2 2025
Pay the Writer
Pay the Writer, a new play by New York Times bestselling author, Tawni O’Dell, starred Broadway Veteran Ron Canada (Network), Golden Globe-winning actress Marcia Cross (“Desperate Housewives”), and award-winning actor, Bryan Batt (“Mad Men”) in the leading roles. Its world premiere was at the prestigious Signature Theatre where it garnered high praise. It is presently in pre-production for a move to Broadway by late Spring of 2025.
Pay the Writer is a sophisticated comedy drama that delves into the dynamics of a unique forty-year friendship between a gay literary agent and a world-renowned African American novelist. Heartrending and hilarious, the play follows the complicated personal and professional lives of the two men while also providing an insider’s view of the crazy, maddening, and often side-splitting world of writers and the publishing industry. Witty in dealing with egos and frailties, the play is also wise and sympathetic in its portrayal of an unlikely relationship that began at a time when both men were rejected by society and how together they survived prejudice, heartbreak, and a few bad reviews.
World premiere was August, 2023 at the prestigious Signature Theatre. It is presently in pre-production for a move to Broadway in early 2025.
Stage - Dev P2, Q4 2024
Little Did I Know
A new musical based on the acclaimed novel by Mitchell Maxwell and the subsequent groundbreaking podcast which was broadcast during 2020 lockdown.
Featuring twenty-two original songs Little Did I Know is the story of a group of friends—recent college graduates—who bring a broken-down summer theater back to life in 1976. Told with breakneck speed, the friends learn that this summer will be different from anything they expected, and what they experience will resonate throughout their lives. At turns funny, romantic, stirring, and poignant, this is an unforgettable coming-of-age story.
Little Did I Know was adapted for the stage and spearheaded by a creative dream team that included three-time Tony winner Doug Besterman, Tony and Pulitzer winning Producer Mitchell Maxwell, and Oscar and Golden Globe winner Dean Pitchford. Along the way the production was derailed by “the pandemic.” Undaunted it found life in the form of the first Broadway-Level Podcast, where, upon its release, it soared to number three on Apple and remained there for the next five months.
Little Did I Know - Introduction 1 - YouTube superstar Kurt Hugo Schneider welcomes you to the first Broadway-level podcast musical. Sample a couple of the twenty-two original songs in the show and get the first taste of the story you're going to be singing along with.
Little Did I Know - Introduction 2 - Laura Marano, star of “Austin and Ally” and “Saving Zoe” welcomes you into the world of the first Broadway-level podcast musical.
Little Did I Know - Full Episode Guide
Episode1: Have the Answer
Episode 2: Plan A2
Episode 3: You're Willing to be Flexible
Episode 4: Just Think About The Possibilities
Episode 5: Special Delivery
Episode 6: Silver
Episode 7: Hopes & Dreams
Episode 8: It's Your Everything
Episode 9: Wouldn't Mind Getting a Chance to Finish It.
Web/Metasphere - Dev P1, Q2 2024
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