Favorite Child
Do you have a favorite child? Should you? And what makes a favorite, a favorite? Tune in to find out as playwright and educator Audrey Lang speaks to writers and other generative artists about their ”favorite child”: their favorite character or piece of work they’ve created in their career thus far.
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Episodes
Saturday May 24, 2025
Saturday May 24, 2025
In the third episode of "Favorite Child," Audrey speaks with SMJ about their play small town icons.
Just a heads up, in this episode we discuss violence and child abuse, eating disorders, religion, racism, and poverty in the context of SMJ’s play small town icons.
Check out what SMJ is up to on their website www.smjwrites.com and read their plays on New Play Exchange.
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
In the second episode of "Favorite Child," Audrey speaks with Kira Rockwell about her play Wicked Bitter Beast(s).
Just a heads up, in this episode we discuss religion, trauma, and beliefs about intimacy in the context of Kira’s play Wicked Bitter Beast(s).
Check out what Kira is up to on her website www.kirarockwell.com and read her plays on New Play Exchange.
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
In the first episode of "Favorite Child," Audrey speaks with Rachel Leighson about her play Blood on My Mother's Apron.
Just a heads up, this episode includes discussions of infanticide, abortion, abuse, violence, and infertility in the context of Rachel's play.
Check out what Rachel is up to on her website: www.rachelleighson.com and read her plays on New Play Exchange.
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
Wednesday Jun 26, 2024
In this intro episode of "Favorite Child," Audrey speaks about her own favorite child -- and why it was harder to make this choice than she expected.
Audrey Lang
When she's not hosting "Favorite Child," Audrey is a playwright, theatre educator, and occasional stage manager based in Summit County, Colorado, where she teaches in Theatre SilCo's VIVO program. She was born and raised in New York City, and as such, is a fan of tall buildings and robust public transit systems — but is learning to love the mountains and the outdoors, too!
Her full-length plays include You Have To Promise (2023 Bay Street Theater Title Wave New Works Festival, 2021 Judith Royer Award Finalist, 2020 Pride Plays), Birdie and Cait and the Book of Life (2023 Jewish Plays Project Finalist, 2020-21 Original Idiots and 2020 Workshop Theater writers' group development), alex getting better (2022 U.K. Premiere, 2020-2024 high school, college, and community theatre productions around the U.S.), Lily Ineffable (2022 Jewish Plays Project Finalist), and Balancé (2022 Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective Rooftop Reading). Audrey has had short plays and standalone monologues performed with Theatre503's Rapid Write Response and The 24 Hour Plays Viral Monologues. Her short play who's mom and who's mama and a monologue from You Have To Promise are published in 2021 Smith & Kraus anthologies.
As a stage manager, Audrey has toured the United States with CoComelon Live! JJ's Journey (Production Stage Manager) and Jersey Boys (Assistant Stage Manager).
She holds a B.A. in Theatre Studies from Ithaca College, and is also a proud alumna of the MCC Theater Youth Company Playwriting Lab and The Bronx High School of Science.