Category Archives: News

This week, Apple Podcasts introduced a new category for podcasts: Comedy Fiction, which includes The Porch Room’s Mission: Rejected. We were overwhelmed and overjoyed to learn that Mission: Rejected has debuted on this new chart at #14! Thank you to all our listeners – those who have been here since the beginning and those who are just joining us! New Continue Reading...

The Porch Room is pleased to announce the debut of its latest project, MISSION: REJECTED, a new full-cast comedy adventure being released each month as a podcast. It’s the story of what happens when the world’s greatest spy decides to reject his top secret mission and there’s no choice but to send in “The B Team.” Created and written by Continue Reading...

Porch Room co-founder John Dowgin was honored at the 2017 Austin Film Festival.  His spec script, “Mile 42” was finalist in their screenplay competition, in the Enderby Entertainment Award category for feature scripts in all genres with an original concept and distinctive voice that can be produced for under $10 million. John’s script was one of 56 finalists out of Continue Reading...

The Porch Room congratulates co-founder Pete Barry on the sale of his spec script “Marian” to Margot Robbie’s Lucky Chap productions and Sony Pictures. Robbie will star as Marian of Robin Hood fame in this unique take on the legend.  When Robin Hood is killed in battle, Marian must take up his mantle and lead the Merry Men against Prince Continue Reading...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – The Porch Room Independent Film & Theater Company today announced that it has signed a development agreement with New York performer Nazli Sarpkaya that encompasses at least three new productions between the 2016-2017 and 2018-2019 seasons. Ms. Sarpkaya starred in the New York production of The Porch Room’s Antony & Cleopatra: Infinite Lives and Continue Reading...

Attention LA Porch Room fans! John P. Dowgin’s one-act Zebulon Calling has been selected for performance as part of the third annual “Sci-Fest LA” Science Fiction One-Act Play Festival. The festival offers two rotating evenings of professionally produced 15-minute sci-fi plays by up-and-coming writers, as well as world premiere stage adaptations based on the works of such authors as Neil Continue Reading...

December 1st, 2015 saw the publication of Plays for Three a new anthology of short plays for three actors from Vintage Press.  The Porch Room was honored to be included via Sex with a Mathematician  by Pete Barry. Sex with a Mathematician originally premiered at the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival.  The version in print comes from The Porch Room’s production in Continue Reading...

“Sex with a Mathematician,” Pete Barry’s one act comedy, is to be published in Plays for Three from Vintage Press.  This is the Porch Room’s third imprint with Vintage Press after Shorter, Faster, Funnier and Plays For Two. “Sex” originally debuted at the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival.  The incarnation that will be printed is a revised version from The Porch Room’s Continue Reading...