Andrew Martini is a Brooklyn-based playwright originally from New Jersey. Most recently, his play "The High Priestess" was an official selection for Emerging Artists Theatre's 2022 New Works Series. Andrew was a semi-finalist in the 2022 Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival and Landing Theatre Company's 2021 New American Voices Playwriting Festival. "The High Priestess" was produced by Permafrost Theatre Collective for three, live performances that were virtually streamed to audiences in June 2021. Andrew's work has also been developed at The Chain Theatre and The Orchard Project in New York. Andrew is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild.
Plays
On the eve of Claudia Holcomb's sixtieth birthday, her estranged daughter returns home, bringing with her sinister memories from the past. As the Holcomb family unearths these haunting truths, and new revelations threaten to tear apart an already fractured family, Claudia, who believes that her daughter has the power to heal her, must begin to question her faith in the mysterious forces of the universe.
The Vatican has decided to defrock a prominent cardinal for the sexual abuse of children over many years, including during his time as bishop of the church Gabriel Mulholland grew up attending. This comes as his father, Patrick Mulholland, prepares to be ordained a deacon. Gabriel, and the rest of the Mulholland family, must come to terms with what could be Patrick's complicity in the cover-up of these heinous crimes. Meanwhile, Gabriel is trying to come out to his family and be his authentic self along with the significant other he's kept hidden from them.
Successes
"The High Priestess" was an official selection for Emerging Artists Theatre's Fall 2022 New Works Series.
"The High Priestess" is a semi-finalist in the 2022 Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival
"The High Priestess" was produced by Permafrost Theatre Collective for three, live performances that were virtually streamed to audiences in June 2021.
"The High Priestess" was a semi-finalist in The Landing Theatre Company's 2021 New American Voices Playwriting Festival.
My play "In the Name of the Father" was chosen for The Chain Theatre's 2020 Playwriting Lab, a 6-week developmental lab that culminated in two public staged readings.