Big Dawg Productions is pleased to announce the launch of its inaugural series First Stop, Wilmington: The Off-Broadway Express. 

Thanks to a successful partnership with MarMaxMedia on the sold-out run of Two Jews, Talking in early 2023, Big Dawg Productions has again partnered with this experienced development company to bring new, Off-Broadway productions straight to Wilmington.

A prestigious and creative team with 50+ years of experience, MarMaxMedia produces new theatrical works for Broadway, off-Broadway and London’s West-End with dozens of credits ranging from Network to Stomp. This exciting partnership grants Big Dawg Productions the rights to, and therefore the exclusive ability to showcase, Off-Broadway productions before they go on tour anywhere else.

Already in development are two plays by New York Times bestselling author, Tawni O’Dell, entitled Windows and Pay the Writer. Windows is a series of monologues that look back at the first few months of the COVID pandemic. It will run off-Broadway in August/September 2023 for eight weeks, on Mondays only, with named actors delivering the monologues.

Pay the Writer is a sophisticated comedy-drama that delves into the dynamics of a unique 40-year-old friendship between a gay literary agent and a world-renowned African American novelist. Opening August 13, 2023, the play will have a seven-week engagement at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater at the Pershing Square Signature Center in NYC starring Golden Globe-winning Marcia Cross, as well as Bryan Batt and Ron Canada. Karen Carpenter (Love, Loss, and What I Wore) directs.