Donald Tongue (resume) is a New England playwright with four published plays to his credit. His play, Void, has been produced twenty times with performances in Boston and Los Angeles. School Portrait Monologues was produced in New Zealand and Fishbowl was part of the 2010 short play festival at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre in New York City.
Donald’s play about the poet Robert Frost, My Neighbor, the Poet, was commissioned and produced in 2010 by theatre KAPOW in October 2010 and by New World Theatre in 2018 at SNHU.
A Time, Twice Upon was developed as part of a playwrights’ collaborative sponsored by theatre KAPOW. The aim of the project was to foster and develop new plays through workshops and public readings. A fully staged performance of all the plays was produced in March of 2011.
Scene Changes was a featured work in the Page to Stage Encore production, Concord NH, produced at the Firehouse Center for the Arts 2012 New Works Festival, Newburyport MA, produced at the Leddy Center for their 2015 Showcase Production series, Epping NH, and by New World Theatre in 2022 at the Hatbox Theatre, Concord NH. It was selected and scheduled to be included in the 2020 RAVE Festival in NYC.
Candid Candidate was produced at the Leddy Center for their 2016 Showcase Production series, Epping NH, and produced in October 2016 at the Hatbox Theatre, Concord NH.
The Truth Will Spring Yuh was produced at the 2014 NHCTA Festival, Concord NH, and received its premiere full production in April 2017 at the Hatbox Theatre, Concord NH.
As an actor, Donald has performed in over thirty productions in roles ranging from Judas, in Jesus Christ Superstar, to John, in David Mamet’s Oleanna.
Donald is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and founder and Managing Director of New World Theatre.
