Dracula strikes again! “Dracula: Finding of a Shadow. A Play by Lisa Monde” – the Audio Drama, becomes the Winner of Pencraft Book Awards Winter 2025 and earns the title of The Best Audio Book! https://www.pencraftaward.com/winners/2025-winter You can listen to the award-winning audio drama on all major platforms, including Audible, Spotify, Everand and Google Play!
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7 January, 2025 Dali’s Dream and Lisa Monde as the director of The Maids, win Broadway World Central New York Awards 2024!
Winners of the Broadway World Central New York Awards 2024 have been announced! “Dali’s Dream”, an original play written by Lisa Monde, wins the title of Best Play (Professional) and Lisa wins in the Best Direction of a Play (Professional) category with her work on Jean Genet’s “The Maids”. Congratulations! And congratulations to all cast… Read more »
1 January, 2025 Lisa’s interview with the famous Spanish composer – Iván Macías has been published!
During her recent visit to Madrid, Lisa was excited to witness the world premiere of the musical The Pillars of the Earth/ Los Pilares de la Tierra and meet with the composer – Iván Macías, in person. A short interview with Iván has been published in Theatre News Magazine: https://www.theatre-news.com/review/UK/6040/Interview/Iván-Mac%C3%ADas Be on the lookout for a full-length, extensive… Read more »
30 December, 2024 Lisa interviews Tim Rice – the legendary musical theatre lyricist, songwriter and author, for The Theatre Times!
In November 2024, the British songwriter, lyricist, and author, a man whose contribution to the development of world musical theatre cannot be overestimated, celebrated his 80th birthday. Enter Tim Rice! 2024 became an anniversary year not only for the creator himself, but also for many of his creations! Read all about it in the interview Tim… Read more »
12 December, 2024 Dali’s Dream by Lisa Monde, as well as Monli International Company LLC’s production of Genet’s The Maids have been nominated for the Broadway World Awards! Cast your vote!
Two of the plays that Lisa worked on in 2023-2024 (written/ adapted/ directed/ brought to life by Lisa Monde) – Dali’s Dream (written and directed by Lisa) and Genet’s The Maids (directed and adapted by Lisa) have been nominated for the Broadway World Central New York Awards 2024! The wonderful actors, designers and Lisa herself have been nominated in the… Read more »
9 December, 2024 DRAG: The Musical. Lisa interviews the star and one of the creators of the new Off-Broadway hit – DRAG: The Musical – Alaska Thunderfuck!
One of the main achievements of DRAG: The Musical, which premiered at the New World Stages in New York, is that it redefined the place of drag queens in the narrative. If in the famous Broadway shows La Cage Aux Folles, Kinky Boots, and Priscilla the Queen of Desert drag queens are only part of the ensemble, then now we… Read more »
2 December, 2024 Lisa participates in the reading of Barbara Kahn’s new play at the Theatre for the New City!
‘Tis the season… of new plays being prepared for the year 2025! Lisa once again was excited to be given a chance to work with the famous playwright and director – Barbara Kahn, and participate in the reading of her beautiful new play. No more spoilers just yet…
26 November, 2024 And the Winner of the International Impact Book Awards 2024 is…. Dracula: Finding of a Shadow by Lisa Monde!
Dracula: Finding of a Shadow was most definitely born under a lucky star! Lisa’s book becomes the Winner of the International Impact Book Awards 2024 in the Performing Arts (Film, Theatre, Dance, Music) Category. Lisa is flying to Phoenix, AZ next year for the red carpet/ celebration and special Gala event!
25 November, 2024 Dracula: Finding of a Shadow by Lisa Monde becomes the Finalist of the American Writing Awards 2024!
Dracula: Finding of a Shadow is now the Finalist of the AWA 2024 in the Anthologies/ General category!
20 November, 2024 Lisa travels to Madrid, Spain, to witness the premiere of the new musical by Iván Macías – The Pillars of the Earth/ Los Pillares de la Tierra!
Recently, Lisa interviewed the famous Spanish musical theatre composer Iván Macías for the Theatre Times Magazine, while still preparing the extensive article and exclusive interview dedicated to Iván’s creative work, Lisa traveled to Madrid to witness the premiere of Iván’s new musical – The Pillars of the Earth/ Los Pillares de la Tierra, based on… Read more »