Company in the News Jan-2026

See what PlayGround-Chicago Writers and Company Members are up to this January including: J.S. Puller, Karissa Murrell Myers, and Diana Simonzadeh!

J.S. Puller‘s play, WINTER’S END, which was part of the PlayGround Festival of New Works this year, recently won the Epiphanies New Works Festival at Wild Imaginings, a theatre based out of Waco, Texas. As the winner, WINTER’S END will have it’s world premiere next fall, at Wild Imaginings.

Karissa Murrell Myers has been been offered a writer’s residency at Chateau d’Orquevaux in Champagne-Ardenne, France. This is her first international residency.

Diana Simonzadeh is a nominee for Best Actress at the 2026 Flathead Lake International Cinemafest in Polson, Montana for short film, The Solution by 54 Scripts Productions. The festival will take place February 13-15, 2026. The Solution has five additional nominations including Best Picture-Short!