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Margo Hammond

Playwright and Actor

OCTOBER NEWS 2026

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Sylvia’s Moxie

A developmental reading and talk-back with the playwright.

Directed by Tia Dionne Hodge

 

Saturday, ​OCTOBER 17, 2026 at 6:30PM

Hosted by Speranza Theatre Company

@ Museum of Jersey City History

Reservations required; seating limited​​​

https://www.speranzatheatre.com/

Sylvia Dubois was born a slave on Sourland Mountain, NJ, in the late 1700s. She lived to be over 100 years old and was happy to tell you about it. Sylvia’s Moxie takes you on her bare-knuckled, no-nonsense journey from a powerless slave to a formidable free woman. In Sylvia’s words, “I was able to turn just about every negative into an advantage”.

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Margo’s plays have been presented in London, Milan, NYC, Colorado Springs, San Diego, Abingdon, VA and at various other theatres across the U.S.  Her play “Mistress Marlene” is published in Smith & Kraus’ “Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2015” and “Mae the Magnificent” received 1st Place (The Standing Ovation Award) in their 2019 anthology. Margo’s full-length, “Let Maisy Rest In Peace” was part of Barter Theatre’s Appalachian Festival of New Plays 2019.  

Margo is a 1st Prize recipient of Jerry Kaufman Award for Excellence in Playwriting 2016.

 

Blades” was published in Applause Books’ “Best New 10-Minute Plays 2021”. It was presented at The Magnetic Theatre in Asheville, NC, also at Cornell U, Ithaca NY, at Watchung Hills Regional High in Warren, NJ and in NYC as part of Artistic New Direction's "Eclectic Evening of Shorts".

 

In 2023, “Horseshoe Empire” received generous grants from Jersey City’s Art & Culture Trust Fund, Hudson County History Partnership and NJ State Historical Commission. It subsequently received the J. Owen Grundy History Award and an interview on PBS's "Remember Them" program

As an actor, Margo has performed in NYC at Circle Rep, Ensemble Studio Theatre, American Jewish Theatre, NYU’s First Look and at Club 57, Symphony Space and The Duke Theatre. Regionally she has worked at Williamstown (2 seasons), the Wilma Theatre (Philadelphia) and the Asolo Theatre (Florida).  She has enjoyed performing with such talents as David Hyde Pierce, Michael Cerveris and Jerry Stiller, to name a few.  As a voiceover talent her voice has been heard on major network commercials and in many training tapes.

Member of Dramatist Guild, Actors Studio PDU, American Renaissance Theatre Co and LPTW (League of Professional Theatre Women), AEA, SAG/AFTRA.
 

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