What's Up

What’s Up

(Productions, Broadcasts, Books)

Upcoming:

June in Norcross, Georgia

On the Cross Bronx, produced by Vidalia Theatre Company as part of their Summer Harvest 2026. This year's festival theme: “The human need for connection …. the obstacles in today’s world to achieving [it, and] how we cope or fail to cope.” I write about this topic often and am happy to be included. More info here.

July, Premiering in New York, NY

A film version of Raw, produced and directed by Yasseen Ashri, with additional direction by Lydia de Souza. In cooperation with Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Starring Lydia de Souza, E. Dale Smith-Gallo and Brendan Griffin.

August in New Milford, Connecticut

Rockaway Park 2012, as part of the Summer Shorts Festival, TheatreWorks New Milford, August 13-16, 2026. 20 Elm Street Extension, New Milford, CT. Buy tickets here.

Recent (Selected):

April - May in Dubai, United Arab Emirates - FINALIST!

See a reel and interviews here (scroll through!)!

My many-times collaborator Cross Bronx Studio presented a version of Final Rest at the X Festival DXB in Dubai. Set in Dubai, it featured a brother and sister of Indian heritage. After performances in April, the audience voted it straight through to the Finals in May. Featuring Satya Baskaran and Meghana Mundkur (April,) and Sid Abbas and Aditi Nath (May.) Directed by Aditi Nath.

March in Wilmington, NC

“Unproduceable” High Water Line as part of the Scotopia Festival, produced by Mouths of Babes Theatre. March 14-15 and 17-18, Wilmington, NC.

“Show opener "High Water Line," by Victoria Z. Daly, juxtaposes the alarm of 17-year-old Abby (Addison Aubin) with the sanguine reaction of her mother, played by Georgia Cole ("Someone will fix it"), as the waters (played by blue-suited performers) rise outside their home. Some nice blue lighting, creative staging and the use of projections combine to create some wild "underwater" scenes.” - Wilmington StarNews, 3/16/26

December in New York, New York

High Water Line as part of The International Human Rights Art Festival 25: Climate Change Action. December 12, The TANK, New York, NY.

November in Sumy, Ukraine

On the Cross Bronx, staged reading at Shchepkin National Theater of Drama and Musical Comedy as part of Voyage Theater Company’s play exchange through the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings/CITD's LINKAGES: UKRAINE project. November 5, Sumy, Ukraine.

One of three American playwrights given this honor.

How incredible are these Ukrainian theater makers? From one of the primary American organizers:

“A packed house just a few minutes ago in Sumy for readings of contemporary Ukrainian and American plays. Dmytro Ternovyi and I joined the artistic director Dmytro Nekrasov of the Sumy Theater of Drama and Musical Comedy to kick off the US segment of the evening. Nekrasov told me that Sumy is on the front lines, it is a city at war, but they are standing, they are reading contemporary plays, and they are ready to do more. Yeah. Wow. That's our kind of people.

Oh, yeah: And they were in a bit of a hurry because there is a chance their electricity will be turned off at 8 pm local time...”

Here’s a trailer. On the Cross Bronx features a woman giving birth and a cop trying to help her.

October in California

EMMY-winning 3 SECONDS IN OCTOBER rebroadcast on PBS

To mark the twelve-year anniversary of the killing of Andy Lopez at the hands of then-Sonoma County deputy Sheriff Erick Gelhaus, two Bay Area PBS stations re-broadcast 3 SECONDS IN OCTOBER: THE SHOOTING OF ANDY LOPEZ.

Vicki won a Regional EMMY Award in the San Francisco/Northern California region as story editor/producer of the documentary. It was named the best in its category of “Societal Concerns - News or Long Form Content.”

Narrated by actor Peter Coyote with investigative consulting by Lowell Bergman, formerly of CBS’ “60 Minutes.” Produced by Blue Coast Films, LLC in association with PBS/Northern California Public Media.

Re-broadcast on regional PBS stations KPJK Channel 60 (South Bay) October 22 and KRCB Channel 22 (North Bay) October 23.

July in Kharkiv, Ukraine

High Water Line, staged reading at Theatre na Театр на Жуках - Theatre na Zhukah as part of Voyage Theater Company’s play exchange through the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings/CITD's LINKAGES: UKRAINE project. July 17, Pintagon Art Club, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

July in Kharkiv, Ukraine

On the Cross Bronx, staged reading at Theatre na Театр на Жуках - Theatre na Zhukah as part of Voyage Theater Company’s play exchange through the Worldwide Ukrainian Play Readings/CITD's LINKAGES: UKRAINE project. July 17, Pintagon Art Club, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Books

Raw and Other Short Plays
by Victoria Z. Daly
A collection of one-act dark comedies, dramedies and absurdities, including international award winners R aw (Audience Favorite, Short + Sweet Dubai,) H igh Water Line (Neem Independent International Award, Russia,) Far North (Winner, Warner International Playwrights Festival,) F inal Rest (Warner International Playwrights Festival “Best of the Last 9 Years”,) and more.

See why these plays, vows one producer, make the audience “squirm, gasp and laugh all in the same breath.”

Upcoming in August! A monologue from Invisible in Writing Dramatic Monologues: 12 Clear & Concise Craft Elements. Written by Charlene A. Donaghy, published by Hansen Publishing Group.