Filtering by: emerging playwrights

Three Short Plays
Dec
17
9:30 PM21:30

Three Short Plays

A neat late night showing of three little cute plays such as: 

Non-Advice to a Boat by Addison Vaughn

Inspired by the works of Suzan-Lori Parks and the poem “Blessing The Boats” by Lucille Cliffton, Non-Advice to a Boat is a non-linear discussion of personhood kinda

Zap! by Rhett Goldman

Madeline just got zapped! She’s turning green! She needs an antidote. NOW! 

Baby Fish Mouth by Grace "Juice" O'Rourke

Should old acquaintance be forgot

And never brought to mind?

Should old acquaintance be forgot

In the days of auld lang syne?

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IRL + CYBERTANK: Writopia Lab Worldwide Plays Festival 2023: "Bravery MakeBelieve & Language"
Jun
10
to Jun 11

IRL + CYBERTANK: Writopia Lab Worldwide Plays Festival 2023: "Bravery MakeBelieve & Language"

Writopia Lab Worldwide Plays Festival 2023: "Bravery MakeBelieve & Language"

June 10 at 12:00 PM, 2:00 PM & 4:00 PM

June 11 at 12:00 PM & 2:00 PM

Now in our 14th year of the Writopia Lab Worldwide Plays Festival, our playwrights -- ages 8 -18 -- conjured who plays prompted only by a smattering of props and costumes--some blue plates, some russian dolls, some aluminum foil. Over the weekend of our festival of 31 staged readings, you'll laugh, you'll cry, your imagination will be cracked wide open with the power of the voices of this most startling and soulful generation of playwrights.

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The Bechdel Group - Our Famous Friend & Songbird
Nov
18
6:00 PM18:00

The Bechdel Group - Our Famous Friend & Songbird

The Bechdel Group’s Workshop Series is a series of readings and discussions around new work in progress. We invite all actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, and theatre lovers to join us for a festive, friendly, informal community evening of discussion around new work.

Series event: Our Famous Friend, by Kaitlin Mackenzie & Songbird, by Rachel Luann Strayer

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WE READ BOOKS: The Yellow Wallpaper
Nov
4
7:00 PM19:00

WE READ BOOKS: The Yellow Wallpaper

TICKETS
$12
WE READ BOOKS is a short play series from InVersion Theatre celebrating the untamed, uncooperative and unapologetic aspects of adaptation. Come see six short shows that all use a pre-existing text as a jumping off point for plays that refuse to play by the rules. Round IV:THE YELLOW WALLPAPER by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

THE WRITERS: Sharell Bryant, Jack Calk, Johnny G. Lloyd, Elizagrace Madrone, Zizi Majid, Catherine Weingarten

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The Bechdel Group - Tvilah (or Arriving Where She Left) & Carm
Oct
21
6:00 PM18:00

The Bechdel Group - Tvilah (or Arriving Where She Left) & Carm

The Bechdel Group’s Workshop Series is a series of readings and discussions around new work in progress. We invite all actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, and theatre lovers to join us for a festive, friendly, informal community evening of discussion around new work.

Tvilah (or Arriving Where She Left), by Bailey Jordan Garcia
“When she has disappeared, seven of the most important people in her life gather at Bethesda to try to bring her back.”
Carm, by Erica Mann
“When fourteen-year-old Iris receives a scholarship to the prestigious Karnstein Academy, she discovers that her education will still come at a price.”

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Cell Memory Theory
May
19
3:00 PM15:00

Cell Memory Theory

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Free!

The Playground Experiment's Shop Works Program Presents
CELL MEMORY THEORY
By Mike Lesser
Directed by Rhonda Dodd
Lighting Design by Joe Cabrera

Ann is a cancer survivor. Will the transplanted cells that saved her ultimately destroy her second chance at life? A scientific and psychological journey through the magical reality of one woman's death and one's rebirth. 

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Here Lies Cappy
Apr
28
3:00 PM15:00

Here Lies Cappy

TICKETS
$10
Written by Anya Richkind
Directed by Jenna Rossman
Produced by Alex Cadena

There is a bag of letters from Barbara that nobody has opened for many years. Mom has the bag. Somewhere in that bag is Barbara's suicide note. Letter by letter, Mom and Twig learn about Twig's grandmother Barbara, who left us when Mom was two years old. Meanwhile, Dad is building a deck and someone named Benny moves in next to Twig.

Content/trigger warning: This play heavily concerns suicide and suicidal ideation.

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Just The Two Of Us
Apr
14
7:00 PM19:00

Just The Two Of Us

"Just The Two Of Us" is a festival of five, short, two-person plays which explore love, sex, and relationships through the lenses of five brilliant up and coming playwrights. Join us for an evening of deep dives into dating apps, dating exes, feeling downhearted, first love, truth, lies, and lottery tickets.

Produced by Isabel Monk Cade and James Zebooker
Directed by James Zebooker
Written by Matt Surges, James Zebooker, Niki Hatzidis, Isabel Monk Cade, and Reed Arnold
Technical Direction by Stefania Schramm
Featuring Cameron Bisca, Chablis Quarterman, Mariah Lotz, Dmitry Kraine, Cynthia Nesbit, Ben Maters, Isabel Monk Cade, Matt Surges, Iris Beaumier, Reed Arnold

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