Westport Community Theatre's ETC Hosts Free Staged Readings 10/14

Westport Community Theatre's ETC presents a staged reading of two very funny, heartwarming original plays by local playwright Vanessa David, directed by David F. Savo. The event opens the new season opens a new season of staged readings Friday, October 14 at 8:00 p.m and is free to the public.

In 2006, WCT commissioned Vanessa to write a play for Westport Community Theatre's contribution to the Town of Westport's First Night celebration. We are honored to have staged the first production of "Resolution #9," which has subsequently been published and performed at First Night celebrations all over the U.S.

"Connect Couples (dot) Com" was written for the first Dinner Theatre Night at the Piedmont Club in Darien and performed to a sold-out house; it was also performed at Mystic Performance Workshop in Mystic, Connecticut. The play is a radio play featuring two actors playing two dozen characters. The story focuses on the recently divorced Harold, now living with his mother, and his quest for love on the Internet. The playwright and director will perform this piece.

We're pleased to premier "Aspiration/Dream," a new play, set in the mountains of New Hampshire. A young woman, lost and stranded on a snowy night, is rescued by a mysterious old woman, who tucks her into the family?s easy chair. Heather Milone Caplan will play Molly; Ruth Anne Baumgartner will play the Old Woman.

Vanessa David is a published playwright and award-winning actress. Her plays have been performed from coast to coast, including California, New York, and Boston. As an actress, she won the Square One Theatre Subscribers Award for her performance in "Educating Rita." Other acting credits include "A Cup of Coffee" at Yale Repertory Theatre, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "As You Like It" with Shakespeare on the Sound, "Love's Labour's Lost" and "Richard III" with the Oxford Shakespeare Company, and "Hound of the Baskervilles" and "You Can't Take It With You" at the Pioneer Playhouse. Currently she is entertaining the World Wide Web as the "Headbanging Hostess," blogging cooking and entertaining. She recently received a certificate in Culinary Arts from NCC and holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Western Connecticut State University.

David F. Savo has worked as an actor, acting coach, director, and casting director in countless productions around Connecticut. As an actor he has performed with the Town Players of New Canaan, Town Players of Newtown, Westport Community Theatre, Wilton Playshop, The Edgerton Center for the Arts, and Moonlight Theatre Company. He directed the award-winning production of "Brighton Beach Memoirs" at Sacred Heart University as well as the première production of Claudia Haas?s "Wish You Were Here," which received the Audience Best New Play award at Eastbound Theatre and was published by Smith and Kraus. Most recently he has been working as a casting director for Up on the Roof Productions, casting their webseries "The Puzzle Maker?s Son" and "Scenes from the Movies."

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