PLAYWRIGHTS' REVOLUTION Comes to Capital Stage

As a part of its mission to develop new plays and playwrights, Capital Stage presents its ninth annual new works festival PLAYWRIGHTS REVOLUTION. This year Capital Stage's reading committee reviewed over 350 script submissions from playwrights across the world. This week's festival features the four finalists. From July 25 - 28 these plays will be presented at staged readings by local professional actors and directors at the Capital Stage studios in the E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts. Capital Stage invites you to be a part of the development of the world's newest plays!

LAUNCH DAY (Love Stories from the Year 2108) by Michael Higgins
Directed by Kirk Blackinton Tuesday, July 25 at 7:00 pm in Studio 114 E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts

Weary of our corrupt and dying planet, a brilliant young engineer is blasting off today on a mission to colonize another world. Her ex-boyfriend believes the Earth - and their relationship - can be saved. But first he must convince her to stay - and hope his new robotic arm doesn't ruin everything. Six couples wrestle with the future of love in this comedy about where we're headed. THE HACK by Stanton Nash Directed by Rob Salas Wednesday, July 26 at 7:00 pm in Studio 114
E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts

Welcome to the future. The audience has gathered. And now the show can begin. Polly, the evening's host and storyteller, brings us along her recent memories of the Hack, how it affected American culture, and, most importantly, how it destroyed a beloved couple's marriage... Thankfully, there's a drug for that! With NepentheTM you get to keep all the memories, but erase all the grief. But, when Polly discovers that Delsen, her husband, slipped NepentheTM in her drink, she seeks revenge the best way she knows how: digital rampage. With the help of technology and dramatization, Polly takes her audience down the rabbit hole of her memory and eventually leads them to a shocking realization: she is immune to the drug she now yearns for. With her own marriage now in shambles, she tracks down her long-lost friend to ask one final question: If grief is a private matter, how can we expect it to exist in a world with no privacy?

CIRCULAR by Laura Shamas Directed by DenA Martinez Thursday, July 27 at 7:00 pm in Studio 114 E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts

Circe's island. A strange warrior approaches. Or is it modern day Afghanistan, and an officer approaches? A young army psychiatrist becomes entangled in the world of The Odyssey on her first tour of duty in Afghanistan. But what's real? What actually happened in combat between a soldier and her commanding officer is revealed.

THE PLAY ABOUT A DICK by Aaron Wilton Directed by Jennifer King Friday, July 28 at 7:00 pm in Studio 114 E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts

"The play about a dick" is a dark, existential comedy following a middle-aged woman (Enid) as she meets with a younger man (Murray) on Craigslist for sex. Instead, the conversation turns to a very specific sexual vulnerability of Murray's, which leads to an unpredictable and rash reaction. As Enid and the family around her adjusts to the jarring shift, her life spirals outwards. "The play about a dick." explores themes of intimacy, communication, guilt, kindness, solitude, empathy, gender roles, human connection, post-truth reality and existential vacuity. It is also a play about a dick.

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