Baltimore Theatre Alliance Hosts Their Wine And Cheese Reception 9/25, Announces Book Festival Weekend Schedule

Baltimore Theatre Alliance is pleased to invites you to the Wine and Cheese Reception Dedicated to the opening of the 2009 Baltimore Book Festival At the BTA Reader's Theatre Tent Friday, September 25th, 2009 6:00 pm

Mount Vernon Place, South Park adjacent to the Washington Monument

Following the reception, Baltimore Playwrights Festival will present staged readings of original 10-minute plays by up-an-coming and award-winning Maryland playwrights.

Join us for an exciting evening of Wine and Theatre!

Baltimore Theatre Alliance - Book Festival weekend schedule

Friday, September 25th, 2009

6-8 p.m.- Opening night wine and cheese reception. Baltimore Playwrights Festival presents - 10-minute plays by up-and-coming and award-winning Maryland playwrights

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

4-5 p.m. Excellent Productions - excerpts from the musical "In His Name", written by local playwright Ramona Jones,this marvelous musical stage play introduces today's generation to the beginnings of Gospel music in America; by following the trials and triumphs of a female gospel group from the mid 1950's to 1970. Filled with all original music and wonderful emotional performances, this production, will have you shouting, crying and falling out of your seat.

5-6 p.m. On The Road Theatre - excerpts from "The Invisible Us" by Michael Harding.Why must God be invisible? Why would God allow bad things to happen? Another story about the Hobbs Family; their failures, their mistakes, and how these failures became successes.

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

12-1 p.m. The Playwrights Group of Baltimore presents - selections from "The Eight Ball Plays" - a series of ten minute plays united around the theme of "Eight Ball". We are a group of playwrights who meet twice a month to share and critique our playwriting. We learn from each other and from invited noted playwrights. If you're interested in learning more about our group, send an email to Rich Espey at richespey@gmail.com.

1-2 p.m Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre - excerpts from the upcoming productions of "Cinderella"

2-3 p.m. Winters Lane Productions - excerpts from "RENT" . Winters Lane seeks to bring its visionary spirit, steeped in a commitment to diversity and community to Washington DC with the area premiere of the groundbreaking musical. RENT is very much a theatrical embodiment of this company - a celebration of the beauty and energy of a modern arts organization. It's millennial approach to race, age and gender reflects the community of artists from RENT's East Village.

5-6 p.m. Strand Theatre - excerpts from "Mercy Seat", Neil LaBute's unflinching fascination with the often-brutal realities of the war between the sexes. In a time of national tragedy, a man and a woman explore the choices now available to them in an existence different from the one they had lived just The Day Before.