Skip to main content
My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

THE DESERT Reading to Follow Baltimore Playwrights Festival Meeting, 2/19

By:

The Baltimore Playwrights Festival announces its monthly public meeting to be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at Fells Point Corner Theater, 251 South Ann Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, 410-276-7837. After the meeting, at 8:30 p.m., there will be a staged reading of The Desert, a one-act play by Jacquelyn Bengfort, followed by a discussion of the script with the playwright, director and actors. Both the meeting and the reading are free, and the general public and all BPF members are encouraged to attend.

Jacquelyn Bengfort weaves an intriguing tale that takes place several years after a near-apocalyptic weather event known as "The Desert" -- a set of twins recounts to their dinner guests the story of how their grandmother arrived ahead of the storm, bent on assuring their survival at any cost.

Jacquelyn spent eighteen years reading library books and staring out at the North Dakota prairies before departing for stranger shores. Currently based in Washington, D.C., her fiction has appeared in The Labyrinth and is forthcoming in Storm Cellar.

The Baltimore Playwrights Festival has presented over 282 productions by 173 playwrights at 27 different theaters. Our mission is to provide an environment that nurture the talents of Maryland and DC playwrights through public readings, discussions, critiques and workshopping of new plays. Our summer season is devoted to the presentation of these newly developed works to area audiences in cooperation with local area theaters. We are a volunteer-operated 501(c)3 organization, and welcome any and all participation. Get involved! Become a Member! Further information can be found at www.baltplayfest.org.

Don't Miss a Baltimore News Story
Sign up for all the news on the Summer season, discounts & more...

Local Shows
Curtains in Baltimore Curtains
Robert E. Kauffman Theater - Anne Arundel Community College (7/10-7/19)
Sleeping Beauty: The Time Traveler in Baltimore Sleeping Beauty: The Time Traveler
Adventure Theatre MTC (6/18-8/23)
SIX (Boleyn Tour) in Baltimore SIX (Boleyn Tour)
Hippodrome Theatre- France-Merrick Performing Arts Center (10/25-11/01)
The Comedy Pigs in Baltimore The Comedy Pigs
Maryland Ensemble Theatre (7/31-7/31)
The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show in Baltimore The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show
The Dinner Detective Baltimore (7/25-7/25)
The Crayon King, or Learning How to Share in Baltimore The Crayon King, or Learning How to Share
Spotlighters Theatre (6/12-7/05) PHOTOS
SIX (Boleyn Tour) in Baltimore SIX (Boleyn Tour)
France-Merrick Performing Arts Center (10/25-11/01)
SWAN LAKE by The United European Ballet Company in Baltimore SWAN LAKE by The United European Ballet Company
The Maryland Theatre (10/22-10/22)
The Importance of Being Earnest in Baltimore The Importance of Being Earnest
New Spire Arts (7/24-8/20)
The Tale of Cymbeline in Baltimore The Tale of Cymbeline
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (6/12-7/19)

BroadwayWorld TV