The Strand Theater Company continues their first annual Second Saturday Reading Series. The Reading Series will give one new playwright each month, a chance to have their work produced for an audience. The series will be FREE to the public, and audience members will be asked to provide feedback to the playwright.
This month's play, Developmental Stages by Emily Hall and Sara Anne Simpkins, will be performed November 12 at 2PM.
Developmental Stages (inspired by Erik Erikson) are short stories about death and loss. The stories are told from the perspective of a young girl falling asleep in a church service. The piece uses puppetry, music, and the Good Book to give the experience of growing up and knowing death, like an imaginary friend. If nothing else, Developmental Stages will make you laugh.
The piece blossomed from a workshop with Holly Hughes, and was developed this year in Juanita Rockwell's New Works class at Towson University.
Sara Anne Simpkins was born in Canada and raised on the Oregon Coast. Local credits include The Drowsy Chaperone (Kitty) at Dundalk Community Theatre, The Secret Garden (Ayah) at Cockpit in Court, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudgie) and Seussical The Musical (Mayzie) at Red Branch Theatre, and The Producers (Ulla) at DLC Summer Stage. Offstage, Sara works as a technical writer.
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