Huntington Theatre Company's Kicks Off Annual Workshops Today

The Huntington Theatre Company's second annual Summer Workshop begins today, July 9. The two-week, artist-driven developmental retreat for selected members of the Huntington's Playwriting Fellows program will culminate in public readings on July 20 and 21 of four new plays in development:

· The Many Faces of Nia by Lenelle Moïse, directed by Daniella Topol
Public reading: Saturday, July 20 at 5pm; Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
RSVP at huntingtontheatre.org/NiaReading

· A Future Perfect by Ken Urban, directed by M. Bevin O'Gara
Public reading: Saturday, July 20 at 7:30pm; Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
RSVP at huntingtontheatre.org/FutureReading

· Mammal Heat by Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro, directed by Melia Bensussen
Public reading: Sunday, July 21 at 2pm; Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
RSVP at huntingtontheatre.org/MammalReading

· Necessary Monsters by John Kuntz, directed by David R. Gammons
Public reading: Sunday, July 21 at 4pm; Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
RSVP at huntingtontheatre.org/NecessaryReading

"Our aim with the Summer Workshop is to give our Playwriting Fellows more opportunities to work in three dimensions," says Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois. "We found the model to be an effective one, as last year's plays developed in exciting ways. I look forward to revisiting this summer's plays at the end of the process to see how they grow."

The Summer Workshop is modeled after the Sundance Theatre Lab and is an extension of the Huntington's Playwriting Fellows program and Breaking Ground Reading Series. Huntington Director of New Work Lisa Timmel and Huntington dramaturg Charles Haugland will support the writers in development. The festival is produced by Huntington Associate Producer M. Bevin O'Gara and Workshop producing associates Vicki Schairer, Daniel Morris, and Huntington playwright-in-residence Melinda Lopez.

The Summer Workshop is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.