City Lit presents ART OF ADAPTATION FESTIVAL 7/28-30

THE ART OF ADAPTATION Returns July 28-30, 2017

Tenth annual festival of world-premiere adaptations of non-dramatic literary texts will include an eclectic array of source materials City Lit Theater presents THE ART OF ADAPTATION, its tenth juried festival of world premiere adaptations of non-dramatic material, July 28, 29 and 30, 2017 at its home at 1020 West Bryn Mawr Avenue. A jury of local theater professionals will select a best in show piece whose adapter will be awarded a $500 cash prize. This year's judges are: Paul Edwards, Brian Pastor, Mark Richard and Ed Rutherford.

• Giovanni Boccaccio'S DECAMERON, DAY 9, adapted by Kieran Carrol and directed by Bec Willett.
• SUBPOENA, adapted by Marzie Ghasempour from the short story by Donald Barthelme. Directed by Amelia Mroczkowsk.
• THE WRONG DREAM, adapted by Stephen Murray from O. Henry's final story and directed by Juan Castaneda.
• CARLA, adapted by Chip Bolcik from a story told on the MOTH, and directed by Kalli Randal.
• POSIN' OR AIR FOR Norman RockWELL by Mark Mason, adapted from Friedrich Schiller's poem "Die Ideale" and the infamous Third Reich art triptych "The Four Elements."
• ECHO by Genevieve Locksley, from the Greek myth.
• REDWOOD, from the Red Riding Hood story, adapted by Jacqueline Wright and directed by Diane Robinson.
• BORDER CROSSING by Marianne Kallen, adapted from the book of the same name by Maria Colleen Cruz.
• IT MAY BE DIVINE, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A COMEDY by Larry Rinkel, adapted from Dante's INFERNO and directed by Molly Lyons.