5th Annual International Playwrights Festival Comes to Warner Theatre This Fall
The Warner Theatre will present its 5th Annual International Playwrights Festival held in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre October 13-15, 2016.
The festival is a three day celebration of new works by playwrights from across the country. For the fifth year, almost 200 plays were submitted from across the United States and Canada and as far away as Australia. Fifteen winners have been selected.
WINNING PLAYWRIGHTS - per night:
Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 8:00 pm
THE AUTHORESS by Seth Freeman (California)
BRECHTIAN ALIENATION by Sean O'Donnell (New York)
THE THIRD PERSON by Dan Borengasser (Arkansas)
BECOMING JUSTIN by Faye Sholiton (Ohio)
BUT THAT'S OK by Jenny Mead (Virginia)
Friday, October 14, 2016 at 8:00 pm
TOO QUICK TO PICK by Gary Garrison (Connecticut)
HARD TO GET by Judy Klass (Tennessee)
FORCED ENTRY by Allan Bates (Indiana)
RESERVATIONS by Jeffrey Fischer-Smith (Arizona)
SAFETY by Dave Cintron (California)
Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 8:00 pm
SLIDING by Charlene Donaghy (Connecticut)
THAT KISS by DC Cathro (Maryland)
ADAM AND EVE by David Carkeet (Vermont)
DRIVING TO FLORIDA by Andrew R. Heinze (New Jersey)
ABOUT TIME by Stephen Peirick (Missouri)
The mission of the festival is to recognize the work of emerging and established playwrights and to build a link between the playwrights, the theatre community and our audiences.
To purchase tickets, call the Warner Box Office at 860-489-7180 or visit warnertheatre.org.
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