Warner Theatre's Third Annual International Playwrights Festival Set for Now thru 10/18

The Warner Theatre will present its 3rd Annual International Playwrights Festival today, October 16-18, in the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.

The International Playwrights Festival is a celebration of new works by playwrights from across the country and around the globe. For the third year, over 200 plays were submitted from across the United States and Canada and as far away as Australia, Israel and Great Britain.

12 winners have been selected.

WINNING PLAYWRIGHTS - per night:
Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 8 pm - BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
GROW UP, JULIET by Rex McGregor (Auckland, New Zealand)
FIREFLY IN AUGUST by Sheila Curran Bernard (New York)
MOVES LIKE JAGGER by Suzanne Bailie (Washington)
THE COUNTER OFFER by David L. Williams (Pennsylvania)

Friday, October 17, 2014 at 8 pm - I'VE GOT A PROBLEM
WHATEVER by Cynthia "Andy" Landis (Tennessee)
CRACKED by Gwydion Suilebhan (Maryland)
TIME TRAVEL IS GOOD FOR THE COMPLEXION by Shari D. Frost (Massachusetts)
CUTHBERT'S LAST STAND by Andrew Biss (Pennsylvania)

Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 8 pm - CAPTIVE AUDIENCE
SWORD PLAY* by Charlene A. Donaghy (Connecticut)
CHECKING THE BASEMENT FOR LEAKS by Doug DeVita (New York)
BUDDHISTS IN THE BASEMENT by Mary Beth Smith (Massachusetts)
CAPTIVE AUDITION by Paul Braverman (California)
THE ELEVEN O'CLOCK NUMBER by Julie Weinberg (New York)
*By Invitation

Tickets are $15 per night or $30 for all 3 nights. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Warner Box Office at (860) 489-7180 or online at warnertheatre.org

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