The New American Voices Play Reading Series at The Landing Theatre Company
Dates: 3/15/2019 - 3/17/2019
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The New American Voices Play Reading Series is a national playwriting contest that annually showcases four top plays by American playwrights. The winning plays are selected from blind reads of hundreds of submissions by emerging author from across the country. This year the weekend festival event will be held March 15-17 at Stages Repertory Theatre.
WINNING PLAYS: "The Impossible Escape of Don Misterioso" by Hal Borden Friday, March 15 @ 7pm ,Directed by Jonathan Gonzalez. "In 1955, nine months after a CIA-backed coup, the warden of a Guatemalan prison agrees to an interview request from Maxine Whitman of Life magazine. When Max arrives at the prison, she reveals that her true agenda is to interview Francisco, a prisoner who she believes is the last living assistant of Harry Houdini. With the wardens grudging cooperation, Max urges Francisco to divulge Houdinis secrets before theyre lost to history, but she ultimately becomes more interested in Franciscos own career as a magician. When he attempts a daring escape, Max plays an unexpected role in Franciscos final performance."
"W for the Gilbster" by David Spence Saturday, March 16 @ 1pm, Directed by Eric Moore. "Gilbert, the weird guy who sits outside all day watching the neighborhood, tells us his story. We pass through time but always stay in his neighborhood. From where hes sitting, the neighbors are everything. He has no family of his own. He has no job. He cant even drive a car. Hes never had a girlfriend. Change is in the wind."
"land of no mercy: un drama americano (en zvey aktn)" by Rae Binstock Saturday, March 16 @ 7pm, Directed by Stephen Miranda. "The apartment sits on the corner of Monroe and Clinton, tucked away in Manhattans Lower East Side. Its a cozy little place, just big enough for twobut which two? Yetta and Solomon, the Jewish immigrants from 1915, business owners fighting to get through each day and hold on to a world thousands of miles away, while they worry about starting a family in the Land of Opportunity? Or Maria and Alex, the millennial oddballs of the present who sweep into the neighborhood on a tide of gentrification, struggling to keep their college relationship viable in the face of new stressors, new ambitions, and new neighbors? A century apart but close enough to touch, two couples inhabit the same cramped apartment. Their stories weave together, contrasted throughout history, a collage of youth, hope, and uncertainty in what Tony Kushner calls 'the melting pot where nothing melted.' "
"Ms. Emma Mole" by Cecile Pace Sunday, March 17 @ 2pm, Directed by Jennifer Decker. "In early 1950s Wyoming, three young women come together as Library volunteers, and their lives fall apart. Ellis’ husband disappears. Sally’s husband collapses along with his lumber company. Ms. Emma Mole, the ugly, bitter 6th grade teacher, is aborted while unconscious. Told through interconnected monologues, three dissimilar women meet, become unlikely friends and cross barriers over the next twelve years."
**Talkback after each reading with the playwright, director and cast. RESERVATIONS at www.landingtheatre.org
WINNING PLAYS: "The Impossible Escape of Don Misterioso" by Hal Borden Friday, March 15 @ 7pm ,Directed by Jonathan Gonzalez. "In 1955, nine months after a CIA-backed coup, the warden of a Guatemalan prison agrees to an interview request from Maxine Whitman of Life magazine. When Max arrives at the prison, she reveals that her true agenda is to interview Francisco, a prisoner who she believes is the last living assistant of Harry Houdini. With the wardens grudging cooperation, Max urges Francisco to divulge Houdinis secrets before theyre lost to history, but she ultimately becomes more interested in Franciscos own career as a magician. When he attempts a daring escape, Max plays an unexpected role in Franciscos final performance."
"W for the Gilbster" by David Spence Saturday, March 16 @ 1pm, Directed by Eric Moore. "Gilbert, the weird guy who sits outside all day watching the neighborhood, tells us his story. We pass through time but always stay in his neighborhood. From where hes sitting, the neighbors are everything. He has no family of his own. He has no job. He cant even drive a car. Hes never had a girlfriend. Change is in the wind."
"land of no mercy: un drama americano (en zvey aktn)" by Rae Binstock Saturday, March 16 @ 7pm, Directed by Stephen Miranda. "The apartment sits on the corner of Monroe and Clinton, tucked away in Manhattans Lower East Side. Its a cozy little place, just big enough for twobut which two? Yetta and Solomon, the Jewish immigrants from 1915, business owners fighting to get through each day and hold on to a world thousands of miles away, while they worry about starting a family in the Land of Opportunity? Or Maria and Alex, the millennial oddballs of the present who sweep into the neighborhood on a tide of gentrification, struggling to keep their college relationship viable in the face of new stressors, new ambitions, and new neighbors? A century apart but close enough to touch, two couples inhabit the same cramped apartment. Their stories weave together, contrasted throughout history, a collage of youth, hope, and uncertainty in what Tony Kushner calls 'the melting pot where nothing melted.' "
"Ms. Emma Mole" by Cecile Pace Sunday, March 17 @ 2pm, Directed by Jennifer Decker. "In early 1950s Wyoming, three young women come together as Library volunteers, and their lives fall apart. Ellis’ husband disappears. Sally’s husband collapses along with his lumber company. Ms. Emma Mole, the ugly, bitter 6th grade teacher, is aborted while unconscious. Told through interconnected monologues, three dissimilar women meet, become unlikely friends and cross barriers over the next twelve years."
**Talkback after each reading with the playwright, director and cast. RESERVATIONS at www.landingtheatre.org
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