Civic Theatre Presents the 2nd Annual Northeast Indiana Playwright Festival 6/3-5

Civic Theatre proudly presents the 2nd Annual Northeast Indiana Playwright Festival June 3-5, 2011 at the Allen County Public Library. Festival events include a workshop conducted by Dan Clancy, International Playwright of The Timekeepers; a panel discussion with Dan Clancy, John Tolley - Guest Director of The Timekeepers and Phillip Colglazier - Executive/Artistic Director of Fort Wayne Civic Theatre; stage reading of the 2nd place play - Knitters Row and the 3rd place play - Struggling For My Sanity; and staged performances of the 1st place winning play - Discom-BOOB-ulated and also The Timekeepers. In addition there will be a reception at the Courtyard by Marriott following the Saturday, June 4th performance of The Timekeepers*.

The Timekeepers
by Dan Clancy

An inspirational tale of transcendence in the midst of a world gone mad. This award winning play by Dan Clancy has played in London, Israel, Ireland, Canada, Poland, Germany and New York, and has garnered rave reviews. Set at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in World War II Germany, it is a beautiful, intense piece of theater that manages to combine humor and poignancy with remarkable skill.
Guest Director: John Tolley
Content Advisory: Frequent strong adult language and deals frankly with topics of sexuality.

 

*2nd Annual Playwright Festival Opening Reception following The Timekeepers at the Courtyard By Marriott - $15 advance purchase through the box office.

The Timekeepers at ACPL
Fri, June 3 at 8:00 pm
Sat, June 4* at 8:00 pm
Sun, June 5 at 2:00 pm
Thu, June 9 at 7:30 pm
Sat, June 11 at 8:00 pm
Thu, June 16 at 7:30 pm
Sat, June 18 at 8:00 pm

C A S T

1793...........................Jeffery Moore

9355..........................Kevin Torwelle

Capo...........................Todd Staszak

 

Stage Manager............Carla Escosa

 

Discom-BOOB-ulated
by Denise Buhr

Maggie, a young woman who grew up following her father's diplomatic posts, returns to the only hometown she ever really had to clear out and sell her grandparents' house. While there, she is diagnosed with breast cancer. Discom-BOOB-ulaTed Follows her through a year of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. But rather than focusing on the medical treatments, the play looks at how this abrupt change in her life affects her relationships with the people around her. At the end of the twelve months, everyone has been changed by breast cancer.
Guest Director: Gregory Stieber

 

Discom-BOOB-ulated at ACPL
Saturday, June 4 at 4:00pm
Friday, June 10 at 8:00pm
Saturday, June 11 at 2:00pm
Friday, June 17 at 8:00pm
Saturday, June 18 at 2:00pm

C A S T

Maggie (Magdelena Ducaine)...............Regan Kreigh

Aunt Aggie (Agatha Ullbach).................Susan Domer

Kris (Kristin McCaley)............................Leslie Horman

Johnny (Jonathan Greene)..............Brad Beauchamp

Mick (Michael Reddecki).....................Gregory Stieber

 

Stage Manager................................Kathleen Christian

Tickets for The Timekeepers & Discom-BOOB-ulated

$15 Adults

$10 Age 23 and under

$12 Sunday Senior Matinees

 

The Workshop: $15

Play Readings: $10

Panel Discussion: $10

Saturday Reception: $15

 

 

The Timekeepers and Discom-BOOB-ulated and festival events are performed at the downtown Allen County Public Library. Tickets are available in the Civic Business Office in the northwest corner of the Arts United Center.

The Workshop: From Alan Cumming to Fort Wayne -The Timekeepers Journey
Alan Cumming and Ron Rifkin did the first reading of The Timekeepers Off-Broadway. From there it went to London, then Israel, back to London, New York, Houston, Germany, Poland, Canada, South Africa, Edinburgh, etc. This workshop will inform you on how the show got to these countries and the changes the script went through because of these numerous productions.
Workshop conducted by Dan Clancy, International Playwright, Playwright of The Timekeepers

The Panel Discussion: The Writing Process from Beginning to THE END
How do you begin to write a play? What is the process of developing a good script? What are the typical mistakes to avoid? Find out the answers to these questions and gain insight to the writing process from conception to final draft. The discussion will also explore playwriting for commercial vs. artistic purposes.
Panelists: Dan Clancy, John Tolley, Phillip Colglazier

Knitters Row by Ruth (Tyndall) Baker
2nd Place Winning Play - Stage Reading Sunday, June 5 at 2pm
Once her husband ships out in 1943, Josie finds herself raising her son alone and working in the Knitting Mills. The factory girls are harassed by their supervisor, and without a supportive Union, the girls vow to be "all for one!" With her industrious study of machine manuals, Josie proves herself a survivor. The music of Glenn Miller on the radio triggers memories of Josie's pre-war life with her husband, and their romance is braided throughout her story. Josie, through her friendships from the mill, her son, and an old Greek woman she takes in, develops a community that becomes family.
Guest Director: Jane Frazier

 

Struggling For My Sanity by Rachael Kooi
3rd Place Winning Play - Stage Reading Saturday, June 4 at Noon

The characters in the mind of Grace are affected by, and affect, everything in her life. The Boss juggles their conflicts, resentments, grudges, jealousies and perceived injustices until they band together against her. In an attempt to calm her characters and regain control of her head, The Boss allows them to run amok and try to solve the situation themselves. When she's had her fill of chaos, Grace makes decisions that will restore order to her life.
Guest Director: Diane Shaw

 

Sponsors for the 2nd Annual Playwright Festival are 80/20, Inc. Foundation and NIPR. Our Page to Stage investors are Sharon & Ben Eisbart, Christopher & Karan Flick, Audrey Gerson, Charlie Huisking - The Huisking Foundation, Inc., Diane Humphrey, Ed & Linda Kos, Norman & Elizabeth Meintel, Jeff Sebeika, and Dar Richardson & Don Wood.

Civic Season Sponsors: Lincoln Financial Group, Punch Films, Indiana's NewsCenter, with support from Arts United, Indiana Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts, Foellinger Foundation, English Bonter Mitchell Foundation and the Fort Wayne Community Foundation.

 

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