Third Annual NewWorks@TheWorks Reading Series Returns This Month
The NewWorks@TheWorks Play Competition was established in 2013 to renew our focus on cultivating new and original theatre. Playwrights are invited to submit their scripts and a panel of local directors, actors, and designers select six plays to be a part of a staged reading series. Of those six plays, two will be chosen to be fully produced as world premiers for our POTS@TheWorks 2016 - 2017 season.
The NewWorks staged readings will feature the following shows:
SMOKE by Gloria Bond Clunie
"It's the 1960's! Camels are Kool and tobacco is king in Carolina! When Ora meets the mysterious Wallace Johnson, love, promises, and secrets collide with small town southern politics in one sizzling, tumultuous summer!"?
READING DATE - September 27th, 7:00 PM @ Playhouse on the Square
Other People's Happiness by Adam Seidel?
"On a weekend trip to the family cabin, Sara tells John that after 30 years of marriage she is leaving him for one of her graduate students. A play about blind devotion, failed expectations, the redefining of family, and the enduring nature of love."?
READING DATE- September 28th, 7:00 PM @ Playhouse on the Square
The Last of the Daytons by Diane Grant?
"Melina, Bob, Jodie and Devon might seem strange to most. Not many people talk to invisible friends, escape from hospitals, or collect epitaphs. And most seventeen-year-old boys do not wear their mother's bustiers. However, this family has found various ways to cope with the past."
READING DATE - October 11th, 7:00 PM @ The Circuit Playhouse
Futurama by Samantha Charlip?
"A self-improvement workshop at a second-rate amusement park forces two park employees, April and Otis, to overcome debilitating emotional paralysis, confront the problems plaguing them, and attempt to move on."?
READING DATE- October 12th, 7:00 PM @ The Circuit Playhouse
The Baby Game by Michele Aldin Kushner?
"Two couples - one gay, one straight - are desperate for parenthood. Each couple is promised the same baby by one young birth mother. What ensues is an emotional battle for the unborn child." *A re-submission from 2014*?
READING DATE- October 18th, 7:00 PM @ The Circuit Playhouse
Victory Blues by Alan Brody?
"1946. The war is over. Three young couples in Brooklyn look forward to a normal life again. However, adjustments must be made in this time of victory, the Red Scare and the illusion of American exceptionalism."?
READING DATE- October 19th, 7:00 PM @ The Circuit Playhouse
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Sweeney Todd Playhouse on the Square (6/12-7/12) |
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Elmiene Graceland Soundstage (7/17-7/17) |
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Your Romeo TheatreWorks@TheSquare (7/10-7/26) |
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Buddy Guy Graceland Soundstage (10/29-10/29) |
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The 24 Hour Plays: Memphis TheatreWorks at The Evergreen (6/27-6/27) |
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Suffs The Orpheum Theatre Memphis (7/28-8/02) |
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Speed-the-Plow TheatreSouth (6/23-6/27) |
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Emerge: New Student Dance Works Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (3/26-3/27) |
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Bored Teachers Graceland Soundstage (10/08-10/08) |
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Continuum: A Faculty and Guest Artist Choreographed Dance Concert Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (11/20-11/22) |
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