BoxFest Detroit Announces 2015 Festival Schedule

The producers of BoxFest Detroit are pleased to announce BoxFest Detroit 2015, an annual theatre festival that showcases and creates opportunities for women directors. The festival runs Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons and evenings, August 21 - 29, at Planet Ant Theatre.

BoxFest Detroit produces festivals that allow women directors the opportunities to direct original shows of their choice and win awards to help further their careers in directing. Proceeds from each festival are given to one or more directors as a scholarship to help further her career. The winning director of the audience vote competition is given the opportunity to direct a show with Planet Ant Theatre's Late Night Series.

Over the two weekends long festival, BoxFest Detroit 2015 presents the work of 13 local women theatre artists. Directors reshaping the box this year are Dyan Bailey, Shavonne Coleman, Paige Conway, Yolanda Fleischer, Lisa Hodge Kander, Egla Kishta, Michelle LeRoy, Lylanne Musselman, Tara Riedel, Mary Rychlewski, Frannie Shepherd-Bates, Tricia Turek, and Megan Wright. The producing team for BoxFest Detroit 2015 includes Molly McMahon, Kelly Rossi, and Amanda Grace Ewing."We have a fantastic group of directors participating in this year's festival and we couldn't be more thrilled to share the products of their hard work and talent with our audiences," said Molly McMahon, Artistic Director.

While some women are new to directing or are just beginning professional careers, others are established artists with decades of experience. "We are excited to collaborate with such a capable group of women who have worked together with their creative teams to create some exciting theatre," continued McMahon.The plays produced at this year's festival come from playwrights scattered across North America. "We had over 350 submissions by playwrights from all across the country, Canada, Italy, Brazil, and beyond," said Kelly Rossi, Executive Director. "We look forward to our audiences enjoying first-rate unpublished plays."Planet Ant Theatre is located at 2357 Caniff, Hamtramck, MI, 48212.

Admission is payable by cash only at the door with day passes for $10. A limited number of festival passes are on sale for $30 and may be purchased at the door or reserved online. For more information, please visit www.boxfestdetroit.com. BoxFest Detroit 2015 is sponsored by Dramatically Richer Productions, Planet Ant Theatre, Jerry Belanger, and Park Bar Detroit.Detailed Schedule for BoxFest Detroit 2015Box 1: Clarity by Serena Cates, directed by Tara Riedel
Buck Naked by Gloria Bond Clunie, directed by Shavonne ColemanBox 2: Turtle Beach by Aoise Stratford, directed by Mary Rychlewski
Broken by James McLindon, directed by Paige Conway
Perspective by James McLindon, directed by Egla KishtaBox 3: Date 16 by Todd Weston, directed by Megan Wright
The Stand In by Brett Hursey, directed by Dyan Bailey
Forbidden Love by Laurie Allen, directed by Michelle LeRoyBox 4: 'Gypsy' Rhymes with 'Danger' by Jonathan Davidson and Frannie
Shepherd-Bates, directed by Frannie Shepherd-Bates
Essential Magick by Robert Fieldsteel, directed by Lisa Hodge KanderBox 5: There's Nothing Wrong with Me by Maureen Paraventi, directed by Lylanne Musselman
Cutting It Close by Kitty Dubin, directed by Yolanda Fleischer
Raghead by Tom Coash, directed by Tricia TurekFriday, 8/217pm: Cocktail hour
8pm: Box 1
9pm: Box 3Saturday, 8/223pm: Box 2
4pm: Box 1
5pm: Box 5
6pm: Dinner break
7pm: Cocktail hour
8pm: Box 5
9pm: Box 4
10pm: Box 3Friday, 8/287pm: Cocktail hour
8pm: Box 4
9pm: Box 2Saturday, 8/293pm: Box 1
4pm: Box 2
5pm: Box 5
6pm: Dinner break
7pm: Cocktail hour
8pm: Box 3
9pm: Box 4
10pm: Awards Presentation

BoxFest Detroit is an organization that showcases and creates opportunities for women directors. BoxFest Detroit has served and continues to function as a springboard for many women and their directing careers. Directors who have participated in past festivals have gone on to pursue graduate studies at highly competitive universities, become directors at professional theatres, and form their own successful theatre and production companies.

Photo credit: Brandy Joe Plambeck.

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