PlayLabs reading: WEST OF CENTRAL by Christina Ham at Playwrights' Center
Dates: 10/18/2016 - 10/21/2016
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Phone: 6123327481
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Join the Playwrights' Center for a free staged reading, part of the 33rd annual PlayLabs new play festival.
WEST OF CENTRAL by Christina Ham
Tuesday, October 18 and Friday, October 21 at 7 p.m.
The year is 1966 and the remnants of the Watts Riots are still smoldering against the backdrop of South Central Los Angeles. When a mysterious man stumbles into the office of private eye Thelma Higgins looking to warn her husband that his life might be in danger, she soon discovers that the man she’s been married to for ten years is not who he claims to be. As her investigation leads her on a tangled trail of deceit, corruption, and treacherous backroom deals, she and her husband must learn to trust one another again to find out who’s trying to kill him and why.
Director: Hayley Finn
Dramaturg: Michael Kinghorn
Design consultant: Dan Dukich
Cast includes: Juanita Jennings*, Shawn Hamilton*, James A. Williams*, Thomasina Petrus*, Mark Benninghofen*
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association
Details and reservations: https://pwcenter.org/event/west-central
PlayLabs runs October 17-23, 2016 and features two readings each of three new plays by Playwrights’ Center Core Writers, a showcase of scenes by the 2016-17 playwriting fellows, a #Theater2060 conversation with manifestos from socially-engaged playwrights, and a party celebrating the theater community. All events are free and open to the public. See the schedule and reserve your seats at https://pwcenter.org/playlabs.
WEST OF CENTRAL by Christina Ham
Tuesday, October 18 and Friday, October 21 at 7 p.m.
The year is 1966 and the remnants of the Watts Riots are still smoldering against the backdrop of South Central Los Angeles. When a mysterious man stumbles into the office of private eye Thelma Higgins looking to warn her husband that his life might be in danger, she soon discovers that the man she’s been married to for ten years is not who he claims to be. As her investigation leads her on a tangled trail of deceit, corruption, and treacherous backroom deals, she and her husband must learn to trust one another again to find out who’s trying to kill him and why.
Director: Hayley Finn
Dramaturg: Michael Kinghorn
Design consultant: Dan Dukich
Cast includes: Juanita Jennings*, Shawn Hamilton*, James A. Williams*, Thomasina Petrus*, Mark Benninghofen*
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association
Details and reservations: https://pwcenter.org/event/west-central
PlayLabs runs October 17-23, 2016 and features two readings each of three new plays by Playwrights’ Center Core Writers, a showcase of scenes by the 2016-17 playwriting fellows, a #Theater2060 conversation with manifestos from socially-engaged playwrights, and a party celebrating the theater community. All events are free and open to the public. See the schedule and reserve your seats at https://pwcenter.org/playlabs.
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