Lakewood Theatre Company to Premiere Four New Plays as Part of 2015 Fertile Ground Festival

Lakewood Theatre Company will be presenting four original works January 24 - 31, 2015 in conjunction with Portland's Fertile Ground Festival. Fertile Ground, sponsored by the Portland Area Theatre Alliance, is a citywide festival focused on new work in the Arts. It features world premiere projects, staged readings, developing works and a myriad of other arts events from the Portland creative community.

Steve Knox, Lakewood's education coordinator and supervisor of this project for Lakewood, comments, "Last year was Lakewood's first participation in the Fertile Ground Festival. We found the Festival as an excellent opportunity and partnership to expand Lakewood's long tradition of introducing new works to our audiences. The response was so overwhelming that we jumped at the opportunity to participate in this festival again this year. This is a whole different experience for our audiences who have the opportunity to view the birth of new works and are welcome to provide comments and feedback following each reading. In our four offerings we'll premiere two musicals and two comedies. Each of the Lakewood presentations will offer a talk back session to better explore the themes presented."

The four shows include:
* Upon a Winter Road, Saturday, Jan 24 @ 2pm
* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Sunday, Jan 25 @ 2pm
* Want Fries with That?, Monday, Jan. 26 @ 7pm
* One Off! - Completely Improvised One Act Plays, Saturday, Jan. 31 @ 2pm

All of the Lakewood Fertile Ground offerings will be staged readings and are world premieres (defined as not having had a fully staged production in another venue in its current form regionally or nationally).

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