SPS Hosts Their 7th Annual Showcase Of New Works 5/29-31 At ArtWest

Seattle Playwrights Studio (SPS) presents its 7th Annual Showcase of New Works, May 29, 30 and 31 at ArtsWest. This exciting program commemorates the eighth anniversary of the founding of SPS, and highlights the works in progress of its 21 members.

The 7th Annual Showcase of New Works comprises three evenings of staged readings, performed by local actors. Each night offers a completely different sampling of plays, followed by a reception where the audience can enjoy refreshments and conversation with the writers and actors.

Friday night features work by Lyn Coffin, Kirsten Fatland, Carl Nelson and Ann Teplick.

Saturday: Lea Galanter, Judy Jacobs, Babs Lindsay and Jeff Mandels.

Sunday: Scot Bastian, Len Goodisman, Mavis Lamb, George Savage and Dave Tucker.

SPS was created to provide the opportunity for playwrights to hear their plays-in-progress read aloud and to receive moderated feedback from fellow writers in a supportive environment. Under the support of ArtsWest, SPS meets three times per month.

Works developed within SPS have been professionally produced and have received both national and international recognition:

- Five SPS members will have productions and honorable mentions at this year's Bill and Peggy Hunt Playwrights Contest sponsored by the Burien Little Theater.

- Two members have plays in the upcoming Kansas City Women's Playwriting Festival.

- Other members' works have or will soon receive readings or productions at Eclectic Theater, Theater Puget Sound's Theatre 4, off off Broadway theatre Where Eagles Dare and the Last Frontier Theatre Conference.

About ArtsWest: ArtsWest produces artistic events so fiercely compelling that they require conversation, improve the imagination, and promote cultural vibrancy as a core value for the communities of West Seattle. Utilizing a 149-seat, 3/4 thrust theater and visual art gallery, ArtsWest has presented over 400 different performing arts productions and gallery exhibitions to over 200,000 visitors since 1999.

Photo: "This Almost Joy" by Babs Linsday from SPS 2008 Showcase. Photo by PJ Perry

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