THE THEATRE WEST TUESDAY NIGHT WRITERS WORKSHOP FREE READING SERIES - 2009
10 Plays! 10 Tuesdays! All Free!
Original plays written by Theatre West writers, read by Theatre West actors.
JUNE 9 thru AUGUST 11, 2009
FREE ADMISSION - NO RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
THE PLAYS
PETAIN
Written and directed by Lloyd J. Schwartz.
With Andrew Parks, Bridget Hanley, Adam Conger
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
A two-act historical drama. Marshal Petain was a French general in World War I and was the hero of the Battle of Verdun. In World War II, he was President of France and collaborated with Hitler and was a traitor. He always believed that his mission was to save French lives. He did that for his soldiers. As President of Vichy France, he did that by sacrificing the Jews.
SLIP/KNOT
Written by Dayle Reyfel
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
A married couple questions their relationship when they feel threatened by the romantic and sexual adventures of their newly divorced friends.
FALL BACK, SPRING FORWARD
Written
by Barbara Nell Beery
With Susan Morgentern and John Cygan
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Can we understand and accept our siblings? Explore the complicated relationship between Diana, wanna-be song writer, and Robert, her successful older brother accountant, as each faces life’s ups, downs, and unexpected curve balls.
TWO GENTLEMEN OF MANHATTAN
Written by P. G. Sturges.
Directed by Stu Berg
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Two life-long friends, schlumps, are humiliated into a life of crime. Eventually they create Shakespeare’s lost play, which they are planning to sell for megabucks. Unfortunately, the lost play, “The White Bird,” is actually produced.
WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR?
A comedy by Victoria Vidal
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
In a not-so-distant lawless future, two middle-aged ladies, Lulu and Ceil, decide to take on our war-ridden planet with their new invention, “Manly,” a lotion. But Ceil, a former librarian, unfortunately misplaces the all-important formula. The appearance of a flashy Latina psychic sent by Lulu’s late husband and the arrival of an African queen convince the ladies that they can find the formula and succeed in solving the Earth’s problems.
MOOSE ON THE LOOSE
A comedy written by Dina Morrone
Directed by Peter Flood
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
When a wayward moose wanders into town, four generations of an Italian-Canadian immigrant family realize that the moose on the loose is not the only animal that is confused.
THERE IS A SEASON
Written by Doug Haverty
Directed by John Gallogly
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
A challenging and compassionate memory play with splashes of humor. A compelling portrayal of people loving and facing some of life’s most difficult truths. A money-driven career woman makes an abrupt change and does something for a different kind of profit. Everyone says she’s crazy…..and she might be. But she is at a crossroads and she needs some answers before she can continue. On her new journey, she meets people she thinks she can help, but along the way they teach her about life and living. She ultimately realizes that we cannot control life or death, and that it is in giving that we find the richest living.
ABANDON
Written by Chris DiGiovanni
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Polar opposites and adversaries, Meg, DB’s pragmatic wife, and Kendal, his best friend, hike into the mountains to bury DB’s remains near a high mountain stream. Tethered to the box that holds his remains, DB’s spirit accompanies them. DB’s journey is lonelier, as he cannot communicate with the women, and he must learn how to abandon the world and accept his spiritual destiny. By the end, the women trust and appreciate each other, and DB moves on.
GRANDMA GOOD
Written and directed by Arden Teresa Lewis
Tuesday, August 4, 200
A troubled young boy is befriended by a reclusive elderly widow. His parents are more intent on destroying each other than raising him, and Mrs. Good, their neighbor, is dragged into the strange neurosis of this gifted child and his dysfunctional parents.
ZENO'S PARADOX
Written by Wendy Graf
Directed by Susan Morgenstern
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Do we ever really finish the race? Zeno’s Paradox answers this question in a collection of affectionate, poignant and sometimes hilarious one-acts about adult children and their aging parents and parent figures.
