Village Playwrights to Present QUEERLY BELOVED at the LGBT Community Center

Queerly Beloved, staged readings of jury-chosen 10 minute plays to celebrate Valentine's Day from and LGBTQ perspective presented at the LGBT Community Center, 208 W 13th St. NYC on Wednesday February 22, 2017 from 8 pm to 10 pm. The plays trace Lesbian and Gay relationships from Puppy Love, First Dates, Marriage and afterwards. $5 requested donation at the door. Reservations are strongly recommended; email villageplaywrights@gmail.com or call 614-285-2515
The seven plays that will be presented are

1. "Counseling" by Fiona Gorry-Hines -- Iggy is looking for more from her camp counselor May than kayak lessons and wilderness preparedness tips, but May's training didn't prepare her for this.

Fiona Gorry-Hines is a current junior at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study with a concentration in playwriting and dramatic literature. Her work was first performed beneath a kitchen table in Lexington, Massachusetts with an all Beanie Baby cast, but has since been produced by Gallatin Theatre Troupe and the Midtown International Theatre Festival. When not at the writing desk or in rehearsal, she can be found making zines, tap dancing, or eating garbanzo beans straight from the can. She is thrilled to be participating in "Queerly Beloved" and working with Village Playwrights for the first time!

2. "The Bar Club Experience" by Alex Rubin -- The dating world is a jungle, and the newly single Kate is no outdoors woman.

Alex Rubin's plays and songs have been produced at The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, The Dramatists Guild, Soho Playhouse, Theater for the New City, Primary Stages, NYU's Steinhardt School, 54 Below, The Samuel French OOB Festival, and more. She is the recipient of the Francis Ford Coppola Award, a SPACE on Ryder resident, National Winter Playwrights Retreat resident, 2015 Davenport Songwriting Competition finalist, O'Neill Summer Conference semi-finalist, Red Women's Theatre Award semi-finalist, the 2013/14 Big Vision Empty Wallet Playwriting Fellow, and the winner of The 85th Annual Writers Digest Award in Playwriting. www.AlexRubinWrites.com

3. "The Regulars" by Karen Rind-Siegel -- Are Beth and Allison's disagreements normal quirks of a relationship or irreconcilable differences?

Karen Rind-Siegel is a New York native playwright interested in exploring women-centered narratives, lesbian community, and Jewish cultural themes through her plays. Her work has been developed with Amios Theatre Collective. Her plays include Jane Meets Jean, In the Year of the Cicada, and Peanut Butter Oreos.

4. "Just in Case" by Natalie Wilson -- A close-call on the battlefield inspires Darryl to propose, but a quickie wedding isn't exactly what Andrew had in mind.....

An opera singer in a former life, Natalie Wilson now enjoys creating works for others to perform. Her horror play THE TAMING OF CATS received glowing reviews as a Resident Artist Production at The Brick Theater in NYC this October. Other full-length works include THE INNKEEPER and BREAKING PAIRS, and the new musical SWEETHEARTS OF SWING. Natalie has four short works published by Indie Theater Now, and numerous short plays have been produced in NYC and elsewhere. Natalie is the co-founder of Lather Rinse Repeat: A Playwrights' Collective, and is also on faculty at Circle in the Square Theater School and Molloy College, where she teaches voice and sight-singing to up-and-coming Broadway performers.

5. "Knots" by Robert Moulthrop -- Joseph and Michael have one or two matters to, um, discuss before walking down the aisle.

Robert Moulthrop, playwright and author, lives in Greenwich Village. Awards include: Batchelder Award (best English translation of a foreign children's book, Cry, Heart..., ALA '17); Outstanding Playwriting (Half Life, NY Fringe Festival, '05, a top 10 NYTimes pick); NJ State Council on the Arts (prose fiction). Other Fringe: T. L. C. and Lecture, With Cello. Staged readings: The Abingdon Theatre, Urban Stages. Over 20 short stories published in journals; two collections available on Amazon.

6. "The Architects of Time" by Cayenne Douglass --Emma and Scarlett return to their favorite vacation spot and learn they can't have authentic connection until they unmask the truth of their past.

Cayenne Douglass attended CalArts, Theater Dept. and graduated from Goddard College. Her plays have been produced in the CalArts New Works Festival, ESPA Primary Stages Detention Series, and at Manhattan Repertory Theatre. In 2016 her first essay was published in Entropy Magazine. Cayenne has been accepted into the Midtown International Theater Festival for their summer 2017 short play contest and has just been offered a spot in The Woman's Work Lab at New Perspectives Theatre Company.

7. "Don'tCha Give Up" by Charles Leipart -- Broken hearts in need of repair. Who we gonna call?

Charles Leipart Cream Cakes in Munich, 1st Prize Award 2016 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. A Kind of Marriage, 2015 Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation LGBT Playwrighting Award. His musicals include: Pickwick's Haunted Christmas (in development); Me and Miss Monroe, Enchanted April, and Frog Kiss. Charles is proud to honor the men & women of the LGBTQ community with tonight's musical valentine. www.charlesleipart.com