The Warner Announces its 7th Annual International Playwrights Festival

The Warner Theatre will present its 7th Annual International Playwrights Festival held in the Warner's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre October 12 and 13, 2018. The mission of the International Playwrights Festival is to recognize the work of emerging and established playwrights and to build a link between the playwrights, the theatre community and our audiences. The festival is a two-night celebration of new works by playwrights from across the country and around the globe. For the seventh year, 150 plays were submitted from across the United States and as far away as Portugal. Nine winners have been selected.

This year's festival schedule is as follows:

WINNING PLAYWRIGHTS - per night:

Friday, October 12, 2018 at 8 pm
RAW by Victoria Z. Daly (Connecticut)
INTERROGATION by Richard Broadhurst (California)
THE GREYSON VARIATIONS by Nelson Clark (Portugal)
BLOOD by Yael Haskal (New York)
SWEET DREAMS by Tony Pasquilini (California)

Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 8 pm
UNTO THE BREACH AT THE MAISON DE VILLE by Charlene A. Donaghy (Connecticut)
SOLO by Donna Hoke (New York)
STORY ROAD by Mark Cornell (North Carolina)
BRACE by Annie LaRussa (New York)
STAY by Dagney Keer (California)

To purchase tickets, call the Warner Box Office at 860-489-7180 or visit warnertheatre.org.

Nancy Marine Studio Theatre Series is Sponsored by Northwest Community Bank

Built by Warner Brothers Studios and opened in 1931 as a movie palace (1,772 seats), the Warner Theatre was described then as "Connecticut's Most Beautiful Theatre." Damaged extensively in a flood, the Warner was slated for demolition in the early 1980s until the non-profit Northwest Connecticut Association for the Arts (NCAA) was founded and purchased the theatre. The Warner reopened as a performing arts center in 1983, and restoration of the main lobbies and auditorium was completed in November 2002. In 2008, the new 50,000 square foot Carole and Ray Neag Performing Arts Center, which houses a 300 seat Studio Theatre, 200 seat restaurant and expansive school for the arts, was completed. Today, the Warner is in operation year-round with more than 160 performances and 100,000 patrons passing through its doors each season. Over 10,000 students, pre K-adult, participate in arts education programs and classes. Together, with the support of the community, the Warner has raised close to $17 million to revitalize its facilities. NCAA's mission is to preserve the Warner Theatre as an historic landmark, enhance its reputation as a center of artistic excellence and a focal point of community involvement, and satisfy the diverse cultural needs of the region.

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