Festival Schedule Announced for Tempe Center for the Arts, 9/9 & 10

The Bechdel Test Fest is offerings include a panel discussion, play readings, film screenings, children's workshops, music, and more! Plays and films from ArizOna Playwrights and filmmakers were selected by a panel of adjudicators and all pass the Bechdel Test: Two female-identifying characters who have a conversation with each other about something other than a man.

WHEN: Saturday, September 9th, noon - 8pm; Sunday, September 10th, noon-6pm

(Full schedule below)

Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, Arizona 85281. COST: free-$10 / event ** plus service fees. TICKETS: https://tca.ticketforce.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=652

Children's workshop registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/childrens-artist-workshops-the-bechdel-test-fest-registration-36978932984

GRANT FUNDING PROVIDED BY: City of Tempe & Arizona Commission on the Arts FESTIVAL SCHEDULE:

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH

12pm: PANEL DISCUSSION: Why the Bechdel Test? The importance of diverse voices

Panelists: Chandra Crudup (ASU), Amanda Embry (SSC), Ralph Remington (TCA), Diane Senffner (Cine Learning Productions)

2pm: CHOSEN CHILD by Monica Bauer, directed by Xanthia Walker

Mothers and memories combine to change the fate of a schizophrenic man at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, who's waiting for a sister he hardly knows, to fulfill an agreement that was never made. Adoption, obligation, and the ties that may, or may not, bind.

2pm: Children's Drama Workshop with Breona Conrad

4pm: SIX SHORT FILMS

STARLIGHT PASS (from Caelia Adams)

While dealing with the recent death of her husband, an architect wakes up in a vacation cabin, only to find her young daughter missing.

FOUR MILLIMETERS (from Morgan Callahan)

Follows Emily, a competitive figure skater, as she makes a life-changing decision between her skating career and her unexpected pregnancy.

PATCHWORK DREAMS (from Lee Quarrie)

The story of a young woman finding her way to her own vision for her

MISSION CONTROL (from Parco Richardson)

It's never too early to accomplish your dreams. A child with a vivid imagination, Serenity Dexter, wishes to set foot on the moon. She's clever and won't give up.

GIVING UP THE GHOST (from Jennifer Jones Nesbit)

Discovering the ones who truly love you is sometimes simply a matter of letting go of the ones who maybe don't so much after all.

AUNTIES (from Dineta Williams-Trigg)

A young woman visiting her relatives discovers a family secret.

6pm: EDGE Happy Hour (music mixer).

8pm: WELCOME HOME, ROBERT DUCANT by Larissa Brewington,

directed by Christina Marin

Dark secrets, depression, and an inability to escape the past become a current day nightmare for a blended family trying to move forward physically. While leaving a hidden past behind.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH

12pm: ALL THAT MATTERS by Hira Ismail, directed by Daniela Talarico

Three years ago, Sara left her home to become a professional dancer against the wishes of her mother. She returns to try and salvage her relationships with her family while still staying true to her self.

12pm: Children's Drama Workshop with Jamie Bauer-Spano

2pm: ACTORS TOOL-KIT, audition workshop with Laura Durant.

3pm: Tandem Duo - musical performance

4pm: SHORT PLAYS

NASTY by Germaine Shames, directed by Micky Small

Peggy Guggenheim, Annemarie Schwarzenbach and Nancy Cunard, witnesses to the rise of Fascism, time-travel to the era of pussycat hats. What can we learn today from the unlikely example of three defiant, determined and damaged heiresses?

THREE CONVERSATIONS NOT ABOUT MEN by Angelica Howland,

directed by Rosie Close

In a world where active listening is becoming a lost art, how bizarre do our conversations with each other need to get so that someone... anyone will pay attention?

27 SIGNS by Laurelann Porter and Amy Funk, directed by Maren Maclean

An ethnographic drama based on the research conducted by Amy Funk about sibling grief, 27 Signs traces the stories of both the study participants and the researcher as they move through the experience of grieving the loss of a sibling.

The Bridge Initiative: Women in Theatre Co-Producing Artistic Directors Tracy Liz Miller & Brenda Jean Foleyhttp://www.bridgeinit.com/

To post a comment, you must register and login.