Caregiving In Spotlight With New Play By Award Winning Playwright

Caregivers Anonymous, written by playwright and caregiver Janet Tiger, uses personal experience and humor to focus on the joys and challenges of caregiving. The script will be given three staged reading workshop productions.

All shows are free and open to the public and there will be a brief talk back for audience feedback following each performance.

The idea for the play began when Tiger challenged herself to write a monologue a day for an entire year. The writing gave shape to feisty, funny, and compassionate characters who support each other through the challenges and joys of caregiving. In development since July 2016, the play's journey included a caregiver's focus group and script revisions with dramaturg Deborah Salzer, founder of Playwrights Project. The play was performed as a staged reading on February 18th at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, where it was well received and inspired engaging feedback and conversation in a post-performance discussion with the audience.

For more information about Caregivers Anonymous, please check out the website CaregiversAnon.org.

About the playwright:
Janet S. Tiger's plays, one-acts and prolific monologues have been published and produced internationally since 1980. She has been awarded an NEA COMBO Grant plus numerous local awards, including placing in the 2016 and 2017 CJC 5 Minute Play Contest and the 2016 Script Tease of Short Plays. Following the year of the grant, in the spirit of community connection encouraged by the Creative Catalyst Fellowship, Caregivers Anonymous will be available to local organizations to advocate for and encourage dialogues about caregiving within their groups.

About the Creative Catalyst Program: The San Diego Foundation Creative Catalyst program strengthens San Diego's creative economy by providing opportunities for local professional artists to create work that advances their careers, increases civic engagement and enriches our quality of life. Artists are awarded with fellowships and partnered with nonprofit arts and culture mentoring organizations. Fellowships require the development and advancement of new work over a 12-month period that includes community engagement and culminating performances for all San Diegans to enjoy.

About Playwrights Project:
Founded in 1985, Playwrights Project is a nonprofit organization devoted to arts education. Their mission is to advance literacy, creativity and communication by empowering individuals to voice their stories through playwriting programs and professional theatre productions.

About The San Diego Foundation:
The San Diego Foundation maximizes the impact of your charitable giving. They mobilize philanthropic resources to advance quality of life, increase social impact and champion civic engagement. For more than 40 years, The Foundation and their donors have granted more than $1 billion to grow a vibrant San Diego region. Learn more on their website, and consider a donation to the Fund for the Future Endowment which supports San Diego community needs now and forever.

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