Witness the Birth Of Brand New Plays at The Players!

From July 31 to August 4, The Players is where it starts! For 16 years, The Players Centre for Performing Arts has served as an incubator for fledgling and seasoned playwrights to hone their craft of fable, and this year is no different. The 16th annual New Play Festival celebrates local playwrights and their penchant for the art of storytelling. This week-long event will showcase newly written works that have not yet been produced anywhere.

Five plays were chosen by a panel of judges from a bevy of submissions to compete over these five days to be fully produced in The Players backstage space next season. Each play will be presented in "readers theatre" (rehearsed readings) format to best showcase the literature. The event is coordinated by local theatre maven Sandra Musicante and will also feature a brief talkback session led by Artistic Director Jeffery Kin after each play. This past year's winner, Connie Schindewolf's "Mammoth Bones" will premier August 22 through 27.

This year, the New Play Festival will be held at The Starlite Room located at 1001 Cocoanut Ave., Sarasota, Fl 34236. Because of this change there is extremely limited seating available for each night.

"We're proud to give these local playwrights this unique opportunity to hear their play read aloud and to receive feedback," says Jeffery Kin, Artistic Director of The Players. "We're happy to be partnering with The Starlite Room. They've provided the local theatre community with so much support, and our patrons should enjoy this new way of experiencing brand new plays."

Tickets are $10 for a single play, but patrons are encouraged to witness the process and attend several nights to give these fledgling plays a proper audience to bounce around energies and reactions. 3 nights is $24 and all 5 nights is $35.

Schedule:

Monday, July 31 at 7:30pm
High Tech
Written by Connie Schindewolf
Directed by E Katherine Kerr

Tuesday, August 1 at 7:30pm
Locked Doors
Written by Ron Pantello
Directed by Amanda Schlacter

Wednesday, August 2 at 7:30pm
Before Steepletop
Written by Arthur Keyser
Directed by Dan Higgs

Thursday, August 3 at 7:30pm
Oh Brother!
Written by W J Post
Directed by Tim Fitzgerald

Friday, August 4 at 7:30pm
A Strangling in Sussex
Written by Nicole Cunningham & JAlex Scott
Directed by Preston Boyd

The Players Centre for Performing Arts

838 N. Tamiami Tr., Sarasota FL 34236, 941-365-2494, Fax: 941-954-0282

www.theplayers.org. Box Office: Mon-Sat, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., and one hour prior to curtain time.

The Players Box Office is located on Tamiami Trail between 10th Street and Blvd. of the Arts.

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