Separated by culture. Divided from her family. Can a Korean immigrant find the words to break free of her prison of silence? Wordsmyth presents its bilingual play of the season.
Previous reading, October 13!
A publicist tries to purchase the image rights from the mother of a young celebrity and must close the deal before the media finds out the teen idol is in the hospital after a heroin overdose. The clock ticks on.
Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios
1824 Spring Street
Houston, TX 77007
FREE!
Previous Reading — Open Blue Sky!
Five sisters reunite in Florida for the wedding of one. Stormy skies and a dead twin also come; the air conditioning, however, is a no-show. Can love really conquer all?
Monday, September 29, 7 PM
Studio 101
1824 Spring St, Houston, TX 77007
FREE
Fall Play Club!
Just want to let everyone know that Fengar Gael, the playwright for Devil Dog Six that the Landing Theatre is doing (and that Play Club is going to in October) will be in town next week and The Landing Theatre is having a fund-raising event to honor her on Monday, Sept 8 at 6:30. It will be at Truluck’s Restaurant on Westheimer, and will be $35 ($25 for Dramatist Guild members) and includes a sit down dinner. Call Lynn Brown at 832-640-2956 for more info.
Plays we will be going to this Fall:
The God Game, By Suzanne Bradbeer
Stark Naked Theatre
Sept 4-20
Preferred Date: Sat, Sept 6
Women in the Pit, by Joyce Alexander
At The Ensemble Theater
Sept `2 – Oct 12
Preferred Date: Saturday, September 20
Meeting Date: Sunday, Sept 28
Devil Dog Six, by Fengar Gael
The Landing Theatre @ Freneticore
Oct 3-20
Preferred Date: Saturday, October 11
Detroit, by Lisa D’Amour
Catastrophic Theatre
Sept 26 – Oct 18
Preferred Date: Thursday, October 16
Red Death, by Lisa D’Amour
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater
Oct 9 – 25
Preferred Date: Saturday, October 25
Meeting for all three: Sunday. Oct 26
Late: A Cowboy Song, Sara Ruhl
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater @ 14 Pews
Nov 11-22
Preferred Date: S,. November 22
Meeting: Sunday, December 7
Meetings:
Sundays, 10 AM, The Alley Theatre Board Room (Parking is free downtown on Sunday Mornings!)
Cost: $75
Dramatist Guild Members: $60
Students/Seniors: $45
Members are responsible for purchase of their own tickets to the plays.
To join us, send an email to elizabeth@wordsmyththeater.org.
Payment can be made through our donate button on our Support Wordsmyth page.
May Reading
One month after her husband’s funeral, McKenna is still trying to figure her life out and must deal with pressures from family members who have their own ideas, when she encounters someone from her husband’s past. What would you do if the memories of someone you loved came crashing down in the span of a moment?
Museum of Dysfunction CFP
Mildred’s Umbrella and Wordsmyth Theater are now accepting submissions for their annual Museum of Dysfunction Festival of Short Plays. We are looking for short scenes, and monologues. We are especially looking for unusual or insightful pieces expressing or exploring the innate dysfunction of the human condition. Pieces submitted for consideration should:
- run no longer than 12 minutes
- require no more than 5 actors (doubling is fine)
- require only a simple set
- have no major technical requirements
- be in pdf, doc, or rtf file format
- be received by May 31, 2014
- Submission must be ‘blind’. This means that the playwright’s name and other identifiers/contact info should not be on the script, but included in the email when the submission is sent.
Scripts should be sent by email to Elizabeth Earle atelizabeth@wordsmyththeater.org.
April Reading
March Reading
Play Club – Spring 2014
Failure, by Philip Dawkins
Stages Repertory Theatre
Preferred night — Thurs, January 30
Dr. Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe
Classical Theatre Company
Preferred night — Fri, Feb 7
Meeting – Sunday, Feb 23
Gideon’s Knot, by Johna Adams
Stages Repertory Theatre
Preferred night — Thurs, March 20
Meeting – Sunday, March 30
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, by Lynn Nottage
The Ensemble Theatre
Preferred night — Fri, April 11
Meeting – Sunday, April 27
Heartbreak House, by George Bernard Shaw
Main Street Theater
Preferred night — Fri, May 9
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, by Chrisopher Durang
Alley Theatre
Preferred night — Wednesday, May 28
Meeting – Sunday, June 1
All meetings at 10 or 10:30 AM.
Cost for meetings: $60
Cost for Students/seniors/Dramatis Guild members: $45
For questions or to sign up, please email Elizabeth Earle atelizabeth@wordsmyththeater.org.
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