2008 Women Playwrights Series
(WPS) Three
free workshop presentations of new plays
by contemporary women writers
Wed.,
April 9 / 7:30 pm
Wed., April 16 / 7:30 pm
Wed., April 23 / 7:30 pm
A Death Defying Act by
Barbara Lindsay Strange Weatherby Renee Flemings You May Go Now by Bekah Brunstetter
In
2008, CSC celebrates 16 years of serving exciting new women playwrights
from around the country! Join us this year and be the first to hear
four new works by dynamic women authors. Let your voice help shape
the play as you interact with the playwright and cast during the
lively audience "talk-back" session. The WPS is a developmental
program dedicated to providing a working forum for the under-served
and unique voice of women writing for the theatre today.
Wed., April 9, 7:30 pm
A Death Defying Act Playwright: Barbara Lindsay
When Levaughn's husband Connor is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, they decide to take a trip to the
Islands for some mysterious "alternative therapy". Connor returns seemingly cured, making a decision
to discontinue his conventional medical therapies, to the concern of other family members.
Wed., April 16, 7:30 pm
Strange Weather Playwright: Renee Flemings Strange Weather is a southern mystery in a new play by Renee Flemings. The secrets of a close southern
family churn to the surface when their daughter announces that she is about to experience a virgin birth.
Wed., April 23, 7:30 pm
You May Go Now Playwright:
Bekah Brunstetter
This razor sharp retro-black comedy takes us to a 1950's style kitchen, where Dottie is trying to teach her
daughter how to be the perfect wife. But a reappearing husband, and a mysterious young visitor suggest a less
than perfect past in this domestic domicile.
Free and open to the
public!
Call for more information: 908-979-0900 Refreshments & Discussion with Playwright & Cast
Also see Women Playwrights Series
program description.
View Another Year's Schedule: [WPS before 2001 not on Web Site]