Don't Miss Six Views, Same Shape (New Plays, Different Ways)

April 24-27, Boston Playwrights Theatre

Rhombus presents "Six Views, Same Shape," a series of six new plays by six of Boston's most exciting playwrights, April 24-27 at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre (949 Commonwealth Ave, Boston)--four full days of looking at new plays in different ways.

"This isn't a one-size-fits-all play festival," says veteran playwright Patrick Gabridge. "We're presenting an entire weekend dedicated to the different ways emerging writers work with audiences to develop new theater. Each script needs a slightly different approach."

The festival will be anchored by a Saturday-morning roundtable discussion of different models of new play development, featuring Joe Antoun (Artistic Director, CentaStage), Ilana Brownstein (Literary Manager, Huntington Theatre Company), Gary Garrison (Executive Director, Creative Affairs, Dramatists Guild) Jacqui Parker (Artistic Director, African American Theatre Festival) , and Kate Snodgrass (Artistic Director, Boston Playwright's Theatre).

All events are free and open to the public.

The weekend will feature:

  • Noori and the Imperialists by Joe Byers--Reading.
    7pm, Thursday, April 24.
    Our government is addressing the over-crowding problem at Guantanamo by secretly lobotomizing the detainees and recycling them as house-slaves for prominent Republicans ...
  • Everloving God by Carl Danielson--Rehearsed Staged Reading.
    7pm, Friday, April 25.
    You have to save the world from its destruction. Your husband is the anti-Christ. It goes downhill from there.
  • Roundtable Discussion. A conversation about different models and methods of new play development.
    11am, Saturday, April 26.
    Featuring Joe Antoun (Artistic Director, CentaStage), Ilana Brownstein (Literary Manager, Huntington Theatre Company), Gary Garrison (Executive Director, Creative Affairs, Dramatists Guild), Jacqui Parker (Artistic Director, African American Theatre Festival) , and Kate Snodgrass (Artistic Director, Boston Playwright's Theatre).
  • Constant State of Panic by Patrick Gabridge--Open Rehearsal.
    2pm, Saturday, April 26.
    Dave is afraid of everything. Sonia is only afraid of losing Dave. Both are caught in a surrealistic explosion of fears come home to roost.
  • The Luck of the Irish by Kirsten Greenidge--Staged Reading.
    7pm, Saturday, April 26.
    Turmoil surfaces and dredges up racial strife from the past when the ownership of a suburban home is questioned.
  • Benny and Serena's High-School Graduation by Ginger Lazarus--Workshop Performance. Directed by Fran Weinberg. 3pm, Sunday, April 27.
    As her brilliant son gets ready to graduate, Serena's life flashes before her eyes. Is she ready to let him go?
  • INDIA for the Tuesday Study Club a work in progress by Leslie Harrell Dillen.
    3pm, Sunday, April 27.
    Winifred Logan Lighthorse is the guest speaker at The Tuesday Study Club where she presents a travel narrative of adventures encountered and life lessons learned during her recent journey to India.
  • Read more details about each of these plays.
 

Roundtable Discussion on Models of New Play Development

On Saturday, April 26, at 11:00am, come and join a discussion about different ways in which new plays are developed. We'll talk about our own experiences working with theatres across the country, and we'll be talking with some of Boston's most experienced people in the realm of new play development, Ilana Brownstein, Jacqui Parker , and Kate Snodgrass. Gary Garrison, the Dramatists Guild's executive director for creative affairs, will also join us for the discussion.

The Rhombus Writers