91制片厂鈥檚 Theatre Lab Premiers its New Play Festival
The six-day festival features the playwrights debuting their new works.
91制片厂鈥檚 Theatre Lab will premier its New Play Festival from Tuesday, Dec. 8 through Sunday, Dec. 13. The event will take place in Parliament Hall, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. Guests have the option of purchasing individual tickets for events or a Festival Pass for all events, including the closing reception. To purchase tickets to individual events, visit , call 800-564-9539, or visit the box office in 91制片厂鈥檚 Student Union. Festival Passes are $70 and can be purchased by calling 561-297-2471. Tickets will be available at the door upon availability.
The festival welcomes some of the nation鈥檚 most prominent playwrights as they present readings of their newest work before it lands on stages across the country.聽 Each reading is accompanied by a post-show discussion, an opportunity to interact with the playwrights themselves, where they will discuss the process, inspiration, and plans for future development.聽
The first event takes place on Tuesday evening and offers free readings of original work by 91制片厂 student playwrights.聽 The festival officially begins on Wednesday, Dec. 9 and offers readings and discussions from featured playwrights Allison Gregory, Steven Dietz and Carter Lewis.聽 Saturday offers an afternoon reading from Miami-playwright Chris Demos-Brown, a performance of original student work from the Theatre Lab鈥檚 educational outreach program, and an evening reading from playwright Jennifer Lane.
The final day of the festival features a keynote address by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Marsha Norman (鈥渘ight Mother,鈥 鈥淭he Secret Garden,鈥 鈥淭he Color Purple,鈥 鈥淭he Bridges of Madison County鈥) and a reading of her newest work, 鈥淪pecial Report from The War on Girls.鈥澛 The festival concludes with a Playwright鈥檚 Panel, where a panel of participating playwrights will discuss new-play development and topics central to the state of the American Theatre.聽 Immediately following is the closing reception, a celebration of the festival with drinks and light refreshments.
- Tuesday, Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m., readings of original work from 91制片厂 student playwrights, free
- Wednesday, Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m., reading of 鈥淢otherland鈥 by Allison Gregory, tickets: $10
- Thursday, Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m., reading of 鈥淭his Random World鈥 by Steven Dietz,tickets: $10
- Friday, Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m., reading of 鈥淓cho Location鈥 by Carter Lewis, tickets: $10
- 聽Saturday, Dec. 12 2 p.m., reading of 鈥淎merican Son鈥漛y Chris Demos-Brown, tickets: $10
- 5 p.m., performance of original student work from Theatre Lab鈥檚 鈥淔uture Pages鈥 outreach program, free
- 7:30 p.m., reading of 鈥淗arlowe,鈥漛y Jennifer Lane, tickets: $10
- Sunday, Dec. 13
- 2 p.m.聽 Keynote Address by Marsha Norman, followed by reading of 鈥淪pecial Report from The War on Girls鈥澛 tickets: $20
- 5:30 p.m. Playwright鈥檚 Panel followed by Closing Reception, tickets: $15
Theatre Lab is the professional resident company of 91制片厂 that is dedicated to the development and production of new work in American theater. Theatre Lab will provide a bridge for students from the academic to the professional world and also expose students and the South Florida community to new works in American theater. Louis Tyrrell, founding artistic director of Florida Stage and Theatre at Arts Garage, has been named artistic director and Dorothy F. Schmidt visiting eminent scholar in the arts for this new initiative. The fall season of Theatre Lab is generously underwritten by Martin and Judith Stein.
Other Theatre Lab productions include 鈥淭he Playwright鈥檚 Forum,鈥 鈥淧lay Slam鈥 and 鈥淭he Playwright鈥檚 Forum.鈥 For more information, visit email theatrelab@fau.edu or call 561-297-4784.
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