New Play Network's "Journey From Page to Stage" Festival

• Sep 2 - 3, 2002
• Other Venue

Remind Me | About the Program

About the Program

Building on the success of last summer's conference on new plays at Arena Stage, the Kennedy Center hosts this exciting three-day festival that spans the Center's many performance and workshop spaces! More than 20 theaters in the D.C. metropolitan area—each with a mission to produce and support new work—will present a series of free readings, open rehearsals, and panel discussions for plays and musicals being developed by their respective artists-in-residence. Here's your chance to get a sneak peak at many of the exciting new productions in development for upcoming Washington premieres. Some events may require free tickets.

Ticket Information
No tickets are needed for Millennium Stage events. Tickets for “Shakespeare in Hollywood” on Monday, September 2 at 3:00pm in the Terrace Theater will be distributed in front of the theater beginning at 2:00pm. Tickets for all other events and venues will be distributed in front of the venue beginning at 5:00pm on the day of the event. Limit 2 per person, subject to availability. See the New Play Network information table in the Grand Foyer for complete ticket details.

Sunday, September 1

AFRICAN CONTINUUM THEATRE COMPANY (ACTCo)
Excerpts from Hubert and Charlie
Book and lyrics by Jennifer L. Nelson. Music by Mel Nelson.
With Beverly Cosham, Fred Strother, and Stan Weiman.
(Full reading September 2, 7-9:30 p.m.)

METROSTAGE
Three Sistahs
By Thomas W. Jones II.
Featuring Crystal Fox, Desire DuBose, and Bernadine Mitchell.

SIGNATURE THEATRE
Perdita
Music by Deborah Wicks LaPuma. Book and lyrics by Kathleen Cahill.
Directed by Jose Carrasquillo.

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Streets of America
Book and lyrics by Matthew Riopelle. Music by Michael Rupert.
6-8 p.m.Millennium Stage
2001 Commendation Award; Gilman and Gonzales-Falla Theatre Foundation Musical Theatre Award
An epic journey of three ordinary Americans living through the extra-ordinary years of Vietnam...the story moves from the juke joints on Beale Street to the halls of Berkeley to the back alleys of Saigon...from the rhythm-and-blues clubs of Detroit to the corridors of power in Washington DC...to the dusty roads of the Mississippi Delta. The politics of war, the explosion of the media and the personal sacrifices many Americans had to make play out against the backdrop of Memphis blues, San Francisco folk-rock and the smooth sounds of Motown. At a time when, half a world away, there was a war going on.. here at home events were moving at the speed-of-light...and the country was searching for salvation on the Streets of America.

Monday, September 2

HORIZONS THEATRE
I Want to Tell You
By Leslie Jacobson and Roy Barber.
3-4:15 p.m. Millennium Stage, South

THE KENNEDY CENTER & THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE
Shakespeare in Hollywood
By Ken Ludwig.
Featuring Carlos Bustamante Allyson Currin, Catherine Flye, Rick Foucheux, Jason Gilbert, Bruce Nelson, Robert Prosky, Michael Rupert, Douglas Sills, Michael Tolaydo, Holly Twyford, and Catherine Weidner.
3-5:15 p.m. Terrace Theater

YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS' THEATRE
EmPower Plays
By Danielle Kelley, Judy Torres, Yesenia Nuñez, Zainep Mahmound, and Cecelia Jenkins.
Hosted by Karen Zacarias
4:30-5:45 p.m. Millennium Stage, South

THEATER OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Dapper Foxes, Singing Pigs, and Cajun Lullabies
Songs from Sing Down the Moon, Perseus Bayou, and Mississippi Pinocchio-three award-winning family musicals by Mary Hall Surface and David Maddox.
6-7 p.m.Millennium Stage, North

GALA HISPANIC THEATRE
The Daily Night - La Noche Diaria
By Gabriel Garcia. Directed by Hugo Medrano.
7-8:15 p.m.Theater Lab

WRITERS ON WRITING
Featuring Ken Ludwig, Norman Allen, Allyson Currin, James Magruder, and John Strand.
Moderated by Caleen Sinnette Jennings.
7-8:15 p.m.Terrace Theater

BAPA'S IMAGINATION STAGE
Cinderella Eats Rice and Beans
Books and lyrics by Karen Zacarías.
Music by Deborah Wicks LaPuma.
7-8 p.m.
Chinese Lounge

WASHINGTON SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Learning Curves
By Allyson Currin. Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner.
7-9 p.m.Millennium Stage, South

AFRICAN CONTINUUM THEATRE COMPANY (ACTCo)
Hubert and Charlie (full reading)
(see September 1)
7-9:30 p.m.Education Resource Center

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
Hurricane Iris and Impostors by Justin Warner.
Final Trial by Conor McHale.
Hosted by Roland Reed.
8-9:30 p.m.Rehearsal Room 3

PLAYWRIGHT'S FORUM
The Whole Life
By Martha King DeSilva. Directed by Jane Latman.
8-9:45 p.m. Rehearsal Room 1
Hear Musicals in the Making
With Michael Bobbit, Mark Braswell, and Joan Cushing
9:45-10:45 p.m. Rehearsal Room 1

THE KEEGAN THEATRE
Precious Lam'
Written and performed by Eric Lucas. Directed by Mark Rhea
8:30-9:30 p.m. Rehearsal Room 2

OLNEY THEATRE CENTER
Coffee with Richelieu
By Norman Allen. Directed by Jim Petosa.
8:30-9:30 p.m.Terrace Theater

THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE ACADEMY FOR CLASSICAL ACTING
Dunkler-Related Disorders
By James Magruder. Directed by Catherine Weidner.
8:30-11 p.m.Theater Lab

THEATRE J
The Last Seder
By Jennifer Maisel.
8:30-11 p.m.Israeli Lounge

ACTORS' THEATRE OF WASHINGTON
The F Word
By Jordan Sidney Beswick. Directed by Jeffrey Keenan.
9-11 p.m.Chinese Lounge

SOURCE THEATRE COMPANY
A Festival of Ten-Minute Plays From the Washington Theatre Festival
Hosted by Keith Parker and Joe Banno.
(Also performing September 3, 9-10:15 p.m.)
9:30-10:45 p.m.Millennium Stage, North

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Trampoline by David Cahill.
We Only Eat the Homegrown by April Donahower.
Hosted by Caleen Sinnette Jennings.
9:30-11 p.m.Rehearsal Room 3

THE KEEGAN THEATRE
Waiting for the Slow Dance
By Eric Lucas. Directed by Mark Rhea.
9:30-11 p.m.Rehearsal Room 2

ROUND HOUSE THEATRE COMPANY
When Grace Comes In
By Heather McDonald. Directed by Jerry Whiddon.
9:30-11 p.m.Education Resource Center

THEATER OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY
Mariela in the Desert
By Karen Zacarias. Directed by Tom Prewitt.
9:30-11:30 p.m.Terrace Theater

Tuesday, September 3

THE KENNEDY CENTER YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMS
Citizen 13559: The Journal of Ben Uchida
By Naomi Iizuka. Directed by Chay Yew.
6-7:30 p.m.
Education Resource Center

WHAT'S NEW THIS SEASON: 2002-03 PREVIEWS
Get a sneak peek of the performance season ahead from four area theaters!
ARENA STAGE
Theophilus North
Adapted by Matthew Burnett from the Thornton Wilder novel. With Artistic Director Molly Smith.
6:30-8 p.m.
Rehearsal Room 3
CHARTER THEATRE
Poe and All That Jazz
by Peter Coy, What Dogs Do by Chris Stezin and Watching Left by Artistic Director Keith Bridges.
SIGNATURE THEATRE
Donna Q
By Paulette Laufer. Directed by Jose Carrasquillo. With Nancy Robinette.
STUDIO THEATRE
Discussion of Runaway Home
Playwright Javon Johnson and Artistic Director Joy Zinoman talk about this new work. Directed by Reggie Life.
Tuesday, September 3 from 6-10 p.m.
Rehearsal Room 1

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Hosted by Leslie Jacobson.
6:30-8 p.m.
Rehearsal Room 3

CHARTER THEATRE
Watching Left
Written and Directed by Keith Bridges. With Rachel Gardner.
6:30-8:30p.m.
Chinese Lounge

PROJECT Y
Coming Out Clean
By Andy Mitton.
7-9 p.m.
Israeli Lounge

REP STAGE
Katia
By Joe Palka.
Directed by Jackson Phippin.
With Bill Largess and Nigel Reed.
7-9:30 p.m.
Rehearsal Room 2

THE PRODUCERS
With Molly Smith (Arena Stage), Eric Schaeffer (Signature Theater), and Howard Shalwitz (Woolly Mammoth Theater)
Conversations with three Washington-area theaters' artistic directors.
7:30-8:30 p.m.
Millennium Stage, South

HORIZONS THEATRE
Losing Lawrence
By Donna Gerdin. Directed by Dorothy Neumann.
8-10:30 p.m.
Rehearsal Room 3

METROSTAGE
Bess and Tess
By Caleen Sinnette Jennings.
With Beverly Cosham and Jewel Robinson.
8-10:30 p.m.
Education Resource Center

WASHINGTON SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Learning Curves
By Allyson Currin. Directed by Lee Mikeska Gardner.
(see September 2nd listing)
8:30-10:30 p.m.
Chinese Lounge

PLAYWRIGHTS AT THE HELM
Keith Bridges (Charter Theatre), Ari Roth (Theatre J), Jennifer L. Nelson (ACTCo)
Hosted by Robert Alexander
Get perspectives on developing and producing new plays by practicing playwrights who are also Artistic Directors.
9-10:15 p.m.
Millennium Stage, South

SOURCE THEATRE COMPANY
More Ten-Minute Plays From the Washington Theatre Festival
(see also September 2 at 9:45-10:45 p.m.)
9-10:15 p.m.
Israeli Lounge

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