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The 2010 Arkansas New Play Fest
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THEATRESQUARED IS BRINGING NEW WORK TO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS. The Arkansas New Play Fest, curated by TheatreSquared, gives voice to new work by some of the brightest lights shining in playwriting today. 2010 Arkansas New Play Fest LineupFriday, May 21 Saturday, May 22 Sunday, May 23 “For the second year, we’re thrilled to bring new works, in raw theatrical form, to Northwest Arkansas,” said TheatreSquared Artistic Director Robert Ford. “Each script is rehearsed by professional artists and performed, script in hand, for the public and playwright. At each performance, an open discussion with audience, author and cast profoundly shapes the future development of the script.”
The 24-Hour Play-Off As part of Walton Arts Center’s Artosphere Festival (artospherefestival.org) and in addition to four staged reading performances of new works, TheatreSquared is partnering with Fayetteville-based Ceramic Cow Productions to present the Northwest Arkansas 24-Hour Play-Off, a perennial favorite for artists and audiences alike. In competition for the $1,000 Jury Prize—generously sponsored by C&C Services, LLC—teams of five artists will write, rehearse, and perform a new ten-minute play, all within the space of 24 hours. ARTISTS: Apply online to take part in the 24-Hour Play-Off by downloading the application here. 2010 New Play Lineup Dream Date, by Dan Borengasser, begins with a man and a woman at a table on an empty stage—but who are they, what do they want, and what’s their relationship? In this clever and delightfully confounding new comedy, the characters know just as much about their given circumstances as the audience. Directed by T2 co-founder Morgan Hicks and performed Friday, May 21 at 6:00pm. The Fall of the House, an unpublished work by Robert Ford, has been in development for over a decade and was recently produced by the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. This time- and mind-bending play brings together magic, betrayal, forbidden love, tragic accidents, secret documents and familial bonds spanning from the last years of Edgar Allan Poe to the present. Directed by T2 Associate Artistic Director Amy Herzberg and performed Friday, May 21, at 8:00pm. Tell Martha Not to Moan, by Clinnesha D. Sibley, takes place in a family home in Detroit, 2007. As the presidential election campaign plays out on the national stage and the 40th Commemoration of the Detroit Riot is marked, a series of flashbacks brings us back to a different era. With compelling dialogue and complex relationships, Tell Martha Not to Moan is a glimpse into the changing world as viewed from one African American home. Directed by Janet Cleveland, winner of the Detroit Free Press Best Director Award, and performed Saturday, May 22 at 6:00pm. Sundown Town, by Kevin D. Cohea, returns to the Arkansas New Play Fest for a second year of continued development. Commissioned by TheatreSquared, the play is the story of a small town in Arkansas in 1918 where tourists and churchgoers are welcome, but African Americans must leave before dark. An involving and energetic theatrical fable, Sundown Town interweaves more than a dozen traditional gospel and bluegrass songs with rich storytelling. Directed by Kevin Christopher Fox (“Sterling” in TheatreSquared’s Mauritius, 2010) and performed Saturday, May 22 at 8:00pm. |
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