THANK YOU FOR MAKING
PLAYWRIGHTS' WEEK A SUCCESS!
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PLAYWRIGHTS’ WEEK 2008
presented in partnership
September 22 - Meet the Writers
September 23 - 28 - Festival Readings
September 28 (post show) - Final Celebration
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Michael and Stan are two mid-level employees of a large, nameless corporation. They've worked hard. They've stayed in place. They've done exactly what's been asked of them. Now, they're bracing for the consequences. middlemen: an existential comedy about denial, adulthood and non-dairy creamer. |
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Tuesday, September 23 @ 8pm |
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Infused with questions about family, exile, and home in the post-9/11 era, this play delves inside the tortured mind and body of Kareem--a young Arab-American man stripped of his rights and lost in his own memories. As the play glides between Guantanamo Bay, the Middle East, and urban-America, the lines between innocence and guilt become increasingly blurred and the freedom of imagination is given a new meaning. |
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As Oby, Nellie, and Darin prepare for their annual backpacking trip to the mountains of Idaho, their bond
is unexpectedly shattered by tragedy. What will become of their longtime friendship as they navigate through an immense and unexpected wilderness? |
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When she’s cast as the “last girl” in a low-budget slasher flick, Sheena thinks it’s the big break she’s been waiting for. But news of the movie unleashes her mother’s thwarted feminist rage, and mom is prepared to do anything to stop filming—even if it kills her. |
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All that young Simon wants for Christmas is to receive the stigmata and become God’s prophet, and if religious fervor has anything to do with it, he’s a shoe-in. So when the mysterious Harbinger appears to him in the Walmart parking lot, Simon knows that she is God’s angel, the answer to his prayers. Or is she? |
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Crested Butte is the Wildflower Capital of Colorado. When a woman and her troubled son arrive, they encounter a forest ranger, an ex-drag queen, and a very curious girl. Five disparate souls collide in a summer of desire and unexpected consequence. |
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Follows a single day, October 15th 1949, filtered through the warped and damaged mind of an Idaho farm girl. Through her memories, dreams, and swirling language, we come to understand the price she and her family have paid for a little dignity as they await the return of their long absent father, lost somewhere in the war, half a world away. |
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When a mentally disturbed father seeks forgiveness for sins against his family, he asks his son to help him take the only action he believes will fully absolve him: he wants to be crucified. His request unveils the family’s darkest secrets and forces them to confront their demons. |
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Margaret Fuller and the Transcendalists are not a rock group. And this isn't your typical history play... but Margaret is the woman who inspired Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. |
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An inventive fusion of Chekhov's Three Sisters and Tagore's The Home and the World, Sankalpan evokes a time of revolution that draws sharp parallels to the geopolitics of today. CLOSING CELEBRATION hosted by the Indo-American Arts Council A celebration of Lark and Indo-American Arts Council's 9 year partnership. The reception featured the announcement of the 2008 IAAC Playwright-in-Residence, Aladdin Ullah.. |
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How do I submit a play for Playwrights' Week 2009? Click Here! |
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