PLAYWRIGHTS’ WEEK 2009
presented in partnership
September 30 - Meet the Writers
October 1 - 4 - Festival Readings
October 4- Final Celebration
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THAT MEN DO
by Chad Beckim
directed by Hal Brooks
Sophie has a problem: her mother Alma is marrying the seemingly benign George, but Sophie’s Scrabble game has begun to whisper secrets that make her desperate rid her life of her impending step-father once and for all. Eighteen months earlier, George’s uneventful and uninspired business trip to China with his new co-worker Andrew takes a strange and unpredictable turn.
by Bekah Brunsetter
directed by Isaac Byrnes
Elephants and humans have cohabited for hundreds of years - One is big, the other is small, one peaceful, one violent. Miss Lilly, a Sunday school teacher, has been waiting patiently for God to drop a man in her lap. A new student comes to class - Jordan, a young Indian boy whose mother was recently killed by an elephant. When Jordan disturbs the harmony of her classroom - and his father disturbs the harmony of her heart - Miss Lilly must re-examine her faith.
THE ATLAS OF MUD
by Jennifer Fawcett
directed by Shana Gold
Ten years after the world flooded and people fled to the boats, the desperation to find land has become lethal, but the satellites still see nothing but water. Guarded by the military, one boat holds special cargo: seeds to plant when land is found, birds to find the land, and a child called Mud. A mythical allegory about finding hope in a world turned unrecognizable.
FUTURE ANXIETY
by Laurel Haines
directed by Dominic D'Andrea
It's the future, and America's got problems. Tsunamis batter the coasts, shoppers riot over strawberries, and China is calling in its debt. When Karl builds a homemade spaceship to escape the planet, everyone wants to get on board.
LUTHER
by Ethan Lipton
directed by Kip Fagan
Supposes a world in which abandoned veterans of war are adopted in the fashion that we now adopt abandoned animals. (And Walter and Marjorie are not exactly the best of parents.) A tragic comedy about the bonds of family and the price of doing the right thing wrong.
by Natalia Naman
directed by Lisa Rothe
At Old Ship of Zion where Columbus, Georgians have heard the word of the Lord for over a hundred years, the foundation is crumbling. Preparing for the annual revival, the congregation struggles to come to terms with identity, sexuality, illness, and tragedy. Pulsing, singing, praying, and testifying, they’ve lost their faith but can they find themselves?
NILA
by Jen Silverman
directed by Tlaloc Rivas
When two brothers discover an ancient bog queen in their back yard, the ruthlessly ambitious Jonny tries to find a profitable angle, while Clay names her Nila and falls perilously in love. As passions rage, cults are formed, and the media goes wild, Nila herself must question what she wants and who she is becoming.
by Stephanie Timm
directed by May Adrales
Once upon a time in a raped and pillaged land, the youngest of three sisters weds herself to a man she's never met who lives across the sea. When the next youngest is offered a similar promise of living happily after, she discovers that hope might just be her worst enemy.