Announcing the 2009 Season
BRAVA to Central Florida theaters who are
producing 17% of plays that were written by women!
PlayFest
WPI is honored to once again be a guest theater for the 5th year in a row at Orlando Shakespeare Theater's PlayFest: The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays. WPI will present two readings of THE GALT REGENCY by Judith Montague, directed by WPI’s Kathleen Lindsey.
About the play:
THE GALT REGENCY is a fascinating play about a woman considered by some to have been the first female president of the United States: Edith Galt Wilson, the second wife of Woodrow Wilson. While the President was incapacitated by a serious stroke when in office, Mrs. Galt kept even his closest advisors from having access to Wilson and ran, or stalled, the government herself for five months.
Playwright Judith Montague spent five years researching her fictional account, which was selected as the Northeast Theatre's "History in the Present Moment" project in 2004. It has had various professional readings during its developmental process.
Tuesday, January 27 at 6:30 PM
Saturday, January 31 at 2:15 PM
Goldman Theatre at Orlando Shakespeare Theater
812 E. Rollins St., Orlando, 32803
Tickets are just $5, and can be purchased by calling the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre Box Office at (407) 447-1700 or by visiting www.orlandoshakes.org. Seating is limited, and advance purchase is strongly suggested
ARTSFEST
WPI is pleased to participate in the 2009 ArtsFest, presented by United Arts of Central Florida and Bank of America. The annual event is in its 7th year showcasing local arts and culture to the Central Florida community - for free!
WPI will participate for the first time with a program entitled WPI 101. Excerpts from works by playwrights Paula Vogel, Wendy Wasserstein, Suzan-Lori Parks and more will be presented in this free event to get Central Floridians started on learning more about the world of women playwrights!
WPI 101 will take place at 7:00 pm on Saturday, February 7th at Stardust Coffee at 1842 E. Winter Park Rd., Orlando, 32803.
About tickets
Seating is free, but limited. To RSVP, please send an email to womenplaywrights@gmail.com. For a full schedule of ArtsFest events, please visit www.unitedarts.cc or www.RedChairProject.com.
Contacts:
Courtney Miller, courtneymillerproductions@gmail.com
or Nicolle Avery nicolleavery@hotmail.com
Call for Short Plays
See Call for Scripts for numbers of entrants in the 2009 competition.
Fourth annual Playwriting Workshop
General contact: WomenPlaywrights@gmail.com
Building on the success of our most recent playwriting workshop, WPI will be hosting its 4th Annual in 2009, again featuring Deborah Brevoort (author of The Women of Lockerbie) as facilitator and workshop leader. Ten women participated in the 2008 workshop, all of whom gave positive feedback on their time with Ms. Brevoort and the lessons learned. For 2009, we hope to make the workshop available to more participants by offering scholarships to promising women playwrights. If you'd like to sponsor a playwright or would like more information, please contact WomenPlaywrights@gmail.com.
 Wave of Women Writers (WOWW!) - Season long emphasis on plays written by women that are being produced by various theater companies in Central Florida. They'll be promoted and publicized as never before, so our loyal fans and newest devotees can follow the growing wave of interest in plays by notable and emerging women playwrights! |
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