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PLAYHOUSE ON THE GREEN PRESENTS STAGED READINGS OF ORIGINAL HOLOCAUST-THEMED PLAYS AS PART OF "PAGE TO STAGE" NEW PLAY READING SERIES
Playhouse on the Green presents a staged reading of More than 60 Years After, a collection of Holocaust-themed plays, on Sunday, April 27 at 7 p.m. The reading is part of the "Page to Stage" New Play Reading Series, an ongoing Playhouse program that supports Connecticut playwrights and introduces audiences to their latest creations. The four original one acts by Stratford playwright Mark Lambeck are being presented to commemorate the international Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day which is being observed worldwide on May 1.
Directed by Jack Rushen of Stratford, More Than 60 Years After comprises the one-act plays "The Registrar," "Chance," "The Barracks Chief," and "Ben's Story."
In "The Registrar" a Czech woman tries to convince the recordkeeper at a concentration camp to help her find her teenage son. "Chance" focuses on a modern minister's wife who seeks psychiatric help after she is haunted by images of the Holocaust. In "The Barracks Chief," an Italian prisoner in Auschwitz refuses her daily rations in an attempt to observe Yom Kippur. "Ben's Story" concerns a master's degree candidate who uses his grandfather's survival story as the basis for his thesis to contradict Holocaust deniers. But during his research, he uncovers a family secret that threatens his relationship with his grandfather as well as his degree work.
The show features Dorothy Bryce of Westport; Debra Hanusick of Bridgeport; Sarah Eve Keller of Norwalk; David Victor of Milford; and Percy Di Blasi and Katherine Marchand, both of Stratford.
Suggested contribution is $10. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Playhouse On The Green Now Accepting Submissions From Connecticut Playwrights For "Page To Stage" New Play Reading Series
Playhouse on the Green seeks full-length and one-act plays by Connecticut playwrights for its ongoing "Page to Stage" New Play Reading Series (Mark Graham, Curator). Plays must be unpublished and un-produced (readings okay). No musicals.
Please submit the following:
- One copy of the playscript
- A resume indicating previous playwriting experience/productions etc.
- A one-page synopsis including a scene/location breakdown
- A list of characters including gender and age
- A self-addressed, stamped postcard if you wish us to acknowledge receipt of your materials.
Send submissions via postal mail to:
Playhouse on the Green
ATT: "Page to Stage"
177 State Street
Bridgeport, CT 06604
No e-mail submissions please. We cannot return any materials submitted. Not all submissions will receive a response.
If your play is chosen for a reading presentation, no transportation/housing expenses will be provided, though our hope is that the playwrights of selected plays can attend rehearsal(s) and public reading at the theater in Bridgeport. A director who will be responsible for casting and the presentation will be assigned to each reading project.
We are open to both dramas and comedies, and to any and all themes. Running time should be 2 hours or less.
Questions? Contact us: pagetostage@playhouseonthegreen.org
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