For the past 18 years, “Page-to-Stage New Play Festival” at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. has given playwrights and performers an expansive venue to present and workshop new plays. This permits artists a chance to get feedback on their work in order and to refine their productions. It also gives them a chance to network with their theatrical counterparts in our area which encourages collaborative efforts.
This year over 70 D. C. area theatre companies will have three days of free readings and rehearsals at the Kennedy Center over the Labor Day Weekend. The group includes playwrights, librettists and composers. The performances include script in hand and almost fully staged performances.
The festival sounds like a Labor Day Weekend for Theatre Lovers, and it is all free. It’s a great way to see an array of fine theatre without breaking the bank.
Those from Charm City will be pleased to note that the Playwrights Group of Baltimore will have readings of seven 10-minute plays on Saturday, August 31, 2019 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm in the Kennedy Center’s Israeli Lounge. Their theme for this year is The Bridge Plays. Participating playwrights from this group include Rosemary Frisino Toohey, Dwight R. B. Cook, Amy Bernstein, John J. Conley, S.J., Kevin Kostic, Rich Espey and Susan Middaugh.
Other theatres being represented include 4615 Theatre; Adventure Theatre MTC; African-American Collective Theater (ACT); Alliance for New Music-Theatre; Arts on the Horizon; ArtStream; Baltimore Playwrights Festival; Best Medicine Rep; Bowie State University/Kent State University; Brave Soul Collective; Briar Road Productions; Catholic University of America; Company Lambe-Lambe; Conscience Drama Directive; Crash of Rhinos; D.R. Creative Collab; Dance and Bmore; The Essential Theater; Factory 449; Federal Theatre Project; Ford’s Theatre; FRESHH INC THEATRE COMPANY; Georgetown University; Guillotine Theatre Company; Happy Theater; The Highwood Theatre; HUEMANATI ARTIST COLLECTIVE; The In Series; The Indian Ocean Theatre Company; InterAct Story Theatre; The Interrobang Theatre Company; The Law Theater Project; Liberated Muse Arts Group; MetroStage; Monumental Theatre Co; Mosaic Theater Company of DC; Naked Theatre Company; Nu Sass Productions; One Off Productions; Pinky Swear Productions; Pipeline Playwrights; Playwrights Collaborative; Project 2020; Radiator Productions; Rainbow Theatre Project; Reliant Theatre; Rep Stage; The Rose Theatre Co.; Safe Streets Arts Foundation; Scena Theatre; Sir Harvey Fitz Productions; Spooky Action Theater; Synetic Theater,Theatre Prometheus; Theatre51; Three Princes Theatre; Tonic Theater Company; Too Much Damn (TMD) Theater; Transformation Theatre, Inc.; Unexpected Stage Company; Unknown Penguin; Venus Theatre Company; Voices Unbarred; Washington Improv Theater; The Washington Rogues, Washington Stage Guild; Washington Women in Theatre; The Welders; Who What Where Theater Collective; Young Playwrights’ Theater.
The festival sounds like a Labor Day Weekend for Theatre Lovers, and it is all free. It’s a great way to see an array of fine theatre without breaking the bank.
“Page-to-Stage New Play Festival” runs Saturday, August 31, 2019 from 9:30 am to 10:00 pm, Sunday, September 1, 2019 from 6:00-7:00 p.m., and Monday, September 2, 2019 from 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Tickets are free. No tickets are required. There is limited seating which is available on a first-come, first-served basis. General admission seating opens approximately 30 minutes prior to each event. For a complete listing of performances and other information go online.
