14th Annual Summer Playwrights Festival
10 Days! 25 plays! #SPF14
Consulting Producer – Christian Telesmar
Founding Festival Director – Scott Alan Smith
THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Taylor Gilbert, Founding Artistic Director, together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, invite you to the 14th Annual Summer Playwrights Festival! Over 200 writers, directors, actors and technicians are volunteering their time to present 25 plays over the span of 10 days.
“We look forward to SPF14 with great anticipation to see our friends and patrons at The Road Theatre sharing in our mission to present and develop new work,” says Taylor Gilbert. “It is with great pride that we are able to bring you premieres of all kinds and appreciate your participation in this important process. Supporting new work and new voices is essential to our community and we hope to see you here.”
The 14th annual Summer Playwrights Festival will take place from Friday, July 7- Sunday July 16, 2023. The festival is now one of the largest staged reading festivals in the nation, with playwrights from across the country and around the world participating. Each reading is followed by a talk-back with the playwright and director. All play readings will be held at the Road Theatre’s Magnolia Theatre at the NoHo Senior Arts Colony.
The Road Theatre has gone on to produce numerous plays over the years from the Summer Playwrights Festival including, Beloved by Arthur Holden (SPF12), Death House by Jason Karasev (SPF8), Stupid Kid by Sharr White (SPF7) and Through the Eye of a Needle by Jami Brandli (SPF7). “We are very proud to be bringing these new plays from the festival to our audiences.”
Thank you for supporting new plays and The Road Theatre Company for SPF14!
Tickets are a suggested donation of $15.
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Friday, July 7, 8:00PM PT
THE RIMSKY-FOGELMAN by Andrew R. Heinze
Directed by Stan Zimmerman
Saturday, July 8, 12:00PM PT
A reading double-feature!
ILYSM by Clarinda Ross
Directed by Tally McCormack
THE BOATMAN by Alex Moggridge
Directed by Carlos Lacámara
Saturday, July 8, 4:00PM PT
BEST LIFE by Melisa Tien
Directed by Christina Carlisi
Saturday, July 8, 8:00PM PT
ROBBIN, FROM THE HOOD by Marlow Wyatt
Directed by Gerard Joseph
Sunday, July 9, 12:00PM PT
LEAR IN TULSA by Steven Leigh Morris
Directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera
Sunday, July 9, 4:00PM PT
A reading double-feature!
LOUD by Mashuq Mushtaq Deen
Directed by Ru Kazi
A BRIEF LIST OF EVERYONE WHO DIED by Jacob Marx Rice
Directed Daphnie Sicre
Sunday, July 9, 8:00PM PT
YEAR ONE by Erik Gernand
Directed by Taylor Nichols
Monday, July 10, 8:00PM PT
RECKONINGS by Jack Bushnell
Directed by Lori Tubert
Tuesday, July 11, 8:00PM PT
THE REFUSENIKS by Alison Bendix
Directed by Dana Schwartz
Wednesday, July 12, 8:00PM PT
AMERICAN HUNGER by Nikhil Mahapatra
Directed by Susan Vanita Diol
Thursday, July 13, 8:00PM PT
HIGH MAINTENANCE by Peter Ritt
Directed by Victoria Hoffman
Friday, July 14, 8:00PM PT
AIN’T NO FAIRYTALES IN SECTION 8 by Cris Eli Blak
Directed by Christian Telesmar
Saturday, July 15, 12:00PM PT
SINGULARITIES OR THE COMPUTERS OF VENUS by Laura Stribling
Directed by Laura Stribling
Saturday, July 15, 4:00PM PT
HAIRY AND SHERRI by Adrienne Dawes
Directed by Judith Moreland
Saturday, July 15, 8:00PM PT
THE BIRTHDAY GAME by Judah Skoff
Directed by Andre Barron
Sunday, July 16, 11:00AM PT
A reading double-feature!
A DIFFERENT KIND OF STRONG by Judy Klass
Directed by Darryl Johnson
ELEPHANTS’ GRAVEYARD by Marjorie Williamson
Directed by Meeghan Holaway
Sunday, July 16, 3:00PM PT
EVERYONE IS DOING FINE by James Odin Wade
Directed by Brian Shnipper
Sunday, July 16, 8:00PM PT
This is an evening of one-act play readings.
LET ME SEE YOUR BEAUTY by Katherine Swan
Directed by Liz Herron
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD by DeLane McDuffie
Directed by Justin Lord
SAX APPEAL by Elizabeth Barnard Sampson
Directed by Nancy Fassett
THE VIRGINIA WOOLF PROJECT by Bell Lee
Directed by Avery Clyde
DUNG by Trevor Norwitz
Directed by John Gowans
TALKBACKS
Each play reading will be followed by a moderated discussion with the playwright, director and cast.
PRICING:
Tickets are suggested donation of $15. No donation is too small, but if you can’t afford to donate at this time we understand. Please come anyways and enjoy some live play readings!
THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY:
Located in the heart of the North Hollywood Arts District, L.A. County’s fastest growing arts community, The Road is an ensemble of 150+ theatre artists fiercely committed to the creation and development of new plays. To further that mission, The Road has launched Under Construction, a diverse collaborative group of new and established playwrights dedicated to socially and politically relevant storytelling for the American stage. Celebrating 32 years of groundbreaking work and led by Founding Artistic Director Taylor Gilbert along with Artistic Director Sam Anderson, The Road is a multi award-winning theatre named as one of the top ten intimate theatre companies in Los Angeles (LA Weekly). Visit www.roadtheatre.org for more info.
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SUPPORT
Support for this program was provided through the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Arts Development Fee Program, LA County Arts Internship Program, and the Office of Councilmember Paul Krekorian.
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