Several evenings during the month of October will be dedicated to public readings of previously unproduced and/or unpublished playscripts written by local playwrights.
The plays will be at various stages of development. Be part of one of the first audiences to experience these new plays and works-in-progress and contribute your thoughts in a post-reading discussion with the authors and actors.
Come early to enjoy conversation and refreshments and then settle in to share in a relaxed evening of theatre-in-creation.
Admission and refreshments by suggested donation.
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Ms. Right Now
by Natasha MacLellan (Halifax, NS)
Tuesday, September 27th, 7:30pm
Alison, a studious second year law student, looks forward to being somebody, someday. But right now, she isn't anyone too exciting. Enter Lindsay, who introduces Alison to a whole new side of university life- where there are no rules, no taboos and no victims. But, are there no consequences?
Dead in Wawa
by Griffin McInnes (Halifax, NS)
Monday, October 3rd, 7:30pm
Co-Hosted by the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
Two incompetent drug dealers. An anxious student. A corpse. But whose?
Set in remote Wawa, Northern Ontario, this is the premise for Dead in Wawa, the funny, mysterious, absurd play by Halifax playwright Griffin McInnes, winner of the 2011 Norma Epstein National Creative Writing Contest and 2nd prize-winner of the 2010 Atlantic Writing Competition.
A Good Death
by Kim Parkhill (Halifax, NS)
Thursday, October 6th, 7:30pm
A woman with a terminal prognosis + her mother + her lover + her friend + her doctor = a story of one person's attempt to embrace a happy ending despite the obstacles, expected and unexpected. You might laugh and you might cry, but hopefully you'll wonder "Why?" Bring your insights and opinions for this first reading of a new script that asks how much autonomy we really have.
Athena in Love, An Adult Tragi-comedy
by Julie Strong (Halifax, NS)
Saturday, October 8th, 7:30pm
Pallas, the goddess Athena’s friend, is dying. Athena’s enemy, the gorgon Medusa, holds the remedy. Obtaining it requires the concerted efforts of several Greek heroes plus a chorus. Obscene hilarity, horror and heartbreak ensue. A twist near the end brings this divine play to its human conclusion.
Dance with Desire
by David Sklar (Montreal, QC)
Monday, October 10th, 7:30pm
Irving Layton helped define Canada and shape it’s cultural role in the world. He gave us our own voice when we felt the pull of British arrogance and the lure of American superiority. But what’s happens when he decides to delve into his past? What secrets will he and his audience discover that have been dormant for many generations?
They That Take The Sword
by Steve Cloutier (Halifax, NS)
Tuesday, October 11th, 7:30pm
Four strangers, trapped in a world in which national security is the overriding concern, are thrown together after being detained by airport security. Awaiting their security clearance, the close confinement releases their deepest and darkest secrets, exposing the insidious influence of a security obsessed society.
