This Saturday, TPP is hosting our 2nd annual Festival of New Plays as we search for the next two plays to debut in this season’s The Premiere Premieres production! The day will consist of play readings for the five semi-finalists with feedback sessions provided by an esteemed panel of adjudicators. Check out the details below and join us for this FREE weekend event!
Date + Time: Saturday, August 19th from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Anne Zabel Studio of Orpheum Theater Center
Cost: FREE (Free will donations to this program are happily accepted)
Adjudicators:
- Jayna Gearhart Fitzsimmons of Augustana University Department of Theatre + Bare Bodkins Theatre Company
- Debbi Jones of Monstrous Little Theatre Company
- Luke Tatge of Goodnight Theatre Collective
Plays + Playwrights:
Could Have Been Me by Sara Dockter
The Inchworm and the Albatross by Hope Dunkle
Comfortably Single by Leigh Spencer
Well Wishes by Avianna Steen
Hearing by Richard W. Swanson
Estimated Schedule:
8:45am-9:00am – Doors open, patrons find seating
9:00am-9:15am – Welcome, opening remarks
9:15am-10:30am – Play #1 reading and feedback session:
Comfortably Single by Leigh Spencer
10:30am-11:45am – Play #2 reading and feedback session:
The Inchworm and the Albatross by Hope Dunkle
11:45am-1:00pm – Play #3 reading and feedback session:
Well Wishes by Avianna Steen
1:00pm-2:00pm – Lunch on your own
2:00pm-3:15pm – Play #4 reading and feedback session:
Could Have Been Me by Sara Dockter
3:15pm-4:30pm – Play #5 reading and feedback session:
Hearing by Richard W. Swanson
4:30pm-5:00pm – Overflow time allotted; final remarks
Thanks for supporting local new play development, Sioux Falls!