Next Stage Initiative 2015
Produced by Jen Schlueter and Matt Slaybaugh
January 8 — 17, 2015
@ Riffe Center Studio Two
77 South High St.
There will be a casual, post-show conversation with the cast and crew after every performance. Playwrights will participate as indicated below.
ABOUT THE NEXT STAGE INITIATIVE
The Studio 2 Theatre will become a hothouse for new works in January! Be part of the growth & nurturing of some soon-to-be great plays.
If you’ve been following AVLT for a while, you know that we’ve a vested interest in daring, new plays. We’ve presented dozens of free readings over the years, and the Next Stage Initiative is the logical step into the future.
The Next Stage Initiative returns in January 2015 with 6 hot playwrights and their works in progress. Included this year will be Jen Schlueter of the much-loved for/word company and her new adaptation (developed with the AVLT ensemble) of Cervantes’ Don Quixote, which will will be fully produced by AVLT later this season.
The Death of Captain Hero
a play reading
by Amy Crider
directed by David J. Glover
Talkback with the playwright.
Thursday, January 8 @ 8pm
Quixote: a radical adaptation
a play reading
by Jen Schlueter
directed by Matt Slaybaugh
Talkback with the playwright.
Friday, January 9 @ 8pm
After
a workshop staging
by Brett Beach
directed by Francesca Spedalieri
Talkback with the playwright.
Saturday, January 10 @ 8pm
The Burden of Not Having a Tail
a play reading
by Carrie Barrett
Performed by Karie Miller
Thursday, January 15 @ 8pm
Rust on Bone
a play reading
by Bianca Sams
directed by Yolanda Board
Friday, January 16 @ 8pm
Queens of the Ring
a workshop staging
by Max Glenn
directed by Whitney Thomas Eads
Talkback with the playwright.
Saturday, January 17 @ 8pm