Next Stage Initiative 2016
Produced by Jen Schlueter and Matt Slaybaugh
January 7 — 16, 2016
@ 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 be included as indicated below.
ABOUT THE NEXT STAGE INITIATIVE
– Richard Sanford, Columbus Underground
The Next Stage Initiative will turn the Studio 2 Theatre into a hothouse for new works in January! Be part of the growth & nurturing of some great plays as they come into their own.
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 (for its fourth year) in January 2016 with 6 hot playwrights and their young plays in progress.
Meanwhile
written by Jackie Hedeman
directed by Matt Slaybaugh
Talkback with the playwright.
Thursday, January 7 @ 8pm – a play reading
Still Quiet
written by Emily Dendinger
directed by Whitney Thomas Eads
Talkback with the playwright.
Friday, January 8 @ 8pm – a lightly staged reading
Wanda, Daisy, and the Great Rapture
written by Alexis Schaetzle
directed by Jennifer Schlueter
Talkback with the playwright.
Saturday, January 9 @ 8pm – a workshop staging
Gabriel: A Polemic
written by C. Denby Swanson
directed by Karie Miller
Thursday, January 14 @ 8pm – a play reading
The Short Comedy of Pope John Paul I, or Luciani!
written by Danny Turek
directed by Daniel Shtivelberg
Talkback with the playwright.
Friday, January 15 @ 8pm – a workshop staging
Wait for Me
written by Mark Snyder
directed by Matt Slaybaugh
Talkback with the playwright.
Saturday, January 16 @ 8pm – a lightly staged reading