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PlayFest

PlayFest 2019 Audition This Week

Hello Orcas Island thespians!

We will be holding auditions for PlayFest 2019 on Wednesday, August 21, 6pm, at The Grange. Additional audition info below…

ALSO! We need directors!

We are seeking directors. If you’d like to direct or know someone who would, please contact:

Aaimee Johnson: aaimee.johnson [AT] gmail [DOT] com
or Evan Wagoner-Lynch: hello [AT] evanwl {DOT} com

More on auditions:

Announcing auditions for PlayFest 2019! Actors of all ages and experience levels are welcome!

Actors can read our lineup of plays at the Library–just ask at the front desk. Actors can be in more than one play 🙂

Rehearsals will begin in September. Performances will be October 18, 19, 20, and 24, 25, and 26, for a total of six nights.

If you can’t make it to our audition please contact us and we’ll find another time to meet you.

Good luck!

ATOI news, PlayFest

Get Ready for PlayFest 2019!

We are excited to announce the selections for this year’s PlayFest, Orcas Island’s homegrown festival of 10-minute plays. You’ll find the list below.  If you are interested in acting or directing, you can read through any of the scripts at the Orcas Island Library (just ask at the front desk).

Auditions will be held in late March or early April, stay tuned for details. If you’re interested in directing please contact us (see email addresses below).

There will be six performances at the Grange, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday May 10, 11, 12 and May 17, 18, 19

The Plays:

Second Thoughts by Miguel Villarreal

Made with Love by Calen McDowell

Honing the Edge by James Wolf

Cast On — Bind Off by Brad Brown

Helping Great Aunt Lucy by Jackie Bates

A Streetcar Named Napoleon by Michael Armenia

In the Hall of the Mountain Wizard by Evan Wagoner-Lynch

Questions? Contact Aaimee Johnson: aaimee.johnson *AT* gmail.com
or Evan Wagoner-Lynch: hello *AT* evanwl.com

ATOI news, PlayFest

PlayFest 2019 Submission Info

Calling All Writers!

We are now accepting submissions for the 14th Annual PlayFest, our festival of locally-grown ten-minute plays. Please send your work to us by January 31, 2019 (to the address at the bottom of this post.) PlayFest will be held at the Grange in May, with auditions for actors in early spring.

If you’re sitting on a script because it’s not finished or perfect, send it to us anyway! We will read all scripts submitted to us by January 31. All writers will receive notes from us and will have a couple weeks to make any revisions–but you must submit by the January deadline to be in the running. Good luck!

Submission Guidelines

  • Length: Plays work best between five to ten minutes (usually five to ten pages). Read your work aloud and keep time to make sure your play isn’t too long.
  •    Sets and Scenes: Keep your sets simple without many props or excessive furniture. Avoid using too many scenes.
  • Cast: Keep the cast small—two to four people works best.
  • Plays must pull the audience right into the story/situation without a lot of set up or backstory. Most plays explore characters or follow high concept storylines. Also, consider that characters must go through some sort of change in the play. Please avoid being didactic or creating plays that teach some sort of moral lesson.
  • Playwright Requirements: Plays must be original and by Orcas Island residents only. If your play is chosen, you must be available for the first couple of rehearsals (these will take place in March).

Deadline: Plays must be submitted by January 31, 2019.

We cannot accept any late submissions.

Submissions should be sent to mmgriskey [AT] rockisland [DOT] com as either MS Word or pdf files.

Playfest 2018

Playfest 2018 opens this Friday

The 13th Annual PlayFest opens Friday, May 4 on The Grange stage. The following seven short plays will be brought to life—the culmination of local Orcas playwrights, Orcas directors, and Orcas actors. This year brings several new faces out to share their talent.

Nonviolent Gulch  by Evan Wagoner-Lynch
Director: Melinda Milligan
Cast: Travis King, Larry Hampel, Liz Doane, Rick Markov, and Lisa Spesard
What happens when Gunstone, the gunslinging desperado, the devil of Nevada, wanders into his favorite bar in Rattlesnake Gulch and finds that the town has renamed itself  Nonviolent Gulch, the bar is the Namaste Saloon, and they don’t serve whisky anymore… ?

Camelot by Nancy Reas
Director: Carie Lou Gottschaldt
Cast: John Mazzarella and Annette Mazzarella
Through foggy recollections of the past, Fred struggles to make sense of the present as Nancy ponders the end of a dream.

Dust by Mary Bayley
Director: Lisa Spesard and Isabella Schermerhorn
Cast: Leslie Liddle, Don Yerly and Hayley Thompson
A family drama set in the 1930’s. From Philadelphia ballrooms to dusty country farming.. a family relocates with hopes of innovation, but it’s a rougher business than expected.

Moira by Kat Blucker
Director: Madeline Olson
Cast: Susie Shipman
For 25 years, Moira’s life has been consumed by the whims of her violent husband. But one night, everything changes. With startling imagery, clarity, and sensory detail, she recalls the many experiences that have led her to this moment.

Thirteen This Way by Miguel Villarreal
Director: Evan Wagoner-Lynch
Cast: Kevin Doyle, Jessie Gonzalez, Frank Michels, Travis King, Stephanie Wright
Two buddies find themselves working a neverending job with a difficult client, a fellow named Thomas Jefferson. Just when it seems the end is in reach, Jefferson and his friends come up with a new job for the duo–something that will send them down a very perilous path, indeed.

Coming Out by Heather Thomas
Director: Lynda Sanders
Cast: Stephanie Wright, Gus Klueber , and Isabella Schermerhorn
It’s all well and good to raise your kids to be independent and think for themselves, until they do…

The Adventures of Jack Armstrong by Hank Pollard
Director: Frank Michels
Cast: Larry Hampel, Rick Markov, Margot Van Gelder, Alia Hynek, Lesley Liddle
and Frank Michels
Presented in the genre of a 50’s radio drama, the play follows a family on an action adventure archeological roller coaster ride through jungle habitat and ferocious animals, including the natives.

Tickets are $10 and all performances begin at 7:30 p.m., with doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door, at Darvill’s Bookstore, or online at BrownPaperTickets. No one is ever turned away from an Actors Theater performance at the Grange for inability to pay.

Playfest 2018

Coming up: Playfest 2018 – Time to submit your entries.

CALLING PLAYWRIGHTS, SEASONED AND BRAND NEW!

The13th Annual Ten-Minute PlayFest is underway!

Please put your pen to paper or fingers to the keyboard and submit a short play based on the theme, THIRTEEN.   We’re looking for short play submissions from local writers.  Whether you are a seasoned playwright or a brand new writer, we’d love to consider your work.   We’ll consider your work even if it isn’t about the number 13.

We’ll choose seven plays for a full production in May 2018 at The Grange.

For guidelines, please contact Michele Griskey at mmgriskey@rockisland.com or 376-3848.

You can submit anytime between now and January 31, 2018.