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WTP’S 2011 Ethel Woolson Lab Completes Its Winning Season With

Jill Patrick — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:21:28 +0000

THE JEW-CATCHER [DER JUDEFÄNGER] by David L. Fisher, Tues., Nov. 15th, 7:30 p.m., Academy Theatre, 119 Center St., Avondale Estates, Ga.

The Jew-Catcher [DER JUDEFÄNGER] by David L. Fisher
In 1961 Los Angeles a Holocaust survivor recognizes the man who decades earlier tricked her and her family out of hiding and into the hands of the Gestapo. Rather than go to the authorities, she takes the matter to the elders of her synagogue. They set into motion an investigation that insinuates two young people into the man’s life, employs agents across two continents and plumbs the depths of two war torn souls. What they find darkens the lives of them all. What they wanted was truth and justice. What they learn is that sometimes the two are strangers.

Directed by Melissa Foulger. Dramaturgy by Addae Moon. With Jim Donadio, Elliott Grey, Peter Hardy, Boyd Gossett, Cynthia Barrett, Jo Howarth, Whitney Millsap, and Judith Beasley.

Working Title Playwrights (WTP) is proud to present this new play as part of its signature series, The Ethel Woolson Lab (TEWL). In TEWL, WTP member playwrights are given the opportunity to develop their competitively selected scripts with a team of professional actors, director and dramaturg over the course of a week culminating in a staged reading for the public. Audience participation in an engaging talkback session with the playwright after the reading is a vital component of the development process.

WHERE: Academy Theatre, 119 Center St., Avondale Estates, Ga.

TIME: 7:30 p.m.

DIRECTIONS: http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.academytheatre.org&usd=2&usg=AFQjCNHfzILQbv20dQ_HYtbn2Z0ORP4ccw

TICKETS: $10 at door or online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/208910

For more information on this and all WTP programming, contact Jill Patrick at managing@workingtitleplaywrights.com.

The 24-HR Plays Are BACK THIS WEEKEND!! Sunday March 13, 8pm Onstage Atlanta $15

Jill Patrick — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:59:18 +0000

One of the most popular kamikaze events in Atlanta theatre history is returning, presented by Working Title Playwrights, with producing partner Onstage Atlanta. About 100 bold artists will convene at Onstage Atlanta to write, direct, and perform eight short plays in the span of 24 hours.

It’s bold. It’s risky. The mantra of the 24-Hour Plays has always been: This ain’t theatre for crybabies.

On Saturday, March 12, 2011, 16 writers will meet at 10pm at Onstage Atlanta. Paired randomly, they will have until dawn to come up with eight 12-minute scripts. Eight directors come in at 9am and cast their plays from sixty headshots submitted by our brave thespians. Then it’s a marathon day of rehearsing, staging, costuming, and setting tech for an 8:00 p.m. curtain on Sunday, March 13th. The show ends at 10pm, exactly 24 hours after the writers first convened.

This year’s exciting group of writers includes Johnny Drago, Kristin Kalbli, Paris Crayton III, Laura Carson, Neeley Gossett, Candi Dugas, Alka Roy, Jamie Lord, Jordan Pullium, Collen Hammond Whitmore, Rachel Teagle, Nick Boretz, Amina McIntyre, Raymond Fast, David Fisher and Theroun Patterson!

Their eight brilliant plays will be directed by Matthew Roberts, Sylvia Davenport-Veith, Joanie McElroy, Park Cofield, Carolyn Choe, Steve Banks, Sally Robertson and Pamela Turner!

Come play with us! SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2011 @ ONSTAGE ATLANTA
DIRECTIONS: http://www.onstageatlanta.com/directions.htm
TICKETS: $15
For more information e-mail managing@workingtitleplaywrights.com or call
404.585.7695

Hank Kimmel’s DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES

Jill Patrick — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:32:48 +0000

Part of the new Ethel Woolson Lab, Monday, March 1, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

When four sisters meet in their father’s rent-controlled apartment for the reading of his will, one of them will come out ahead, if she’s willing to stand up for herself.

With Lorilyn Harper, Stacy Melich, Shayne Kohout and Cara Mantella. Directed by Patricia Henritze with dramaturgy by Suehyla El-Attar.

Divided Among Themselves starts when four sisters meet in their father’s rent-controlled apartment for what they think will be the reading of their father’s will. Instead being final, the father’s will gives the women one hour to work it out on their own, requiring them to come together in a way they never have before. Limited by time and history, the sisters struggle to find middle ground. Each has led her life differently, and, while trying to figure out what’s best, their views of life diverge, clash, and change.

As the eldest (a rabbi) tries to hold the family together, the second eldest (a real estate developer) is out to destroy. The decision hangs in the balance of the two youngest sisters: a seriously-in-debt tennis pro; and a torn spiritualist. As the grandfather clock proceeds to the fatal hour, the lines between measured compromise and ruthless self-interest begin to blur.

Divided Among Themselves is a 90-minute, four-woman comedy that reflects and explores the differing views in America toward money, charity, and self-reliance.
WHEN: Monday, March 1, 2010, 7:30 p.m. \
WHERE: Academy Theatre, 119 Center St., Avondale Estates, Ga.
DIRECTIONS: http://academytheatre.org/Directions.asp
PRICE: $10 tickets at door. Reservations requested. 404.441.2716 or e-mail to

managing@workingtitleplaywrights.com

The Ethel Woolson Lab replaces WTP’s former Summer Reading Series and Playwrights Salon, making it WTP’s only competitively selected play development series. The workshop is week-long with actors, director and dramaturg culminating in the staged reading for the public. The 2010 Ethel Woolson Lab recipient(s) will be announced at the end of Hank Kimmel’s DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES.