Regional Digest: Week of October 15
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BALTIMORE
Regional Theatre Panel and Networking Event
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Saturday, October 20
2pm – 5pm
Kepler Black Box Theater
Hagerstown Community College
11400 Robinwood Dr
Hagerstown, MD 21742
DG Regional Ambassador Barbara Irvine has assembled a panel of representatives from theatre organizations and institutions based in Western Maryland that foster and present new plays. This event will be a great chance for DG members to meet a variety of theatre programmers!
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BALTIMORE
Save the Date, Footlights Reading
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Saturday November 10
2pm-4pm
Strand Theatre
5426 Hartford Rd
Baltimore, MD 21214
Dramatists Guild members, and their friends, are invited to attend a reading of
Flu
, a new play by Rich Espey. Depressed by his ex-wife’s stunning online fame, English teacher and sometime-poet John Wagner enlists his tech-savvy student Bunny’s help to “go viral” himself. John struggles along this journey, meeting disaffected students, a smarmy talk-show host, and Emily Dickinson herself. It all goes horribly wrong, until an unexpected gift lights the way.
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COLORADO
Killer Wigs From Outer Space
Meet and Greet & Show
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Monday October 29
6pm-7:30pm
9995 E. Colfax Ave
Aurora, CO 80010
Join us on October 29 for a spectacular evening of theatre and meeting and greeting with
Killer Wigs From Outer Space
writer/composer, and DG member, David Nehls (
The
Great American Trailer Park Musical, Mommie Dearest- The Musical
) and DG Regional Rep Josh Hartwell.
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Saturday November 3
4pm-6pm
Houston DG members, and their friends, are invited to an informal meeting at William Duell’s house on November 3. RSVP by emailing
wduell@dramatistsguild.com
, and William will then provide you with his address.
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NEW ENGLAND
Marketing Tips and Strategies for New England Playwrights
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Saturday November 17
10am-12pm
St. James Place
352 Main Street
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Join New England Regional Rep Patrick Gabridge for a talk about marketing, with a special focus on opportunities for New England writers. Patrick is the founder of the Playwright Submission Binge, the creator and initial publisher of Market InSight for Playwrights, and the co-founder and coordinator of the New England New Play Alliance. He’s been helping playwrights market their work for more than 25 years.
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NEW YORK CITY
DG Night at
Dishwasher Dreams
by Aladdin Ullah
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Thursday November 15
6:30pm-9:30pm
Castillo Theatre
543 W 42nd St
New York, NY 10036
Come kick off our first NYC Regional Dramatists Guild Playwright Event at
Dishwasher Dreams
, written and directed by two DG members. There will be a hello hang out with writer Aladdin Ullah and director Gabriel Vega Weissman at 6:30pm, prior to the 7:30pm show (for which we have a group discount).
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NORTH CAROLINA
DG Gathering, Rehearsal, Panel Discussion, and Change of Date
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Sunday, October 28
1pm-5pm
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte
300 E 7th St
Charlotte, NC 28202
Join Dramatists Guild members, along with North Carolina Regional Rep Jacqueline E. Lawton, for a fun and engaging afternoon of events at the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. This will be a wonderful chance to meet other writers, discuss best practices for writing theatre for young audiences, and share useful strategies on how to balance a writing career with parenting.
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