REGIONAL DIGEST
Regional Digest: Week of October 15
BALTIMORE
Regional Theatre Panel and Networking Event
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!
BALTIMORE
Save the Date, Footlights Reading
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.
COLORADO
Killer Wigs From Outer Space Meet and Greet & Show
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.
HOUSTON
Meet and Greet
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.
NEW ENGLAND
Marketing Tips and Strategies for New England Playwrights
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.
NEW YORK CITY
DG Night at Dishwasher Dreams by Aladdin Ullah
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).
NORTH CAROLINA
DG Gathering, Rehearsal, Panel Discussion, and Change of Date
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.