Women in Theatre Festival

HYBRID 2-HANDERS

Embracing the new era of theatre-making, Project Y has commissioned 5 talented women playwrights to create short plays for a hybrid theatre.  Playwrights Eliza Bent, Kaaron Briscoe, Georgina Escobar, Amina Henry, and Erin Mallon were asked to write plays that invite in an audience of simultaneously streaming and in-person audiences.  The other requirement - that they be "2 Handers" -  in theatre lingo this means having a cast of just 2 actors.  Be the first to experience these new hybrid works, ranging from the serious to the comedic to the intense, all experimental as we take the lead in figuring out this brave new world of theatre in a post-pandemic city. 

The Hybrid 2-Handers Plays:

Blackbox, by Amina Henry

#GirlPowerHour, by Kaaron Briscoe

Middle C, by Erin Mallon

Rigged, by Georgina Escobar

In Service of Memory, by Eliza Bent

The company of Actors includes: Timiki Salinas, Starr Kirkland, Joachim Boyle, Natalie Nankervis, Erin deWard, Emily Ma, Yadira De La Riva.

Directed by Michole Biancosino & Andrew W. Smith

Shooting these dates:

January 5 @ 7:30pm

January 7 @ 7:30pm

January 8 @ 7:30pm

ALL HANDS ON DECK 

The ALL HANDS ON DECK series is back with a new session! The play festival shares 4 new works by Female Playwrights of the African Diaspora. Featuring plays written by award winning notable playwrights Lisa Strum and Bleu Beckford-Burrell, as well as up-and-comers Chavez Ravine and Mahalet Tegenu, directed by Celestine Rae and Dennis Allen II, the series explores different perspectives of the Black experience in America. Conceived by Antu Yacob, this session's theme is  "Lifestyles of the Strong & Black Female". What does it mean to be strong and Black and female in 2022? By whose standards? Join us as we explore.

Shooting date TBD

previously scheduled for January 9th @ 3:00pm

MONOLOGUE SLAM

New Monologues by women playwrights. New monologues for women actors. Join us as we showcase the talents of playwrights and actors in this night of under 2-minute monologues.

Shooting Date:

January 6th @ 7:30pm

For Program and Bios for any of these events check out our 

website: http://witfestival.projectytheatre.org