From our friends at The Bridge Initiative:
The Bridge Initiative has announced dates for their four June performance events:
Programming is free, unless otherwise indicated, and will be presented
at Mesa Encore Theatre's black box space, 318 E. Brown Road, Mesa, AZ 85201.
June 8th: The Bridge Initiative Symposium launches Monday, June 8, at 7:30PM,
with an evening entitled Snippets. Five local writers are included in the
ten-piece evening of selections from plays and musicals. Refreshments will be provided.
June 13: Heidi Armbruster's Dairyland
follows a young woman from Wisconsin who loses herself in the big city and only
rediscovers her identity when she returns home to the farm. NY-based director Stefanie Sertich is coming
to Arizona to work on this reading featuring local talent. It will be presented Saturday, June 13, at
2:30PM. Before the reading, director Sertich will join
local artists for an audition/career transition workshop at 10:00AM on Saturday,
June 13, that is open to the public.
June 21: The
staged reading of Carolyn Nur Wistrand's Magdalena's
Crossing, described by the playwright as a "modern sorrow song of
identity and immigration," is helmed by Joya Scott of Orange Theatre. It will be presented Sunday, June 21, at
7:30PM.
Both Armbruster and Wistrand are
traveling to Mesa (from NYC and New Orleans, respectively) for these events.
June 19-21: The world premiere production of Playwright of the Year Kat
Ramsburg's Anatomy of a Hug will be
presented June 19-21, Friday/Saturday nights at 7:30PM, Saturday/Sunday
matinees at 2:30PM. Tickets are $15 /
$10 for students/seniors. The play explores what happens when a dying
felon is released from prison into her estranged daughter's care. NY-based Ramsburg will participate in a
talkback after the Saturday evening performance. Director of the Year Amanda Noel Trombley,
most recently represented by How I
Learned To Drive with Class 6 Theatre, directs.
CLICK HERE to buy tickets for Anatomy of a Hug
CLICK HERE to buy tickets for Anatomy of a Hug
The
Bridge Initiative is an Arizona nonprofit working to identify and empower
female artists in the Southwest region, with the aim of gender parity across
all theatrical disciplines. Since its launch in January as a result
of an Art Tank grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, The Bridge
Initiative's efforts to promote the work of female artists has been celebrated
by Arizona Commission on the Arts as well as local and national media
outlets. Its mission also includes bridging the gap between
academia and the professional world to encourage students to envision a clearer
path to becoming lifelong artists.
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