Herring Run ArtsFest brings to the stage in the format of staged readings, sparkling new short plays by local, regional, and national playwrights. Plays by novice as well as nationally acclaimed award-winning writers are selected through an open call process.
The theater segment
of Herring Run ArtsFest was first established by Paula Caplan, herself
an award-winning playwright, director, and actor. Caplan’s
award-winning play, The Test, was featured at ArtsFest 2001.
The theatre portion of ArtsFest provides a place for writers to see
and hear their work come to life as actors perform staged readings of
their ten-minute romances, comedies, and dramas. By supporting new work
in early development, the Herring Run ArtsFest hopes to inspire artists
to hone and refine their pieces, crafting, "growing" them, and moving
them forward.
The playlist for the 2006 festival includes:
"Life Savings"
by Brighton’s David Schragg
directed by Middleboro’s Michael Hall.
"Winners Never Quit"
by Hank Kimmel of Atlanta Georgia
student director Josh Rashid,
Burtwood School of Performing Arts,
Middleboro MA
"The Carpenter"
by Natick resident Sandy Burns
directed by Brett Marks of Dorchester.
"A Case of Anxiety"
by Mark Harvey Levine of Pasedena California
directed by Michael Hall.
"Car Talk"
by Lucile Lichtblau of Fort Lee, NJ
directed by Theatre One’s Sue O’Neil.
"Trudy"
a monologue by Judith Beaseley
directed by Lauren Osornio, artistic director
The Bacchanal Players, Concord, MA.
"Cat Walk"
by Santa Monica California’s E.M. Lewis
directed by Brett Marks.
"Gurney’s Nightmare"
by Jerry Bisantz of Lowell
directed by Lauren Osornio.
Cigarette Papers
written and performed by
Boston’s Richard Cambridge.
Besides the playwrights and directors some of the actors participating
in this year’s festival include: Jeff Rebell, Louise Dery Wells,
Caroline McCloy, Anne Fortier, Tom Wilson, Lauren Osornio, Ted
Englander, Lacey Upton, David Bruin, M. Zach Bubolo, Richard Cambridge,
and Brett Marks.
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