Friday, March 26, 2010

Play Readers will meet March 30

Play Readers of Denton will meet Tuesday, March 30, starting at 7 pm upstairs at the Campus Theatre. We read A.R. Gurney's Labor Day last week.

The next meeting of Playwrights of Denton will be April 20.

"Opening the Black Box," the Second Saturdays Seminar which was snowed out in February, has been re-scheduled for April 10 from 1-3 pm. We'll meet at the Campus Theatre, but will take a field trip to the venue! Please email thedctteam@campustheatre.com or call 940 382-7014 x3 to let us know you're planning to attend.

Barnes and Noble in Golden Triangle Mall will be holding a Bookfair for DCT on April 10 and 11 (and online for the following 5 days). You can download a voucher here: http://www.dentoncommunitytheatre.com/documents/VBF4-10VBFFlyerwithVouchersBW.doc to use when checking out so that we'll get a portion of your purchase. We'll use the money we raise to purchase more scripts for Play Readers and educational materials for Theatre School.

Play Reader Wes Porter is going to be in the Coen Brothers' remake of True Grit! Way to go, Wes!

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Play Readers of Denton will meet March 23

Play Readers of Denton will meet upstairs at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory, at 7 pm on Tuesday, March 23, to read a play out loud.

This past week, Playwrights of Denton met on March 16. Playwrights Betsy Deiterman, Claud Singer, and Rachel Tillman presented the script for an informational sketch, a scene, and the research for a new play, respectively. Special thanks to Helen Exel, who brought treats from Savannah! Also in attendance were Wes Porter, Jocelyn Allgood, and Julie Brinker.

The next meeting of Playwrights of Denton will be April 20.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, everybody!

Friday, March 12, 2010

Playwrights of Denton will meet Mar.16

Calling all playwrights! It's time for Playwrights of Denton to meet again. So print out your scenes, your monologues, or even just your ideas, and make plans to meet upstairs at the Campus Theatre, 214 W. Hickory, at 7 pm on Tuesday, March 16. The next meeting of Playwrights of Denton will be April 20.

Last week, Play Readers met to laugh a lot and cry a little through The Dixie Swim Club by the playwriting trio of Jones, Hope, and Wooten. The next meeting of Play Readers of Denton will be March 23.

The Second Saturdays Seminar this month is an in-house training day for staff, but public Second Saturdays will resume with the re-scheduled "Opening the Black Box" on April 10 from 1-3 pm.

Music Theatre of Denton's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance continues this weekend at the Campus Theatre. For more information, see the websites at www.musictheatreofdenton.com or www.campustheatre.com.

And if that's not enough arts in town for you, check out the Tejas Storytelling Festival and North x 35!

Friday, March 5, 2010

Play Readers will meet March 9

Play Readers of Denton will meet Tuesday, March 9, upstairs at the Campus Theatre, from 7-9(ish) pm. Last week, our group read three one-act plays: Trifles, Helena's Husband, and Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music. Play Readers will next meet on March 23.

The next meeting of Playwrights of Denton is coming up on Tuesday, March 16, starting about 7 pm, upstairs at the Campus Theatre. Go through your drafts on more time, and then print them out and bring them to us--we love our local playwrights!

Music Theatre of Denton opens Pirates of Penzance tonight at the Campus--we wish them a great opening and a rollicking good run!

Check our websites for more info: www.campustheatre.com and www.dentoncommunitytheatre.com