Friday, October 26, 2012

Play Readers will meet Oct. 30

Play Readers of Denton will meet Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 7 pm to read a play out loud. We're planning to read Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. Last week, Play Readers read Ubu the King by Alfred Jarry.

Because of the way the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays fall this year, the next meeting of Playwrights of Denton will be Jan. 15, 2013!

We're starting to receive submissions for the Method and Madness competition, so the Second Saturday Seminar on Nov. 10 (1-3 pm at the Campus Theatre) will be on Reading and Evaluating New Scripts. Potential adjudicators are encouraged to attend.

Top Hats and Tiles will run Nov. 1-4 at 7:30 pm at the POINTBank Black Box Theatre, 318 E. Hickory St., to honor the generous donors who have purchased commemorative tiles as a fundraiser for the renovation of the space. Play Readers and Writers of Denton will have a place-holder tile until ours is finished and put up. Tickets are $15 each, and seating is limited to 80 for each performance. Conceived and directed by Donna Trammell, this lively production features five of DCT’s favorite female vocalists – Sherna Armstrong, Maria Harris, Kay Lamb, Pat Sherman, and Katie Moyes Williams – with John Priddy at the keyboard.  This special event “tips a hat to the ladies of Broadway” with an evening of songs from shows with women in the title …  from Aida and Annie to The Unsinkable Molly Brown.  Special guest and tile donor Bob Rogers will entertain at the piano during the tile wall preview and reception before each performance.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Play Readers of Denton will meet Oct. 23


Play Readers of Denton will meet Tuesday, Oct. 23, to read a play out loud. We're planning to read Ubu the King by Alfred Jarry.

Last week, Playwrights of Denton met to read and discuss Dan Creson's new one-act play, After. Because of the way the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays fall this year, the next meeting of Playwrights of Denton will be Jan. 15, 2013!

The Elephant Man runs through this weekend, and includes Play Readers Paul Miller, Johnny Williams, Kevin Wickersham, Jocelyn Allgood, Bryan Patrick, Dennis Welch, and Amber Bryant in the cast, with Sean Frith, Johnny Bryant, Rob Stadt, Susanne Coffey, Betty Kay Seibt, Brad Speck, Tom Stawicki, Johnny Bryant, and Mark Jadrych behind the scenes. What a representation from our group! Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoon at 2. More info at www.dentoncommunitytheatre.com.

We're starting to receive submissions for the Method and Madness competition, so the Second Saturday Seminar on Nov. 10 (1-3 pm at the Campus Theatre) will be on Reading and Evaluating New Scripts. Potential adjudicators are encouraged to attend.

We have enough pledges for a Play Readers and Writers of Denton tile at the POINTBank Black Box! Julie has gone ahead and paid for a white ($100) tile. It won't be ready by the grand unveiling at Top Hats and Tiles Nov. 1-4, but there will be a place-holder to show it. If anyone else wants to contribute, we can continue working toward the next tile color level, at $250. If you haven't pledged yet but you'd be interested, email Julie at thedctteam@campustheatre.com and tell her your pledge amount.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Playwrights of Denton will meet Oct. 16

Playwrights of Denton will meet Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Campus Theatre at 7 pm to support the work of local playwrights. Playwrights who are planning to have a play (or part of one) read should contact Julie at thedctteam@campustheatre.com to arrange to have copies made. Play Readers are welcome to help read the scripts!

Last week, Play Readers read Master Harold...and the Boys by Athol Fugard. Next week, we're planning to read Ubu the King by Alfred Jarry.

We're starting to receive submissions for the Method and Madness competition, so the Second Saturday Seminar on Oct. 13 (1-3 pm at the Campus Theatre) will be on Reading and Evaluating New Scripts. Potential adjudicators are encouraged to attend.

Would we like to have a Play Readers and Writers of Denton tile at the POINTBank Black Box? Tiles start at $100, so if there are 10 of us who would chip in $10 each, or 20 of us who would chip in $5, we could be permanently commemorated. If you'd be interested, email Julie at thedctteam@campustheatre.com and tell her your pledge.We have $70 in pledges so far, so not many more to go!

Friday, October 5, 2012

Play Readers will meet Oct. 9

Play Readers of Denton will meet Tuesday, Oct. 9, at the Campus Theatre at 7 pm to read a play out loud. We're planning to read Master Harold...and the Boys by Athol Fugard. Last week, we read Fences by August Wilson.

Playwrights of Denton will be meeting Tuesday, October 16, at 7 pm, and we should have a couple of plays by members to read, so Play Readers are welcome, too.

We're starting to receive submissions for the Method and Madness competition, so the Second Saturday Seminar on Oct. 13 (1-3 pm at the Campus Theatre) will be on Reading and Evaluating New Scripts. Potential adjudicators are encouraged to attend.

Auditions for Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, directed by Sharon Veselic, will be Oct.7, 8 at 7:30 pm at the POINTBank Black Box Theatre. For more information, visit http://www.dentoncommunitytheatre.com/#!auditions. Break a leg, everyone!

Would we like to have a Play Readers and Writers of Denton tile at the POINTBank Black Box? Tiles start at $100, so if there are 10 of us who would chip in $10 each, or 20 of us who would chip in $5, we could be permanently commemorated. If you'd be interested, email Julie at thedctteam@campustheatre.com and tell her your pledge.We have 3 pledges so far, so not many more to go!