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Playwright's Festival at Theatre Artists Workshop

THEATRE ARTIST WORKSHOP RETURNS WITH THEIR
2013 EDITION OF THE COMPANY’S CELEBRATED PLAYWRIGHT’S FESTIVAL, FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18-20

Show dates and time:
Friday October 18, 8pm
Saturday October 19, 8pm
Sunday October 20, 3pm
Tickets are $20 and reservations are strongly recommended
Please call 203-854-6830 or visit us at:
www.taworkshop.org

The 2013 Theatre Artists Workshop evening of original plays by company members promises to be one of the most exciting and dynamic lineups ever. A wide cross-current of work from familiar playwrights to TAW audiences is wonderfully interspersed with works from new members. And as always, the company’s brilliant ensemble of actors will be on display as well bringing these words to life.

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This year’s works include:

Starlight Ballroom, written and directed by Jim Gordon (East Norwalk CT).
After thirty years, long time patrons Georgie Clark and Carlos Menendez are closing the doors to The Checker Bar & Grill. Problem is, Betty Kelly, the tavern’s bar tender and owner, doesn’t know it.
Starring Nadine Willig (Stratford CT), Frank Piazza (Bridgeport CT), Larry Greeley (Wilton CT), and Vanessa David (Stamford CT).

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Remembering Elizabeth by Jack Rushton (Newbury MA) and directed by Stephanie Hazzard (New Canaan CT). A poignant tale of good memory days and bad memory days that somehow go together.
Starring Sachi Parker and James Noble (Norwalk CT)

Triple Sec by Jack Ruston and directed by Mark Graham (Stratford CT). Starring Stephanie Hazzard and Gary Betsworth (Weston CT)

Testament by Fred Stroppel (Glen Cove NY) and directed by Joanna Keylock (Woodbridge CT). In this comic monologue, performed by James Noble, the character Lucius Pembroke reads his last Will, in which he settles scores with his family and leaves his estate to a very unexpected beneficiary.

Bang. Gone Dead by Rosemary Foley (Pelham NY) and directed by Chilton Ryan (Weston CT). As the last Greyhound bus leaves the terminal on a bitter cold winter night, a man enters having just come off a disastrous marriage only to meet another man whose marriage is far more shockingly disastrous, and the arrival of a third man turns everything upside down.
Starring Larry Greeley, Mark Hamilton (Woodbridge CT) and Donald Warfield (Fairfield CT).

Laundromat by David Pilot (New Haven CT), directed by Mr. Pilot and starring Mark Hamilton and Richard Leonard (Cos Cob CT).
A weary, middle-aged businessman meets a homeless bottle collector in an unexpected, illuminating moment while doing laundry at a downtown east side New York City Laundromat.

The Four Seasons by Fran Dorf (Stamford CT), directed by Melody James (New York NY). A business luncheon at the famed Four Seasons restaurant between a powerful publishing CEO and a writer who used to work for him turns into the setting for emotional and sexual blackmail and the revelation of a long held secret.
Starring Richard Leonard, Donna Sorbello (Boston MA), and Duncan Christy (Norwalk CT)

Path of Righteousness by Steve Bellwood (Milford CT), directed by David Pilot and starring Mr. Bellwood and Mr. Pilot.

An amazing and wide variety and the kind of tight drama and joyous word play TAW audiences have come to expect from this gifted company of writers, actors, and directors.

The 2013 TAW Playwright’s Festival is not to be missed. TAW was founded over 30 years ago by Kier Dullea and a group of like minded artists who created perhaps the most unique home anywhere for actors and writers to stretch their artists muscles.

TAW is located at 5 Gregory Blvd., East Norwalk CT.
The performances are Friday October 18 at 8pm; Saturday October 19 at 8pm and Sunday October 20 at 3pm. Tickets are $20 and reservations are strongly recommended. Please call asap to make your reservations at 203-854-6830 or visit us at www.taworkshop.org .

See you at the Playwright’s Festival

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