SHOWTIME: ALBEE WORKSHOP TO SPOTLIGHT
NEW UH THEATER TALENTS
Five playwrights are experiencing the thrill of seeing their works
emerge from scripts to stage. Audiences will soon share in the excitement
during the 2005 Edward Albee New Playwrights Workshop at the University
of Houston.
Since 1989, student playwrights have submitted scripts to be selected
for development and production in this workshop. This year’s
plays will be performed in the School of Theatre’s Jose Quintero
Lab Theatre and were groomed under the supervision of Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright and UH Distinguished Lecturer Lanford Wilson.
“I help set these student playwrights’ hearts at ease
during the early stages of rehearsals when actors are still learning
lines,” Wilson said. “I remind them that these plays
soon will begin to take shape and come alive on the stage.”
Each play is approximately one hour in length and will be performed
in the following order. All performances are free and open to the
public.
7:30 p.m. April 26, 28, 30
- “Permanent Daylight” by Daryl Banner. A disconnected
family tries to cope with the unexpected death of its son.
- “Peaches” by Soo-Jin Lee. Korean Americans discuss
dating, growing up Asian and love. This play contains brief nudity.
- “Owen Wister Considered” by Nina McConigley. A Mormon,
a Hindu and a cowboy are stranded in a hotel.
7:30 p.m. April 27, 29 and 2 p.m. May 1
- “Bed” by Donna Perkins. A woman tries to control
her most prized territory…her bed.
- “Raven Hill” by Ken Watkins. As a woman loses her
faculties, her children engage in self-destructive behavior.
WHAT: 2005 Edward Albee New Playwrights
Workshop
WHEN: Tuesday, April 26 – Sunday,
May 1
WHERE: Jose Quintero Lab Theatre
University
of Houston - Entrance 16
Houston,
TX 77204-5017
WHO: The University of
Houston’s School of Theatre
For more information about UH visit
the universitys Newsroom at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom.
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