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The Baltimore Playwrights Festival
Showcasing plays by Maryland & Washington DC playwrights.
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BPF News
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31st Season Public Reading Marathons
Upcoming BPF public reading "marathons" are:
- Saturday, Jan 28, 2012 - Spotlighters Theatre
- 11:00 AM: The House of January by Stephen Shulze, directed by Sharon Weaver
- 1:00 PM: Foxtrot by Ronald H. McKinney S.J. directed by Bob Bartlett
- 3:00 PM: Are You Kidding Me? by Chuck Durgin directed by Stacey Bonds
- Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 - Spotlighters Theatre
- Tuesday, Feb 21, 2012 - Fells Point Corner Theatre
- 8:30 PM - Holler by George P. Tilson, directed by Patricia Woolsey
- Saturday, Feb 25, 2012 - Red Branch Theatre
- Saturday, Mar 10, 2012 - Red Branch Theatre
- Saturday, Mar 17, 2012 - Spotlighters Theatre
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More Full Productions of Work by BPF Alumni
The Baltimore Playwrights Festival congratulates Adam Meyer, Mark Scharf and Rosemary Frisino Toohey, all alumni of the BPF whose works will receive independent productions in New York, Maryland and Virginia this month.
Adam Meyer's play Protest, which originally received a reading at a BPF Marathon last season, will be performed as part of the Manhattan Repertory Theatre's Winter One-Act Competition January 11th, 13th and 14th.
Also in New York, two one-acts by Rosemary Frisino Toohey, Cosmic Fruit Bowl and Cucarachas, will be produced by Turtle Shell Productions on January 19-29th at The Shell Theater in the Times Square Arts Center.
In Maryland, Mark Scharf's play, Get Stuffed, which was originally produced as part of the BPF in 2005 at the Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theater, opens on January 14th at the New Directions Theatre in Lusby, MD.
In the Tank, one of four short plays by Rosemary Frisino Toohey titled Seafood Buffet, will be performed on January 14th by the Thurmont Thespians at Three Notch Theater, Lexington Park, MD. Seafood Buffet was awarded the prize for second place Best Play, and second place Best Production when it premiered at the Fells Point Corner Theater in 2001 as part of the BPF's Season.
Rosemary rounds out her highlight month with a full production of her full-length comedy Gladys in Wonderland by The New Kent Stagehands January 20-28 at New Kent High School, New Kent, VA. Gladys in Wonderland was first produced as part of the BPF at Vagabond Players in 1999, and received an Honorable Mention.
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Full Production of Kitchen Sink by Paula Stone
Paula Stone's play "Kitchen Sink," which was given a reading by the Baltimore Playwrights Festival several years ago, is now getting a full production at Church Hill Theatre. Directed by Kate Reckner, who directed the original reading, and starring Dianne Hood, the show will run from Friday, Jan 13 to Sunday, Jan 15th.
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The
BPF Mission
Our mission is to provide an environment that nurtures the talents of Maryland and DC playwrights. The BPF does this
through public readings, discussions, critiques and workshopping of new plays. Our summer season is devoted to the
presentation of these newly developed works, for the entertainment and cultural edification of our audiences.
If a new-play festival can identify even one promising playwright, it's worth doing.
J. Wynn Rousuck
Baltimore Sun
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