Baltimore Playwrights Festival

Upcoming Production

ELEPHANTS IN THE BASEMENT

What is the essence of the character Louise? Is it when she is with her family? Her friends? Her career? And does her essence change as she journeys through illness and aging? Life, in this drama/comedy, is not like a box of chocolates, but rather like a good soup; it can always be reduced.
Elephants in the Basement by Amy S. Hansen
Presented at the
Eubie Blake Cultural Center
847 N Howard St
Baltimore, MD 21201

Performance is at 11:00 a.m.,
Saturday, March 29, 2025

Directed by Belle Gaskin-Burr
Characters:

Claire – Alex Reitz
Louise Campbell – Alison McMeans
Chorus/Alternate for Megan – Ciahna Heck
Chorus/Alternate for Louise – Jenelle Brown
Megan Campbell – Jordan Jones
Chorus/Alternate for Claire – Morgan Wenerick
Bernice/Alternate for Nora – Najah Bayyan
Nora/Alternate for Bernice – Rachel Deema

Upcoming Production

Art Credit: Julianne Kastner
The inspired-by-real-life story of some of the first women to work in the Disney Animation story department in the 1930s and beyond, whose ranks included immigrants from the U.K. and Asia, a single mother and architect, a record-breaking pilot, a concept artist, and Disney’s first credited woman animator. A madcap musical mashup of mid-century American history, the golden age of hand-drawn animation, and the wild, wisecracking women who fought tooth, nail, and paintbrush for their place in it.
Ink & Paint by Danielle E. Moore
Presented at the
Eubie Blake Cultural Center
847 N Howard St
Baltimore, MD 21201

Performance is at 1:30 p.m.,
Saturday, March 29, 2025

Directed by Ta'Von Vinson
Characters:

Grace – Shayla Lowe
Mary – Terena McLorn
Sylvia – Tarita Turner
Retta – Jeny Dalrymple
Gyo Fukijawa – Ruby Maghoney

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The Baltimore Playwrights Festival is looking for readers for the 2025 play submissions period. From March 1st to April 30th we will be accepting works from local playwrights but we also need you! Interested in reading some of the finest plays by local playwrights? Send an email to librarian@baltplayfest.org for more details. Happy reading!

Season 44 - 2025 Reading Series

Our thanks to the Eubie Blake National Jazz and Cultural Center for hosting this year’s readings.
Play
Playwright
Director
Date
Time
Mrs. Richardson
Peter Levy
James A. Brown
Saturday, March 15
11:00 a.m.
Merryborough
Jacob Zach
Miriam Bazensky
Saturday, March 15
1:30 p.m.
Repair of the World
Paul Sambol
Miriam Bazensky
Saturday, March 22
11:00 a.m.
Apartment Swap
Allison Hartley-Kong
Darren McGregor
Saturday, March 22
1:30 p.m.
Elephants in the Basement
Amy S. Hansen
Belle Gaskin-Burr
Saturday, March 29
11:00 a.m.
Ink & Paint
Danielle Moore
Ta'Von Vinson
Saturday, March 29
1:30 p.m.
Tom Middleton and the Ur-Thello
James Lewis Huss
John Wilson
Saturday, April 5
11:00 a.m.
Floating Down to Camelot
Steven J. Satta
Timoth David Copney
Saturday, April 5
1:30 p.m.
Wise
Jerry Slaff
Leslie Byrne
Saturday, April 19
11:00 a.m.
Light
Jarrin Davis
Lydia Davis
Thursday, May 8
7:00 p.m.
All Five of Us
Ilana Rothman
George Andre Tittle
Thursday, May 15
7:00 p.m.
BPF’s mission is to provide an environment that nurtures the talents of Maryland and DC playwrights. BPF does this through 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.

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Every year, the BPF receives a number of original, never-produced plays by people who live in Maryland or Washington, DC.  Those plays are reviewed by our members and some are selected to eventual be put into production by BPF and member theaters.

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  1. Submission
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  3. Public Readings
  4. Selection for Production
  5. Production
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