Monday, February 2, 2009
News Kendeda readings showcase Alliance runners-up
Posted by Curt Holman @Curt_Holman on Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 7:20 PM
To coincide with this week's world premiere of Smart Cookie by Julia Brownell, the Alliance Theatre will present stage readings of the finalists of the 2008 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition on Feb. 2 and 3. This marks the fifth year in the Alliance's competition to find and showcase promising new writers, and even the readings can be a big deal: the reading of Megan Gogerty's Love Jerry lead to Jasson Minadakis' decision to program the controversial musical at Actor's Express in 2006. The readings are free and feature some of Atlanta's best actors and directors, so they're a great deal. Here's the line-up:
The Near East by Alex Lewin
Directed by Rachel May (Feb. 2 at 2 p.m.)
An American archaeologist teams up with an Arab activist to unearth the “Mother of Books,” the oldest scripture, from its resting place in the desert between Mecca and Medina. But their controversial mission affects a number of other characters, including a secretly gay Arab radical, a British spy and the ghost of a precocious 13-year-old boy.
Fair Use by Sarah Gubbins
Directed by Freddie Ashley (Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m.)
Sy and her law partner Chris have worked on some tough cases but have always worked out their competition over drinks and commiserating about dating – since his perfect woman is nothing like her perfect woman. All that changes when a client accused of plagiarism causes them to call on a hot-to-trot legal eagle. They discover that claims of intellectual property and claims of the heart are difficult to defend.
Lamp and Moth by Randall Colburn
Directed by Richard Garner (Feb. 3 at 2 p.m.)
Sex, murder and revenge collide in a Detroit diner in the lives of a reputed night dweller, a born-again missionary and a peep show girl. In this Noirish world, these denizens of the dark all become entangled in a new arrival’s search for love and need for revenge.
Sick by Zayd Dohrn
Directed by Janice Akers (Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m.)
In Sick, a college professor brings his star student home to meet his dysfunctional family – a home so obsessed with cleanliness that the real dirt must lurk around every corner and behind every sentence. Toying with our contemporary phobias, this quirky dark comedy plays upon our fears, both real and imagined.
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