Botanicum Seedlings Festival of (short) Playreadings goes for two days, November 19 & 20, 2011.
Theatricum’s new play development program, Botanicum Seedlings, continues to inspire growth by reaching out to a mix of emerging and award-winning playwrights for SeedlingsFest, its second festival of new plays. This Festival of short playreadings features two days of plays written on a theme, Certified Organic. SeedlingsFest takes place Saturday, November 19 and Sunday, November 20, at 1 pm. Admission is Free; donations gratefully accepted.
Certified Organic plays on both performance dates are:
- About What Matters by Jennie Webb – A play about priorities, boundaries, the value of certification and letting life get to you when weighing what’s real.
- A Day in Eden by Barbara Lindsay – A lush garden is the setting for a lifetime of love, loss and recognition, all over in the blink of an eye.
- Between Siddhartha and the Angel by Mary F. Unser – In February, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia falls to earth and in Hemphill, Texas, Rita remembers how to fly.
- Black Tickets by Julie Retzlaff – A retired doctor, confronted by the shortcuts he took in life, sees what lies ahead and considers the price of admission.
- Beeing There by Isabella Russell-Ides – A poetical eco-disaster play in which a water girl answers apocalyptic weather with art, and a bee lady calls 911 when 10,000 bees are raptured.
- The Old Salt by Katherine James – A comedy of tearful goodbyes and colorful introductions that proves true love takes many forms, in or out of uniform.
- Around the Barn by Matt Van Winkle – An offbeat look at the inner workings of a relationship that sings a universal song of hopes, dreams and expectations.
- Pop-pop Goes Bowling by Ann-Giselle Spiegler – A play inspired by and set in the Hollywood Bowl about another great venue for live performance: parenthood.
DETAILS
- Saturday, November 19 @ 1 pm
- Sunday, November 20 @ 1 pm
- The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, CA. (midway between Pacific Coast Highway and the Ventura freeway)
- Free admission, no reservations necessary. Information: (310) 455-2322 or www.theatricum.com
The theater is outdoors; dress warmly, and, in case of inclement weather, please call for alternate performance times.