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The cast of The
Girl in the Boat by Ben Varkentine
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The Tennessee Stage New Play
Festival is designed to encourage and promote the
development of new American plays. We accept submissions
of unpublished works from playwrights all over the
country, and typically review seventy scripts from
over 25 different states. The festival consists
of one world premiere production, staged readings
and table readings of selected scripts, and a playwriting
workshop for local writers. This series is ideal for seasoned professionals
and developing theatre artists to collaborate and
explore the craft.
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2010 STAGED READINGS
CURVE
By Sam Havens
Feb. 6, 2:00 pm;
Remedy Coffee – 125 Jackson Avenue
In an exclusive neighborhood where you can live next door to people and never know them at all a screenwriter and his neighbor have a chance encounter, that might not be so much of a chance as we think. A funny and provocative play about art, life, relationships and the truth and lies that keep us together, and tear us apart.
BEST KEPT SECRETS
By Peggy Aultman
Feb. 7, 2:00 pm;
Remedy Coffee – 125 Jackson Avenue
A group of women friends gather for a weekend to catch up, relax and enjoy a girl’s weekend out – movies, games, good food and companionship. The weekend goes off the rails when a game they are playing turns deadly serious.
2010 READINGS
CUPID’S ITCH
By Paul Leeper
Saturday, January 30, 3:00 pm; Lawson McGee Library
Cupid’s Itch is a unique and off beat love story set in the world of women’s boxing! A shadowy world where things aren’t always what they seem and people aren’t always what you expect. What else might one expect from a Paul Leeper play?
THE GOOD SON
By Craig Smith
Saturday, January 23, 3:00 pm; Ftn City Library
Saturday, January 30, 1:30 pm; Lawson McGee Library
The Good Son is a crime caper telling the story of a crime that went wrong and the way it comes back to haunt the guilty and the innocent. But who is guilty and who is innocent?
THE LAST WAFFLE HOUSE IN AMERICA
By Leslie Agron
Saturday, January 16, 3:00 pm; Ftn City Library
Sunday, January 31, 2:00 pm; Lawson McGee Library
According to playwright Leslie Agron there are no Waffle House’s in California, so as you go west across America you come, literally, to the Last Waffle House somewhere in Arizona. This slice of life play takes place in and around the Last Waffle House in America.
See details about our historic New Play Festival World Premieres here.
Want to submit a script? See our Submission Policy.
Interested in auditioning for the New Play Festival?
See our Auditions
page.
Also get information about our Readings and Staged Readings on the Auditions
page.
