Newport New Play Festival Premieres 13 New Works, 6/14-17

Join Salve Regina University's theatre arts program and community members as they celebrate new plays and new playwrights June 14-17 at the Casino Theatre, 9 Freebody St., Newport, RI. Over the course of four days, 20 actors, seven directors and 18 playwrights will bring 13 new plays to life. All performances and workshops are free to the public.

The Summer in Newport New Play Festival will come to life at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 14 and Friday, June 15 when twelve new 10-minute plays are performed. The new plays were chosen by a committee of readers from hundreds of plays submitted by playwrights from around the world. The twelve selected plays were written by playwrights from places as diverse as Colorado, Kentucky and Australia.

One new full-length play "Deconstruction," written by Rhode Island playwright Christopher Davis, will be performed at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 16 and 3 p.m. Sunday, June 17. "Deconstruction" concerns a genetics lab at a university and the controversy that ensues when a gene related to race is discovered. Talkbacks will follow each performance so that the audience may ask questions of the actors and playwrights about the development process.

For more information, find the festival on Facebook.

Performance Schedule for New 10-Minute Plays:

Thursday, June 14, 8 p.m.

Reunion
Written by David MacGregor, Howell, Mich.
Director: Vanessa Gilbert
Actors: Maria Hendricks and Charles Kehres

A Sixth Finger
Written by David Eliet, Pawtucket, R.I.
Director: Susie Schutt
Actors: Nicole Dionne '12 and Liam McNeill

Slipping into Anarchy
Written by Jeffrey Wolf, Aurora, Colo.
Director: Christin Goff
Actors: Rick Bagley and Pat Toppa '87

A Tall Order
Written by Sheri Wilner, New York, N.Y.
Director: Vanessa Gilbert
Actors: Gina Carballo and Charles Kehres

What Are the Odds?
Written by Tom Deiker, Clive, Iowa
Director: Susie Schutt
Actors: Jared Emanuel '12 and Jocelyn Padilla

Job Hunt
Written by George Caffine, Denver, Colo.
Director: Juli Parker
Actors: Suzanne Delle and Frank Fusaro

Press Play
Written by Seth Freeman, Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Director: Juli Parker
Actors: Frank Fusaro and Teddy Hendricks

Friday, June 15, 8 p.m.

The Ping and the Pong of It
Written by Nina Mansfield, Greenwich, Conn.
Director: Amy Lynn Budd
Actors: Angela Mendez '13 and Jonathan Olivera '11

Powder Puff Heist
Written by Philip Paradis, Fort Thomas, Ky.
Director: Jonathan Olivera '11
Actors: Maria Hendricks and Caitlin Robert

Suicide Suite
Written by Jim Holt, Savannah, Ga.
Director: Amy Lynn Budd
Actors: Liam McNeill, Sally Nutt and Jonathan Olivera '11

Stupid, and Terrible
Written by Shannon Murdoch, Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Director: Christin Goff
Actors: Gina Carballo, Suzanne Delle and Annie McConville '10

Table Manners in Buenos Aires
Written by William Fowkes, New York, N.Y.
Director: Christin Goff
Actors: Gina Carballo and Pat Toppa

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