Theater of the First Amendment conducts its last official order of business under the TFA banner with the 12th annual presentation of First Light, our new play development program, featuring three new plays-in-progress by Mason students.
Readings of new work will be presented on Saturday, May 12, in TheaterSpace, on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University.
Three playwrights have been selected from among a competition sponsored by TFA and Theater at Mason. Each playwright will work with a professional director and dramaturg in further development of their play. Readings will be open to the public, and there will be an opportunity for audience response to the playwright after each reading.
Admission is Pay-What-You-Can at the door (cash & check only, please).
For further information, call 703-993-2195.
The schedule:
Saturday, May 12
11:00am Secrets in Slaughter by Casey Bauer
Harold Daughill mistakenly arrives in the small town of Slaughter, Louisiana. Before he can leave, he will uncover some unexpected secrets about the father he never knew, his mother who fled the town twenty years ago, and the people who claim to not remember anything about either of them. Directed by Suzanne Maloney, Dramaturgy by Rick Davis
6:00pm Off-Color by Conor Kyle
A graphic novel business is devastated by the passing of strict comic book censorship codes. To save the company, the comic writing duo Clyde and Bill team up with uptight bookstore owner Janet to turn public tide against some of the strictest censorship in American history and its anti-comic activist spokesman, the evil Fredric Wertham. A musical comedy based on a true story. Directed by Patrick Magill, Dramaturgy by Suzanne Maloney
8:00pm Calculating Emaciation, the Story of the Slow Suicide of the Princesses of America by April Elizabeth Brassard
Seven million American women suffer from an eating disorder. Only one in ten seek help. This is the story of six of them. A frank look inside a clinic with its trials, triumphs, truths and myths exposed. Directed by Mary Lechter, Dramaturgy by Heather McDonald
Theater at Mason is committed to the creation and development of new work for the American Theater and continues to work with the next generation of playwrights.
