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Flush Ink Productions

The International Centre for Women Playwrights

& The City of Kitchener

Celebrates

International Women's Day

With

She Speaks 2010

Saturday, March 6 2010 - 8pm

The Council Chambers * 200 King St. W., Kitchener, On.

Staged readings of short plays and excerpts from longer plays by women

Presented by Flush Ink Productions

The City of Kitchener & The International Centre for Women Playwrights

Muse © Virgil Burnett

Donations at the door will be given to

The Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo

&

The International Centre for Women Playwrights

All bios here

THIS YEARS’ READINGS

DETAIL MAN

Written by Cassandra Lewis (San Francisco)

Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley

Read by John Slavik, Brian Kelly, Bruce Wolff,

Helen Basson, Nicholas Cumming, Andrew Frey

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA (parts of a full-length play) *

Written by Laura McLean (Kitchener)

Directed by Laura McLean

Read by Jennifer Cornish

FALLING  WATER

Written by Lauren D. Yee (San Francisco)

Directed by Paddy Gillard-Bentley

Read by Tracey Kenyon & Arlene Thomas

SOPHIE IN THE WATER *

Written by Shannon Murdoch (Melbourne, Australia)

Directed by Jenni Munday

Read by Laura McLean & Nick Cumming

FURBALL

Written by Susan Stanton (New Haven CT) *

Directed by Jennifer Cornish

Katharine Mills, Roger Sumner, Jessalyn Broadfoot

NOIR IN SECOND CLASS

Written by C. J. Ehrlich (Cheryl) New York *

Directed by Tracey Kenyon

Read by Jennifer Cornish & Andrew Frey

ON A STREET CORNER

Written by Jen Currin (Vancouver) *
Directed by Robin Bennett

Read by Jane Watson & Jessica Singh

THE 2ND

Written by Christine Emmert (Pennsylvania) *

Directed by Brian Kelly

Read by Jessalyn Broadfoot, Ian McKellar,

Paddy Gillard-Bentley, Bruce Wolff

SLANT

Written by Elaine Romero (Arizona) *

Directed by Nicholas Cumming

Katharine Mills, Brian Kelly and John Slavik

* Members of The International Centre for Women Playwrights.

Following Act I & Act II there will be a talk-back session.

The audience is free to ask questions, make gentle comments, discuss the pieces presented.

See all - Playwright/Directors/Cast & Crew BIOS HERE

In 2007, our first event, we presented seven pieces in various stages of production. They were all written by women. Some were short plays; complete. This year, we have ten. Some, are pieces that will grow into a one-act, or a full length play, yet to be written. Others are scenes or fragments from full length plays. All rough. All new. All not yet produced.

We have a cast of generous actors, willing to get their teeth into something edgy, willing to push artistic boundaries. We challenged the playwright to stage their own reading when possible. The only thing we ask, is the scripts remain in hands. Without the script, expectations become too high for this kind of event and people forget it is a reading with minimal rehearsal.

After the first act, there will be a talk-back session with the playwrights or directors. As of now, at least six of the ten playwrights will be in attendance, three coming from the US. The audience can ask questions and comment on the pieces. After the second act, all the playwrights or directors will take the stage for questions.

Our audiences Are very enthusiastic. Other years, there have been some quintessential local theatre people in the audience, who have gone on to cast our actors in their productions.

This will be our third event.

She Speaks ‘08

She Speaks ‘07

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