Connecticut Artists and Playwrights Festival at the Warner Theatre

The Warner Theatre on Main Street in Torrington Connecticut in the center of the Litchfield Hills is hosting the 3rd Annual International Playwrights Festival.  The Festival is a celebration of new works by playwrights from across the country and around the globe. For the third year, over 200 plays were submitted from across the United States and Canada and as far away as Australia, Israel and Great Britain. 12 winners have been selected.

The festival will consist of three nights of performances by the top three winning playwrights featuring four playwrights each night. 

On Thursday, October 16 at 8 pm - BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO GROW UP  JULIET will be featured.  This play was written by Rex McGregor from Auckland, New Zealand.  This will be followed by FIREFLY IN AUGUST by Sheila Curran Bernard  from New York, MOVES LIKE JAGGER by Suzanne Bailie from Washington, and  THE COUNTER OFFER by David L. Williams  from Pennsylvania.

On Friday, October 17 at 8 pm - I'VE GOT A PROBLEM WHATEVER by Cynthia "Andy" Landis  from Tennessee will start off the evening.  This performance will be followed by  CRACKED by Gwydion Suilebhan  from Maryland,  TIME TRAVEL IS GOOD FOR THE COMPLEXION by Shari D. Frost  from Massachusetts, and  CUTHBERT'S LAST STAND by Andrew Biss  fromPennsylvania.

On Saturday, October 18 at 8 pm  the first performance will be CAPTIVE AUDIENCE SWORD PLAY* (By Invitation only)  by Charlene A. Donaghy from Connecticut.  This play will be followed by CHECKING THE BASEMENT FOR LEAKS by Doug DeVita  from New York,  BUDDHISTS IN THE BASEMENT by Mary Beth Smith from Massachusetts,  CAPTIVE AUDITION by Paul Braverman  from California and  THE ELEVEN O'CLOCK NUMBER by Julie Weinberg  from New York.

Tickets are $15 per night or $30 for all three nights. For tickets, call the Box Office at 860-489-7180 or visit www.warnertheatre.org.

On Sunday, October 19 at 3 p.m. the Warner is hosting the Connecticut Artists & Playwrights Festival that brings together visual art featuring Connecticut artists exhibiting in Torrington's Five Points Gallery with Connecticut playwrights to create new ten-minute plays that will be produced at the Warner Theatre's Nancy Marine Studio Theatre.

The Connecticut Artists & Playwrights Festival recognizes the work of emerging and established artists from across the state. It gives visual artists an opportunity for their art to serve as inspiration for a piece of dramatic writing. It gives playwrights a forum for production of their ten-minute plays that are inspired by one of three pieces of visual art.

THIS YEAR'S ARTISTS & PLAYWRIGHTS:

ANNUNCIATION – Judith Thorpe
VENUS SMILED by Steven Otfinoski (Stratford, CT)
FLIP by Jonathan Yukich (Hamden, CT)
QUELCHED by Robert Schneider (New Haven, CT)

THE SEQUENCE – Katherine Myers
THE SEQUENCE by Bob Tilton (Storrs, CT)
LOBSTER SPECIAL by Mara Dresner (Rocky Hill, CT)
CIRCLING THE GLOBE by Victoria Z. Daly (Goshen, CT)

OMNES ORGANUM TRIPLUM – Pam Bramble
TO TELL THE TRUTH by Allan Appel (New Haven, CT)
FAULT by Julie Weinberg (Goshen, CT)
YOUR EYES, THE STARS by Darcy Parker Bruce (Norwich, CT)

Tickets are $15, for tickets, call the Box Office at (860) 489-7180 or visit www.warnertheatre.org