NEW PLAY CAFE
Reading Series
MARCH 3 - 12, 2023
Six readings of new plays by PNW playwrights presented at New Prospect Theatre in Bellingham, WA.
Selected from dozens of submissions, Bellingham TheatreWorks presents six staged readings of new plays by Pacific Northwest playwrights.
Themes explored in these new works include family dynamics and monsters, sex and power, belonging and connection, and two real-life stories—a famous Seattle madam and a lighthouse keeper.
Presented without sets or staging, actors perform at music stands after just one or two rehearsals, offering audiences a rare glimpse of plays still in development.
Each reading is followed by a talkback between the authors and the audience.
Experience new work in its earliest form and help shape what comes next.
SHOW INFO
Where: New Prospect Theatre, 207 Prospect Street, Bellingham, WA
When: March 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 @ 7:30 pm | 2023
Tickets: Donations are accepted for admission
Rating: PG-13 for adult themes
PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
Friday
March 3
MAKING BURGERS HIS WAY
by Sean Walbeck
Directed by Mark Kuntz
Just a simple story of a pregnant woman whose teeth don't move, choosing a life with her werewolf husband over her abusive (but supportive) father, and the simple dinner where they hash out the monsters in their lives.
Saturday
March 4
CRAZY QUILTS
by Karen Fix Curry
Directed by Shawn Fuller
A young woman goes to interview a quilting group and finds herself being interviewed for inclusion in their exclusive secret club. Will she join their pay-it-forward group and help solve her problem?
Sunday
March 5
MADAME
by Kate Danley
Directed by Erin Smith
Madame Lou Grant was a "Founding Mother" of Seattle. Although this tenacious and big-hearted woman was largely responsible for rebuilding Seattle after it burned to the ground, she has been erased from history books because of her trade.
Friday
March 10
THAIS PASSION
by Michael Wallace
Directed by Jim Lortz
Why do we fall in love with what we cannot have? A young Christian monk falls in love with a servant of Venus. A timely exploration of sex, power, and unrequited love.
Saturday
March 11
MARCUS
by Aaron Allen Ussery
Directed by Brian Francis
After suffering a head injury during a game, 20-year-old college football player Micah McDaniel faces internal and external pressure to force his way back into the game.
Sunday
March 12
THIS GREY HOUSE
by August Croft
Directed by Teri Grimes
The tragic and true story of Mary and Alexander Pesonen, the first keepers to tend to the newly-founded North Head Lighthouse, an unforgiving and windy light located in Southern Washington.