New Play Café Series Launching
March 3,4,5 and 10,11,12
7:30 pm
What: Script-in-hand readings of six plays over two weekends – original, new works by PNW playwrights, directed and performed by Whatcom county artists.
Where: New Prospect Theater, 207 Prospect St, Bellingham, WA 98225
ENTRY FREE OR BY DONATION
The Plays & Playwrights
Friday, March 3rd
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 4th
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 5th
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 10th
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 11th
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 12th
This Gray 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.
Our Mission is to produce stories of significance to the Pacific Northwest, with an emphasis on local actors and local playwrights.
Bellingham TheatreWorks is a 501(c)3 non-profit founded by Mark Kuntz and Steve Lyons. We have been the creators behind Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre which produces three different shows, six nights a week, for four weeks and we always have something new we are working on!