New Alignments is The Syzygy Theatre Group's free new play reading series. It's purpose is to provide playwrights with the opportunity to receive feedback on works-in-progress, to provide the community with an opportunity to participate in and observe the creative process, and to provide actors and directors with an opportunity to hone their craft. Immediately following readings, there will be an audience discussion of the play with the playwright, and the reading's director. The discussion will be facilitated by Syzygy's Artistic Director, Martin Bedoian, and The Los Angeles Writers Center’s Producing Artistic Director, Che’Rae Adams.
Syzygy and the LA Writer's Center proudly present a
New Alignments readings of
Boops by Jessica Smith
A bittersweet journey into the back woods of West Yellowstone National
Park that brings three generations of women to discover the truth.
When Betty - a stiletto wearing senior citizen who goes by the name
of “Boops” - moves into a nursing home, she begins to
feel her mortality. With the help of her teenage granddaughter, she
gains the courage to face her wounded past and the Baptist, bootlegging
grandmother that haunts her childhood.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
at 2:00 pm at GTC Burbank
Eggs by Ann-Giselle Spiegler
When Eminent Domain threatens their homes, three Angelino women fight
to save their courtyard and in the process save themselves. Join
Angie, an aging hipster , Aine, a “GenY” artist and Annie
P., a septuagenarian survivor of the Hollywood Blacklist as they
wrestle with life, love, and a pair of unruly squatter doves in the
City of Angels. Three generations of very different women take on
everything from birds to bulldozers in this dramady that asks the
question, “What does it REALLY mean to nest?” Inspired
by current events.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
at 2:00 pm at GTC Burbank
GTC Burbank
1111-B West Olive Avenue, Burbank CA 91506
READINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!