In its twenty-third season, Ashland New Plays Festival promises that ANPF 2014 will offer the most entertaining and edifying program yet. To kick off the nine-day-long celebration, on Friday, October 17, OSF’s Dan Donohue will be interviewed by John Rose for a Theatre Talk. The event will take place at 310 Oak Street, Ashland, and tickets are moving fast.
From October 22 through October 26, readings of the four selected plays will rotate in matinee and evening performances. A Little Quid Pro Quo, by Bob Clyman and directed by local favorite John Stadelman, sets a lawyer in competition with a philosopher over an issue of moral integrity. In The Groyser, by James Harmon Brown and directed by returning hero Kenneth Albers, a recipe for family dysfunction is seasoned with connections to the Holocaust. Returning heroine, Catherine Lynn Davis, directs Irreversible, by Jack Karp, which dramatizes Robert Oppenheimer’s fateful choice to pursue his nuclear bomb. In Homecoming, by Michael Edan and directed by OSF actor Barzin Akhavan, an Iraq veteran with PTSD connects with his father, a Vietnam vet with PTSD.
Added bonus: At 10 am on Saturday, October 25, host playwright EM Lewis will conduct a workshop on the topic of “All our Yesterdays,” in which participants will explore strategies for bringing history—global or personal--to the stage. Email info@aslandnewplays.org with questions.
