New Works Fest Information

It occurs to me that we've been talking about the New Works Festival, but I haven't printed the Press Release that gives all the basic information about the event. Allow me to correct that oversight:

The first annual Robert Hinchman New Works Festival 2007 will be presented by Marshall University Theatre and the Marshall University College of Fine Arts.

The three night festival will present both staged and unstaged readings of five new plays over three consecutive evenings, June 28-30. All readings will begin at 8:00PM in the Francis Booth Experimental Theatre of the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse.

Each evening’s readings will be followed by a discussion / question and answer session with the playwright, director and cast. Participation is both welcome and encouraged.

The schedule of events is as follows: On Thursday, June 28, three new one-act plays will be presented - two by student playwrights from Middle Tennessee State University - Wedding Bells by Adriana Echeverri and Interrogation by M. A. Cantrell. Also presenting that evening will be Lunch At the Fork n’ Finger by published playwright and Marshall University Theatre Alumni, Jonathan Joy.

On Friday, June 29, a new screenplay: Serious Business by T. Michael Murdock will be presented. Murdock is a Marshall University Alumni and a professional actor/director who currently resides in Los Angeles, Ca.

Finally, on Saturday, June 30, a new musical, Collis P!, written by one of Huntington’s most recognizable personalities, Clint McElroy; offers (in musical form) a biographic tale of the founding father of this great city. As an added bonus, three new songs written for Collis P! by Mountain Stage’s own Larry Groce will be presented.

For further information or to purchase tickets, visit the Marshall University Theatre box office or call 696-ARTS (2787). Tickets are priced at $5 per evening or a full festival pass (all three nights) at $12.