Theatre Kalamazoo! New Play Festival

Theatre Kalamazoo (TK) is proud to announce that the second annual New Play Festival will be held February 11, 2012 at the Epic Theatre in downtown Kalamazoo. The event will feature new plays by all local playwrights.

Steve Feffer (Professor of Playwriting at WMU) and Ed Menta (Professor & Director of Theatre at Kalamazoo College) are thrilled that Theatre Kalamazoo and the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, as supported by the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation, are once again
producing the New Play Festival. Menta says, “This year's festival features 10 new plays by 8 different playwrights - including student writers from both WMU and Kalamazoo College, as well as writers from the Kalamazoo community. The process for playwrights submitting this year was even more competitive than last year, thanks to the work of an advisory selection committee. And the fact that there are even more theatres participating this year – 10 - is a testament to the Kalamazoo theatre community's commitment to producing new work. We can't wait until February 11!”

This is a FREE event. No reservations are necessary. All shows are at Epic Theatre in downtown Kalamazoo. .


The schedule for the day is as follows:

11am (Full length)

• Take-Off by Conor McShane directed by Katy Copeland(presented by University Theatre)

1pm (3 One Acts) Performance will be followed by a talkback:

• Tree House for Tom-Tom by Bonnie Grooters directed by Ada McCartney (presented by Festival Playhouse of Kalamazoo College)
• Coming Attractions by Fran Hoepfner directed by Allison Alexander (presented by Portage Summer Entertainment Series)
• Kindness of Strangers by David Landskroener directed by Kevin Dodd (presented by the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre)

4pm (5 10-Minute plays) Performance will be followed by a talkback.

• Natalie by David Landskroener directed by Kimberly Dunham (presented by The New Vic)
• And the Name of the Killer Is... by John Thierwechter directed by Janai Travis (presented by Black Arts and Cultural Center)
• Desserted Island by Jason Lenz directed by Ethan Waldron (presented by the South County Players)
• Love Bites by Alec Robbins directed by Kyle Waterman (presented by the Centre Stage)
• A Matter of Taste by Bill Zorn directed by Dann Sytsma (presented by the Farmers Alley)

8pm (Full length)

• Revisionaries by Jason Lenz directed by Robert Smith (presented by the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre)