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Celebrating 27 years of work in Northeast Ohio!
Out of Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign. Directed by Jamie Hale, Rosilyn Jentner and Debora Totti, all long-time members of NWPL
WHAT’S NEW?
QuTheatr
Intensive workshops for ensemble members spring and summer 2019.
Watch for QuTheatr Ensemble’s debut performance, a new play written by the ensemble about bullying and its effects on members of the LGBTQ+ community, in July 18-21, 2019 at Balch Street Theatre.
NWPL
Out of Silence, short plays written by women about women and their partners navigating the issue of abortion. NWPL members Jamie Hale, Rosilyn Jentner, and Debora Totti will direct University of Akron students in this project in collaboration with The University of Akron’s Theatre Program. Performance dates: May 2, 3, 4 at 7:30 pm and May 5 at 2 pm, Sandefur Theatre, Guzzetta Hall on The University of Akron campus and May 10, 11 at 8pm at The Balch Street Theatre.
NWPL ensemble members are busy rehearsing and researching several new works. Watch for news of the ensemble’s new devised work, tentatively called Temptation, loosely based on Flaubert’s The Temptation of Saint Anthony and other works exploring the nature of desire, wanting, madness, and the underlying psychological and biological mechanisms driving longing, romance, and obsession.
A new collaboration with Seattle’s Akropolis Performance Lab: Seneca’s Oedipus scheduled for February 2020.
Performance Ecology
Workshop scheduled for August 1-4, 2019 in Akron, Ohio. Write nwplab@gmail.com for information.
Watch for information on other performances, classes, workshops, and events at The Balch Street Theatre.
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