For the second year, HCTF features a large number of world premiere works by local writers. Are you surprised at the number of original works, or is it something you've come to expect from local theatre?
I think that Cite has done a great job of keeping up with local writers and allowing them the freedom to produce their own work no matter what group they are affiliated with. It's perfectly fitting that the festival would be an extension and microcosm of this standard.
original works are something i've come to associate with cite des arts specifically, rather than local theatre in general. i'm delighted rather than surprised at this year's festival lineup.
Since January of this year, Cite has hosted these premiers of original works: "Love Can't Be Real," by Nyetta Meaux, "A Woman's Journey" by Kimberly Johnson-Nagle (last year's HCTF winner for best play), "Trickster at the Gate," a PASA-commissioned work by John Patrick Bray, "Multiplicity," by Ezra Istre, and "Attend," by The Foundry's Will Moody and Jordan Kaplan (reviewed this week in The Advertiser). And it's only June! Next up on Cite's 2008 season will be the premier of 2 one-act comedies "Greezy Spoon" and "Heads and Tales" by Austin Sonnier. There are more original works on the calendar as the year unwinds. Cite is proud of its role as an 'incubator' for original local talent. Write on!
Actually, original works are not something I'm used to seeing in local theatre, with the exception of Cite. So I'm most pleased that the festival offers an opportunity to these playwrights to expose their work, and that I get to see these shows built from the ground up.
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I think that Cite has done a great job of keeping up with local writers and allowing them the freedom to produce their own work no matter what group they are affiliated with. It's perfectly fitting that the festival would be an extension and microcosm of this standard.
original works are something i've come to associate with cite des arts specifically, rather than local theatre in general. i'm delighted rather than surprised at this year's festival lineup.
Since January of this year, Cite has hosted these premiers of original works: "Love Can't Be Real," by Nyetta Meaux, "A Woman's Journey" by Kimberly Johnson-Nagle (last year's HCTF winner for best play), "Trickster at the Gate," a PASA-commissioned work by John Patrick Bray, "Multiplicity," by Ezra Istre, and "Attend," by The Foundry's Will Moody and Jordan Kaplan (reviewed this week in The Advertiser). And it's only June! Next up on Cite's 2008 season will be the premier of 2 one-act comedies "Greezy Spoon" and "Heads and Tales" by Austin Sonnier. There are more original works on the calendar as the year unwinds. Cite is proud of its role as an 'incubator' for original local talent. Write on!
Actually, original works are not something I'm used to seeing in local theatre, with the exception of Cite. So I'm most pleased that the festival offers an opportunity to these playwrights to expose their work, and that I get to see these shows built from the ground up.
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