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Want to see some original shows?

Want to support several community theatres?

Then take part in the Page-to-Stage Festival.

The festival features a full-length original play (Breaking the Shakespeare Code by John Minigan) and 6 original short plays (The Short-Shorts Festival). Tickets are $12.00, which includes admission to both shows (www.arttix.org).

Performance dates and times (8:00 p.m. unless noted):

Breaking the Shakespeare Code: 9/11, 9/13, 9/19, 9/20 (2:00 p.m.), 9/ 25, 9/27

Short-Shorts Festival: 9/12, 9/13 (2:00 p.m.), 9:18, 9/20, 9/26, 9/27 (2:00 p.m.) Featuring Several Talented Lounge Actors.

All parts of the festival will take place in the Studio Theatre at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (150 West 300 South).

Details:

Breaking the Shakespeare Code, a full-length play by John Minigan. A gifted but jaded acting teacher (Garrick Dean) reluctantly coaches an aspiring young actor (Alicia Washington) for an upcoming series of auditions. As the play unfolds over a sixteen year period of time, we delve into the richness of Shakespeare’s text and watch the couple discover a way to decode not only the great monologues of Shakespeare, but the intricacies of their own relationship. The show is directed by Sallie Cooper.

The 8^th Annual Short-Shorts Festival features six original short plays.

The first script, “Hot Spot”, by Jim Lord, finds a couple (Nancy McAffee and Matt Mascaro) in an awkward predicament after their affair is interrupted and they are trapped in non-conventional eating establishment ran by a mysterious stranger (Bill Gillane). The short is directed by Charlene Adams and also features Chris Laird.

Symptoms, written by Jim Martin and directed by Mary Lee Anderton, tells the story of a woman (Maline Hairup) looking for special medical attention from her doctor (Daniel Torrence) and receiving an unexpected prescription. ClaraSusan Morey II also stars as the nurse.

Ryan J Poole and Scott Thompson find themselves searching for answers and exits in Gene Washington’s Beckettesqu Destination. Jacob Bruner directs.

L. Isabella Iasella’s Kurosawa, Sake, and Lovers and Strangers, examines the contrasts between two couples as they explore their reactions to Kurosawa’s Rashomon, rice balls and each other. Directed by Candace Christensen, this short features Bill Gillane, Kyoko Ito, Nancy McAffee, Gail McCulloch, and Daniel Torrence.

JC Carter directs a short about a dying grandmother (ClaraSusan Morey II) who reveals a tragic secret to her granddaughter (Lindsay Marriott) in Linda Eyring’s “Torrid”.

Finally, the very pregnant protagonist (Nicole Pilling) of Megan Crivello’s A Night in the Life finds herself in the center of a matchmaking scheme masterminded by her brother (Ryan J. Poole) and his boyfriend (Carl Evans). Also starring Brian Pilling, the short is directed by Jim Martin.

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Theater notes: Local playwrights get a chance to shine at Page-to-Stage FestivalCompiled by Roxana Orellana

Salt Lake TribuneArticle Last Updated:

The work of local playwrights will be showcased at Wasatch Theatre Company and Utah Association of Community Theatres' annual Page-to-Stage Festival.
The festival includes productions of short and full-length plays as well as writing and directing workshops. Productions include John Minigan's play "Breaking the Shakespeare Code," about the relationship between a theater professor (Garrick Dean) and his student (Alicia Washington), directed by Sallie Cooper, which will alternate with performances of six short plays.

A free playwriting workshop, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. to noon, will be led by Karrie Ann Ogilvie and George Plautz, while Mary Lee Anderton and Sallie Cooper will lead a free directing workshop Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon. In addition, free staged readings will take place at 5 p.m. each Saturday of the festival.

When: Opens Sept. 11 and continues Thursdays through Saturdays through Sept. 27; performances at 8 p.m., with matinees at 2 p.m. and readings at 5 p.m. Saturdays. "Breaking the Shakespeare Code" will be performed Sept. 11, 13, 19, 25 and 27, with a 2 p.m. matinee Sept. 20; short plays will run Sept. 12, 18, 20 and 26, with 2 p.m. matinees on Sept. 13 and 27.

Where: Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center's Studio Theatre, 138 W. 300 South, Salt Lake City.

Tickets: $12, at www.arttix.org or 801-355-ARTS. For more details about the festival or to reserve a workshop spot, call 801-446-5657. 446-5657.

Event: “Hot Spot” – A Short Play

Actors: Bill G., Matt M., & Chris L. – All from the Lounge