EarlyStages: Emerging Writers' Plays to be Read at Berkshire Fringe
GREAT BARRINGTON - Bazaar Productions, presenter of The Berkshire Fringe, is pleased to announce that Emily Fulop of West Stockbridge, Richard Vaden of Egremont and Iris Daughterman of Bennington, VT will present staged readings of new works on Sunday July 27 as part of the 2008 EarlyStages fellowship program.Currently in its second year, EarlyStages provides a unique opportunity to emerging local writers to develop new plays under the guidance of a professional mentor. Laura Maria Censabella, an Emmy Award-winning writer and professor of playwriting at the New School for Drama will mentor each writer during an intensive two-week residency and rehearsal period. Each writer will also work with a professional director and actors while preparing for a free concert reading at The Berkshire Fringe on Sunday, July 27.
The Schedule for the readings is as follows:
Noon - Dangerous Curves, by Emily Fulop
The plus-sized Ilse and Audrey have different outlooks on life – one embraces her beauty the other cannot see it. Audrey's increasingly awkward interactions with her crush Michael lead to a deliciously funny 'freak-out'. Despite Ilse's positive influence, Audrey is unable to turn over a new leaf. Fulop, originally from West Stockbridge, currently attends Emerson College in Boston. Her first play, Reality Check, was written while she was a senior at the Hawthorn Valley School and had its world premiere at Stageworks/Hudson.
1:30 p.m. - Hide & Seek, by Richard Vaden
Using 250 pages of raw materials from 20 hours of interviews with young gay men, Hide & Seek examines the different ways in which personal identities are developed. Vaden finds the heart of these individuals' unique stories and reveals the common experiences we all share. A recent graduate of Bard College at Simon's Rock, Vaden spent his junior year at the London Dramatic Academy where he wrote and performed a one-man show.
3 p.m. - The Waypoint, by Iris Daughterman.
Shelby and Tristan are linked by destiny. Shelby struggles to balance her relationship with the father of her unborn baby and her secret fears about her past and family. Tristan has been summoned to the Waypoint to begin his life and tries to escape his fate of being born. Together they find new meaning in life. Daughterman is a recent graduate of Bennington College where she had the opportunity to develop her work with the guidance of established playwrights Sherry Kramer and Caridiad Svitch. The Waypoint is her first full-length play.
All readings take place as part of the Berkshire Fringe (July 16 to August 4) located in the Daniel Arts Center at Bard College at Simon's Rock. For more information about EarlyStages and this year's participants and their plays, please visit www.berkshirefringe.org. or call 413-320-4175.
