(Note: : Seating for Friday is now SOLD OUT. Tickets may still be available at Galeria Ensueños, Mesones 57a between 10:30 and 2:00)
San Miguel Playwrights 2017 Winter Showcase
A band of local playwrights have delved into their creative centers and worked hard to produce nine unique plays that explore life from the lens of the tragic, the comic, and even the tragicomic.
David Temple’s play Dead Weight, starts on a dreary autumn day in New York City when Robert finally turns to his sister Sandra asking for help to bury the past; what is this secret and can the past be buried?
Like the man said, coincidences take a lot of planning. Lauren Osornio explores this theme when two young people get stuck in an elevator on the way to the 8th Floor.
How many times, how many times, something simple starts one way then takes an unexpected turn. In Customer Service, Dennis Lanson shows that even ending your cable service can come with surprises.
Two women having a coffee break. Simple, right? Think again. Bill Gallcher’s California Girls starts with a pedestrian setting but ends it with a twist.
6,915 miles separate the United States from Iraq, yet in Lia Gladstone’s My Bench an Iraqi war veteran and an aging nurse collide over a park bench. War is hell and as these two show, it comes with a lot of baggage.
The Dalby’s have had a difficult day at the shopping mall and now they are waiting for their darling pet dog to come out of surgery; it’s sad, yes, but ordinary enough. Yet in Marilyn Bullivant’s comedic Doggone, their lives are about to change forever.
Chris Kapilla tells us the story of Bernice, a successful office manager who has recently started to fall behind in her work. She is counting on her new assistant Zak to turn things around. But in Limboland change doesn’t come easy…
On the far side of tragedy, Kathy Simandl examines an up-till-now happily married couple, forced to accept a devastating end to their relationship. In her effort, Remember Me, they may still find acceptance.
In The Doll, Tasha Paley tells the story of black school students marching in the streets of 1960’s Birmingham for Civil Rights. Many were arrested and attacked by police dogs. For Lettie’s son Marvis, the pain and guilt have not gone away all these years later.