Available light [theatre]

Our next Free Reading, Killing Women by Marisa Wegrzyn, happens November 14 at 7:30pm @ AVLT Gahanna, 109 N. Hamilton Rd.
CLICK HERE for a MAP and DIRECTIONS.
Free parking lot in front.

If you haven't been attending the Theatreforte Reading Series, now is the time to start. It's the only place in Ohio you can bear witness to some of the best and brightest talents on the planet.

Chicago playwright Marisa Wegrzyn is a face-to-watch in the middle of the country and on the coasts. Her comedy, The Butcher of Baraboo was part of Steppenwolf's 2006 First Look Repertory before opening in Philadelphia and New York. TheaterMania says "Wegrzyn has an already sharpened knack at trotting out lively characters primed to clash with each other the minute they come into the same room."

Catch-up with Marisa's blog here.

(That artwork is from the Theatre Seven Chicago production.)

Our next free reading will be Wednesday, October 24 at 7:30pm.

In Jennifer Fawcett's brand-new play The Toymaker's War, journalist Sylvie Bernier befriends the orphaned children of a strange, war-torn village is Bosnia. 12 years later, she is about to stand trial for allowing these children to commit unspeakable atrocities. Will she stick to her principles? Did she know what was about to happen in the tiny village? And who is the old woman that haunted the children of Bosnia and now haunts Sylvie's days?

Join us for this exciting new play from the writer of our next production, then after water. Admission is free. This time we'll be meeting-up at the Luck Bros Coffee House, 1101 West 1st Ave. in Grandview.

CLICK HERE for more info on our 2007 Theatreforte Reading Series.

FIRST, we'd like to thank everyone who's attend any of the first 3 sessions of the 2007 Available light Theatreforte FREE Play Reading Series. You've been great audiences, and we're having a lot of fun.

SECONDLY, thanks to all the great actors who've been reading. It's always a joy to work with your close friends, but it's equally wonderful that in these readings, we get to work with people with whom we don't normally get to act. We wish you could all be in our shows, all the time, because you're all so darn great.

THIRDLY, remember that we have many more readings coming up during the rest of the year. We've been working very hard to find plays that will be highly entertaining and moving, and that you won't see or hear anywhere else in Ohio. Up next is Pretty Theft by Adam Szymkowicz. A recent graduate of Juilliard's Playwrights program, Adam is one of the hottest, most beloved playwrights in New York's downtown scene and we're very proud to present his work.

LASTLY, if you want to get updates and reminders from Available light in your email, be sure to sign-up here. (Also, we've been revamping our emailist system and it's been messy, so if you haven't heard from us lately, you should take a moment and send us your email address again.)

Everything Will Be Different: A Brief History of Helen of Troy
by Mark Schultz
A FREE Reading
7.25.07 - 7:30pm - Location TBA

Like a dangerously funny teen movie set in the too-real world, Everything Will Be Different is a sassy, unflinching portrayal of burgeoning sexuality and emotional immaturity.

Time Out London called it "a remarkable American play", and the Daily Telegraph called it a “bang on the money portrait of adolescent angst" and a "provocative delight from start to finish.”

Martin Denton of nytheatre.com writes "Unbridled imagination and unabashed faith in the power of love combine to make Stephen Svoboda's The Penguin Tango a must-see."

The Penguin Tango is the second play of the 2007 Theatreforte FREE Reading Series. Join us for coffee, cookies, great conversation and exciting new plays that you won't experience anywhere else.

The Penguin Tango FREE Reading
Wednesday, July 11 @ 7:30pm
King Avenue UM Church, 299 King Ave. - Click here for a map.

We've been digging like fiends to find the most exciting plays around, just so we can read them with you all summer long.

The 2007 Available light Theatreforté FREE Reading Series kicks-off this Wednesday, 7:30pm, at the King Avenue Church (click here for a map). We'll have coffee, cookies, and great conversation at the reading of Adam Bock's amazing play The Thugs.

Click here for more information about The Thugs and our upcoming reading of the NYC Fringe hit The Penguin Tango.

AND, for more up-to-the-minute theatre news and commentary, don't forget to visit our newest online project Theatreforté.

Just a tiny bit of news today, a teaser, if you will.

We'll be starting a free summer reading series on June 20. The first play in the series will be The Thugs by Adam Bock. We're especially excited because just last night, Mr Bock's play won a Village Voice Obie-award.

You can read about it here.

When Soho Rep produced the play, they described it thus:

Mysterious things are happening on the 9th floor of a big law firm. What could a new temp have to fear? A new play about work, thunder, and people you don't know.