JULY 13-16, 24-26, 2009
JAW 2009 Schedule || JAW 2009 Playwrights || Community Artist Labs
Made in Oregon || Festival Weekend || JAW on the Blog
JAW: A Playwrights Festival 2009 from Portland Center Stage on Vimeo.
JAW script submission guidelines || casting || behind the scenes videos || JAW History || Community Artist Labs
JAW: A Playwrights Festival is Portland Center Stage’s developmental festival of new work for the stage. For two crazy weeks, from July 13-26, JAW: A Playwrights Festival takes over the Armory, inside and out. And as always, we’ll present spanking new works in progress that will explode your expectations of what live performance can do. Events & Activities include . . .
Made in Oregon: Workshop readings from Portland’s finest playwrights. July 13th – 16th
Workshop Readings: One week of down and dirty, hardscrabble rehearsals later, we’re ready to show you the razor-sharp edge of new American playwriting. A curtain raiser precedes most readings, compliments of our Promising Playwrights (local high school playwrights who come out of our Visions & Voices program). July 24th, 25th & 26th at 4:00pm and at 8:00pm
Community Artist Labs: Artists from across the nation conduct Labs for our local community. Topics range from playwriting, directing, and the biz. Admission is FREE, but in order to maintain a high level of quality, attendance for each Lab is very limited and is determined by random lottery.
Theater Fair: All Portland-area theater companies and audiences are invited to this popular event. Pick up season brochures, chat with theater folk new and familiar, and drop your name in the raffle jar for the numerous ticket giveaways. July 25th from 1pm – 4pm and 6pm – 8pm. And while you’re at it, be sure to visit…
Devise & Conquer: Site-specific performance pieces spill out of the Armory and into its environs, with new pieces created especially for JAW by Fever Theater, Third Rail Rep, Action/Adventure, and tEEth.
JAW Happy Hour Lounge Stick around between the Main Stage readings for entertainment by local musicians, performers and theater companies. A laid back, low key lounge experience designed to fuel you up and chill you out between the afternoon and evening readings. A full menu from the Armory Café available, including deli sandwiches, soup, salad, baked goods, espresso drinks, tea and soda. Our lobby bar will offer special prices on beer, wine and cocktails. 6:00pm to 8:00pm July 24th, 25th and 26th
Special for you: admission is FREE FREE FREE. But you can’t reserve your spot; all seats are first come, first served. Just be there and be open to some of the most boundary-crossing, genre-busting work in America today. Your presence makes it all happen.
JAW: A Playwrights Festival FIRST DAY from Portland Center Stage on Vimeo.
Today Rose Riordan, festival director, talks to Susan Mach, writer of “The Lost Boy”, and kicks off the festival with the JAW angels, Dawn Sorgnard, Kelsey Tyler, Michael Buchino, and “Susan the Intern”(Kim Morris).
Eat a Cupcake Jones cupcake and toast with us!!!
www.pcs.org/jaw
Check out the first installment of our JAWVideo Journal
This video was taken last year when we celebrated of our 10th Anniversary!
Make sure you join us for all of the fun this year from July 13-26!
You can read Marty Hughley’s JAW 2007 wrap-up here.
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