Join WTP for the 2024 Ethel Woolson Lab Festival on Sept 14 & 15!
 Save-the-Date! 2024 Ethel Woolson Lab Festival September 14th & 15th at Windmill Arts  WTP is excited to invite the community to join us for our first Ethel Woolson Lab Festival. This program is one of our most competitive and transformative experiences. Since 2009 the EWL has supported the development over 56 plays by WTP members.This year we are featuring three dynamic plays, all in one weekend, and we look forward to bringing the community together for this event. Save-the-dates and make sure we’re on your calendar!2024 EWL Festival Schedule September 14th, 3pm shadowplay by Quinn Xavier Hernandez Director Kayla Ibarra Movement Director Erin Boswell New Play Dramaturg Amer-Marie Woods Stage Manager Sarah SteinIn a liminal theatre rehearsal space, one nonbinary individual arrives to practice giving their inner child what it needs. In doing so, they split into three parts of themself: THEY, THEM, and THEIRS or their past, present, and future. An immersive theatrical experience that blends coming-of-age, self-discovery, and acceptance into a poignant exploration of nonbinary identity, shadowplay, invites us along for the ride and asks us to witness and be witnessed in return. September 14th, 8pm Public Wickedness by Lee Osorio Director Justin Anderson New Play Dramaturg Amber Bradshaw Assistant Dramaturg Ally Varitek Stage Manager Julia Barton The year is 1968 and homosexual behavior is a mental illness treated by imprisonment, electroshock therapy, castration, and lobotomies. Determined to prove that homosexual men are not criminally insane, Laud Humphreys decides to write his sociology dissertation about the men who gather in the public restrooms of Forest Park for sex. But what Laud discovers threatens to undermine everything he thought he knew about himself and makes him question what it even means to be “sane.”Based on a true story of one of queer history’s lesser known figures. September 15th, 5pm They Love Violence by Jacob York Director Sawyer Estes Movement Director Erin O’Conner Stage Combat Director Jake Quinn New Play Dramaturg Amber Bradshaw“Do you have a dream? Is there something you want to do more than anything?” Sidney Gibson is a professional wrestler coming to the end of her time in the ring. Another Sidney is also Sidney, but is she? In the twilight of their career, they make a choice. To go full bore into the bloody and dangerous world of deathmatch wrestling, filled with barbed wire, thumbtacks, and flaming tables. But life will always get in art’s way. What will Sidney be willing to sacrifice to make her dreams come true? And is it worth it? AUGUST EVENTS  August 14th at 7pm – DPS: Read Jitney by August Wilson at Windmill Arts  August 17th at 7pm: The Scariest Thing to See In The Woods by Julia Byrne At Windmill Arts  August 19th at 7pm: Monday Night Development Workshop (MNDW) At Windmill Arts     Special ThanksGayle Austin, Susan & Alexander Johnson and our individual donors! |
