Kitchen Dog Theater will present the 25th anniversary of its annual New Works Festival. For the Staged Reading Series, audiences will have the chance to hear and discuss four new plays, selected from some of best playwrights from Texas and beyond as well as a brand-new play by Kitchen Dog Theater Artistic Company Michael Federico.
In addition to these four readings, this year's Festival also features the 22nd year of Playwrights Under Progress (PUP) Fest, co-produced with D-PAC (Dallas - Playwriting Arts Collective), an alliance between KDT, Dallas ISD and local youth organization Junior Players, created to provide innovative programs and opportunities for high school playwrights.
Staged Reading Series schedule
- June 17 (1 pm): Six and One and Witches by KDT Artistic Company Member Michael Federico - A two-person comedy about the staggering insecurity of King James as he tries to write his witch-hunting treatise, Daemonologie.
- June 17 (4 pm): The Agency by Lia Romeo - An aspiring actress takes a job at a "rental agency," where lonely clients can hire actors to impersonate family members and loved ones. But what will it mean for her real-life relationships?
- June 25 (1 pm): Address the Body! by Zachariah Ezer - When Cree and Blair, the only two Black members of The Presidential Committee on Slavery and its Afterlife, notice something amiss at their new work-study job, they uncover a racist plot at the heart of America’s most prestigious university.
- June 25 (4 pm): Walden by KJ Sanchez - What is a girl to do when she’s had it with humanity? Escape the planet to find her own Walden among the stars.
All 2023 Staged Readings are one-time events and will be followed by a moderated panel discussion focused on the unique process of commissioning, developing and creating new work, involving the playwright, KDT staff and the audience.
PUP FEST
- June 10 at 1 pm and 4 pm at Booker T Washington HSPVA
Written and performed by some of the DFW's finest high school talent, the 22nd Anniversary D-PAC PUP Fest will feature an afternoon of six world premiere staged readings mentored and developed through playwriting workshops with celebrated local artists Erin Ryan Burdette and Omar Padilla. This year’s fest will also include free master acting workshops for all PUP Fest student participants, led by area arts professionals Lisette Sandoval Perez and KDT Artistic Company Member Jamal Sterling.
PUP Fest 2023 Titles and Playwrights:
- Abscission by Erica Turner (Bryan Adams HS)
- Five More Minutes by Chandler McGuire (Woodrow Wilson HS)
- In the Basement by Abigail Zamora and Caesar Ventura (Seagoville HS)
- More Time by Thylyn Moore (Townview TAG)
- The Nihilist's BLT by Olivia Stanley (Booker T. Washington HSPVA)
- Once in a Dream by Winter McWhirter (Bryan Adams HS).
Kitchen Dog Theater will present the 25th anniversary of its annual New Works Festival. For the Staged Reading Series, audiences will have the chance to hear and discuss four new plays, selected from some of best playwrights from Texas and beyond as well as a brand-new play by Kitchen Dog Theater Artistic Company Michael Federico.
In addition to these four readings, this year's Festival also features the 22nd year of Playwrights Under Progress (PUP) Fest, co-produced with D-PAC (Dallas - Playwriting Arts Collective), an alliance between KDT, Dallas ISD and local youth organization Junior Players, created to provide innovative programs and opportunities for high school playwrights.
Staged Reading Series schedule
- June 17 (1 pm): Six and One and Witches by KDT Artistic Company Member Michael Federico - A two-person comedy about the staggering insecurity of King James as he tries to write his witch-hunting treatise, Daemonologie.
- June 17 (4 pm): The Agency by Lia Romeo - An aspiring actress takes a job at a "rental agency," where lonely clients can hire actors to impersonate family members and loved ones. But what will it mean for her real-life relationships?
- June 25 (1 pm): Address the Body! by Zachariah Ezer - When Cree and Blair, the only two Black members of The Presidential Committee on Slavery and its Afterlife, notice something amiss at their new work-study job, they uncover a racist plot at the heart of America’s most prestigious university.
- June 25 (4 pm): Walden by KJ Sanchez - What is a girl to do when she’s had it with humanity? Escape the planet to find her own Walden among the stars.
All 2023 Staged Readings are one-time events and will be followed by a moderated panel discussion focused on the unique process of commissioning, developing and creating new work, involving the playwright, KDT staff and the audience.
PUP FEST
- June 10 at 1 pm and 4 pm at Booker T Washington HSPVA
Written and performed by some of the DFW's finest high school talent, the 22nd Anniversary D-PAC PUP Fest will feature an afternoon of six world premiere staged readings mentored and developed through playwriting workshops with celebrated local artists Erin Ryan Burdette and Omar Padilla. This year’s fest will also include free master acting workshops for all PUP Fest student participants, led by area arts professionals Lisette Sandoval Perez and KDT Artistic Company Member Jamal Sterling.
PUP Fest 2023 Titles and Playwrights:
- Abscission by Erica Turner (Bryan Adams HS)
- Five More Minutes by Chandler McGuire (Woodrow Wilson HS)
- In the Basement by Abigail Zamora and Caesar Ventura (Seagoville HS)
- More Time by Thylyn Moore (Townview TAG)
- The Nihilist's BLT by Olivia Stanley (Booker T. Washington HSPVA)
- Once in a Dream by Winter McWhirter (Bryan Adams HS).
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