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KEY NOTE SPEAKER JOE PINTAURO
The Provincetown Theatre Company, in a producing partnership with Narrowland Arts, is proud to welcome Joe Pintauro as its keynote speaker for the Spring Playwright’s Festival, March 21-30th
Joe Pintauro, internationally produced and award winning playwright will speak on March 28th at 7:30 PM, about the role of the playwright in today’s society. Joe Pintauro is the author of such stunning plays as: My Name is Alice, Raft of the Medusa, Men’s Lives, Metropolitan Operas, By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea, (with Lanford Wilson and Terrence McNally), Snow Orchid, Heaven and Earth and Beside Herself to name just a few. Joe Pintauro is also a novelist and educator. Joining Joe Pintauro as a festival dramaturg and educator is Sinan Unel, a Provincetown resident, who has won several prestigious playwriting awards and has had production of his plays done all over the world. Recently Sinan’s play, Pera Palas, was produced in London at The Gate Theatre and in New Haven at The Long Wharf Theatre. Sinan will teach a Master Class in, “Writing the Ten Minute Play”, on March 24th from 11-1 PM and serve as festival “Playwright and Dramaturg in Residence”. Suzanne Bennett also joins PTC and Narrowland Arts Spring Playwright’s Festival staff. Suzanne is considered to be one of the leading experts on women in theatre in the United States. She is Artistic Associate for Women’s Project and Productions, an off Broadway theatre in its 24th season and the oldest and largest producing theatre for women in the U.S. At the Women’s Project, she also heads the Directors Forum, a program for early career directors. She is the editor and author of several resource books and articles on women in theatre and has directed theatre from coast to coast. Suzanne will be teaching a master class in: “Collaborations: Director and Playwright” on March 29th from 12-2:30 PM, and serve as a guest dramaturg. Lynda Sturner, a professional actress, playwright, and theatre critic joins PTC’s spring festival staff by teaching, “Writing the Dramatic Monologue” on March 23 from 10-2PM. Lynda is an award winning, published playwright, who has recently won two prestigious awards for her one-person productions. She was recently accepted and completed a six week intensive seminar with Spalding Gray on the development of the dramatic monologue. Priscilla Sample returns for her third year as a festival dramaturg and discussion leader. Priscilla is a playwright, screenwriter, and more recently was Director of External Affairs for The O’Neill Theatre Center, (home of the annual National Playwrights Conference and National Music Theatre Conference.) Ms. Sample was also the Director of The Dallas based Playwrights Project for ten years. This year PTC is proud to feature members of its Massachusetts Cultural Council supported youth theatre company. On March 21, at 7:00PM, the YARE (Young Actors Research and Education Company), will present an original work entitled, Which Dunnit, Did It?, written, performed and directed by the young members of the company. Christopher Fitzpatrick with fourteen years of experience working with young people and currently on the staff of The Boston Conservancy supervises the production. Kathe Izzo, artist, poet and local performance artist, who created the incredibly successful Shadow Writing Project serves as YARE project director and discussion leader. PTC hopes in the future, with the help of Kathe Izzo and Christopher Fitzpatrick to expand the Playwright’s Festivals to include a significant youth theatre component. And of course there are the plays. PTC will premiere fifteen original plays, either by producing staged readings or full productions. Returning for the Spring 2002 Festival lineup are full productions of short plays, (previously known as “The Short Play Marathon”.) Cape Cod Theatre audiences have consistently attended these productions to standing room only status. This year, we’re pleased to feature:
PTC will also feature two one-act plays, two full-length plays and three ten minute plays as staged readings in this year’s festival. Join us March 24th at 5PM for the ten minute plays: On March 30th at 1PM the ten minute plays repeat but this time they are accompanied by a one-act play by Meryl Cohn entitled, Any Mrs. Steinberg. The full-length plays featured as readings in this year’s festival are Elder Hostile by George Finnegan on March 23 at 3:00PM and Starkweather by Jim Dalglish on March 30th at 3:00PM. As with all our playwright’s festivals, PTC features local actors, directors, and theatre technicians.
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