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HEADWATERS:
New Plays of the West
CREEDE REPERTORY THEATRE
A third of the shows CRT has produced over the last fifteen years have been World Premieres! Why are new plays so important to CRT? Because new plays are the lifeblood of theater. They are the future, tomorrow’s classics.
s r e t a w head new play festival
Now in its 6th season, the Headwaters New Play Festival is a weeklong workshop where two selected plays are developed with a team of professional theatre artists and receive public readings. Headwaters is the source of new plays of the West. We look for plays set in the current, historic, or mystic western United States; plays that deal with themes connected to the West; and plays that re-imagine what “West” means. Festival audiences get a front row seat into the adventurous process of bringing a play to life: untested material, instant feedback, engaging talk-backs, and the opening performance of CRT’s bilingual Young Audience Outreach Tour that will travel around the southwest serving over 24,000 students! CRT’s 52nd season features the Headwaters World Premiere General Store by Brian Watkins, a New Dramatist Resident Playwright.
6th Annual Headwaters New Play Festival
August 25, 10 am-4 pm & August 26, 10 am-12:30 pm The Ruth / $35 This year’s festival selections: • Visible from Four States by Barbara Hammond • The Mess of Us by Moss Kaplan and Greg Ungar • Caliban’s Island by Diana Burbano
10-Minute Play Festival & 24-Hour Play Challenge
September 5 / 7 pm / The Ruth Pay What You Can The company-generated 10-Minute Play Festival is one of the most exciting nights of the season. Five original plays inspired by a common theme starring our talented company like you’ve never seen them before. The second act will feature two short plays created in 24 hours. Yes, you read that correctly. Teams are assigned a random play title and are given 24 hours to write, stage, rehearse, memorize, and design their magnum opus. Our prayers are with them.
e h t n Joi tement! exci • Catch General Store • Support Headwaters • Attend the Festival!
Headwaters programming is made possible through generous donations by Jim and Irene Brown, and Pete and Lindsey Leavell, and The RLC Foundation. For more information, visit creederep.org.
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