The Road Theatre's Summer Playwrights Festival 7 Features THE MADRES by Stephanie Alison Walker and VEILS by Tom Coash

The Road Theatre Presents
Our 7th Annual
SUMMER PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

38 plays! 8 days!
Staged readings, receptions,
live music nightly!

July 31 - August 7, 2016
TICKETS:
There are no advance ticket sales for SPF7! Tickets are offered only on a "first come, first served" basis the day of the performance, for a suggested donation of $15. The box office opens 45 minutes prior to curtain. This is a popular festival -- come early to secure your seats!

Thursday, August 4
The Road On Lankershim
8pm Theatre THE MADRES by Stephanie Alison Walker
Dir. Emily Chase
It's 1979 in Buenos Aires, Argentina where people are disappearing right off the street. The so-called "Dirty War" waged by the military Junta against its own people is in full-swing. Carolina and her mother Josefina are searching for their pregnant daughter/granddaughter, Belén, who has been missing for twelve weeks. When they receive a surprise visit first from a priest who is now the chaplain to the military at ESMA (one of the known concentration camps) and then by a soldier from the neighborhood who is also stationed at ESMA, they come up with a plan to try to see Belén one last time. Will it work? Will they be able to save her baby? Will they be able to save themselves?

*Finalist for Kitchen Dog Theater's 2016 New Works Festival
*Finalist for the 2016 O'Neill Playwrights Conference
*Winner of Boulder Ensemble Theater Company's Generations Contest
*Finalist for the CTG/Humanitas Playwriting Prize
*Finalist for the 2016 Source Festival

Saturday, August 6
The Road On Lankershim
8pm Theatre VEILS by Tom Coash
Dir. April Webster
Intisar, a veiled African-American Muslim student, thought she might finally fit in when she enrolled for a year abroad at the American Egyptian University in Cairo. Samar, her Egyptian, non-veiled roommate, enlists Intisar’s help in creating an internet blog about the controversial practice of wearing veils..or not and hopefully helping to bridge the gap between the West and the Middle-East. They and their project, however, are overtaken and in danger of being overwhelmed by events leading up to and including the beginnings of the recent Egyptian revolution. In struggling with events such as a university ban on wearing burkas, an anti-American protest/riot, and Samar’s arrest and forced virginity test, Intisar and Samar are surprised to find themselves on opposite sides of a bitter cultural divide. Will the violent events and emotions leading up to the revolution salvage their friendship or shatter it?

VEILS is the Winner of the 2015 American Theatre Critics Association's M. Elizabeth Osborn Award, a Finalist for the 2015 Steinberg/ATCA Award, Winner of the 2013 Clauder Competition, and a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award.

LOCATION:

SPF7 will take place in both of our theatre spaces, as well as in the gallery of the Historic Lankershim Arts Center. Be sure to check the details of the reading you're interested in seeing to get the correct location!
The Road on Lankershim - Theatre & Gallery
5108 Lankershim Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA 91601
(Street parking or paid lot parking at 5125 Lankershim Blvd)

The Road on Magnolia
10747 Magnolia Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
(Street parking; limited garage parking also available -- spaces for theatre patrons clearly marked)

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