The Playwright’s Festival of New Works July 18-19 and August 1-2, 2008
This year's Playwright's Festival opens July 18 and 19 with Bob Duxbury's "Blame". When the subject of an investigative television report jumps from the Golden Gate Bridge, the television reporter has to come to terms with his involvement in the tragedy. What is more, he is being followed--by whom, he's not sure. Does the pursuer want vengeance? Did the reporter bring all this upon himself? Based on actual events, the play questions the meaning of surveillance, self-worth and identity.		The second piece, “Commuters” by David Wynne, plays August 1 and 2 and concerns an Everyman grounded by a divisive fear of flying. Day tripping through life, love, and 20th Century Americana our hero encounters Schwinn bicycles, souped-up Chevys, air balloons, embattled submarines, and gamboling golf carts that take him places he’d never planned to go.

River Stage will present the area’s premier new play festival starting in July. The Playwright’s Festival of New Works at River Stage enters its 13th year featuring “Blame” by Bob Duxbury and “Commuters” by David Wynne. While other theater companies take the first steps in producing playwright festivals, the eminence of River Stage in the Sacramento region is unchallenged. Landmark work by Tony Award winning playwright Mark Medoff and his astounding "Gulf War Chronicle” has propelled River Stage into the limelight as the site of seven world premiers of plays that continue to be performed.

Directed by Frank Condon with dramaturg Lynne Damme, the audience is invited to talk back to the artistic team as the show is molded into a final product. If you like to witness the birth of a play and contribute to its’ first steps, join the electric atmosphere created by the staging of new works at the River Stage Playwright’s Festival of New Works.

River Stage is located at Cosumnes River College, 8401 Center Parkway in Sacramento. Performances are Friday and Saturday, July 18, 19 and August 1, 2. Box office opens one hour before the 8:00 pm scheduled curtain. Tickets are $7 for the general public and $5 for students (with I.D.). For more information and reservations call 916-691-7364.

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