July/August Theater Events
13th Annual Hormel New Works Festival – Presented by Phoenix Theatre, 100 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix. The festival will run from July 9-August 1 and will feature staged readings of new plays. The Festival was founded to introduce Phoenix audiences to the new works of emerging and established playwrights. In this invitational festival, the audience, performers and writer all take part in the play development process. The writer creates the script, the actors translate the page to the stage, and audience members exchange immediate and uncensored reaction to the play, providing all with insight into further development of the product. Tickets: $10.00 per reading. Purchase your own ticket(s) by calling the Box Office, (602) 254-2151. Various SFA Theater Committee members will host a pre-show dinner for 7:30 PM shows on Saturday, 7/10 and 7/17, (dinner at about 5:00 p.m.) and a pre-show lunch on Sunday, 7/25 prior to a 3:00 p.m. matinee. See individual dates in this Newsletter. Call the host/ess listed below one (1) week in advance of each performance for dinner reservations. www.phoenixtheatre.com
July 10, 7:30 p.m. “A Great War” by James Christy, directed by Pasha Yamotahari - In 1905, the German high command developed a secret war plan for a surprise attack to defeat the French army in six weeks. While the strategy was deeply flawed, it was regarded with near religious fervor in the military. It would become the basis for the start of World War I. A Great War tells the story of two soldiers: Cuttner, an ambitious officer who uses the misguided war plan to further his career, even at the expense of his own troops, and Weis, a patriotic Jewish private who survives the bloodiest battles of the war before discovering the truth about how it was started. See information above under July/August Theater Events. Pre-show dinner at 5:00 p.m., My Florist Café, 534 W. McDowell Rd, Phoenix. For dinner reservations, call Howard Shapiro, 480-962-9321 or email: howardmesa2@yahoo.com.
