TeCo Theatrical Productions, Inc. is counting down to the final performances of it’s inaugural Down For #TheCount play festival. Final performances are schedule this week with the final show on March 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bishop Arts Theatre Center.
The event was inspired by the Dramatists Guild of America and Lilly Awards’ study on the underrepresentation of women voices on America stages. Down For #TheCount will feature notable national and local playwrights including two-time Obie award winner and Tony award nominee Charlayne Woodard. The selection process was by invitation only. Following is the line-up:
- Charlayne Woodard’s Phenom, a regional premiere.
- Vicki Caroline Cheat wood’s Breathing Room, premiered Off-Broadway in “Cowgirl Chronicles” in Six Figures Theatre Company’s Artists of Tomorrow Series at the West End Theater.
- Patricia Urbina’s Maya Baktun El Umbral, depicts a hoarding, polluting, greed-ridden humanity out of control.
- Ruth Cantrell’s A Thing Of Beauty, a mother diagnosed with breast cancer uses unorthodox methods to reach out to her daughter.
- Cassie M. Seinuk’s Occupy Hallmark, winner of the National 10-Minute Play Festival at the Kennedy Center in 2015.
- Sharai Bohannon’s Turndown Service, a modern farce about friendship, romantic relationships, and how we let fear and insecurity turn us into less pleasant versions of ourselves.
Ticket prices are $18 – $30 and can be purchased by calling the box office at (214) 948-0716 or visiting our website at www.bishopartstheatre.org.
