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January 26, 2010
see my plays this Friday
by sven at 9:30 am
A reminder… This Friday there will be a staged reading of two of my plays: The Buried Piano and The Astronaut & The Nude. Please attend!
New news… This Saturday I'll be a reader for two short plays by David Holloway. I get to be Mr. Rockwell and the Voice of God!
Here are the details for my plays.
WHEN:
Friday, January 29 @ 12:30 noon
WHAT:
PG2 Presents: The Work of Sven Bonnichsen, Amy Doherty and Marguerite Scott
WHERE:
Gerding Theater at the Armory
128 NW 11th Ave
Hothouse Stage (on the mezzanine)
TICKETS:
$5 - tickets available at the door
DESCRIPTION:
Portland Gallery Playwright’s Group presents a variety of short plays from Amy Doherty, Sven Bonnichsen and Marguerite Scott. Sven gives us two offerings: The Buried Piano and The Astronaut and the Nude. In the first, a girl is reunited with a family friend while a massive party for her father’s election bid booms in the distance and a recently unearthed, antique piano rests near their feet. The second play is a metaphysical exploration of marriage, nakedness and the cosmos. In Amy Doherty’s A Touch of Cleveland, we (along with the cardboard cutouts that look on) are party to a Laundromat encounter between two people, each awkward in their own way. Marguerite Scott’s The Ugly Duckling demonstrates the opportunities that come (and go) with plastic surgery.
Here are the details for David Holloway's plays.
WHEN:
Saturday, January 30 @ 12:30 noon
WHAT:
PG2 Presents: Counterparts II: Three Short Plays
WHERE:
Gerding Theater at the Armory
128 NW 11th Ave
Hothouse Stage (on the mezzanine)
TICKETS:
$5 - tickets available at the door
DESCRIPTION:
Portland Gallery Playwright’s Group presents 3 short works from PSU professor David Holloway.
Counterparts: A mother and father wonder if their son had once been abducted. Even the son isn't sure. "What happened?" they ask -- and can anyone really know that question's answer?
Death Panel: Three executives and an office boy discuss pre-existing conditions and whether little Virginia with cancer lives or dies -- all under the watchful eye Mr. Rockwell, the talking head on a monitor who can destroy them all.
The Egg: In a cave that dreams of Infinity, Gods demands that George look through a Portal, within the presence of his family and dead people form his past. He does so, and returns home… But everything hinges on the strange message in his hands. What does it mean: "remember the egg"?
Incidentally: I didn't have time to promote it, but last Friday I got to read stage directions for Brian Kettler's short play, Personal. Brian is the director for my plays — a real pleasure to work with.
posted by sven | January 26, 2010 9:30 AM | categories: exhibits & events