How Do Plays Get Started? A Special Evening at Playwrights’ Center
Playwrights’ Center
710 Raymond Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55114
Please join us on May 12 at the newly-designed Playwrights' Center for a special reception, discussion and reading of a new play, “The Merry Wives of Grenoble,” written by Cape Verdean-American playwright francisca da silveira and directed by producing artistic director Nicole A. Watson (Y ’98). The play revolves around seven Cape Verdean women, all of whom are wives to a French count.
Playwrights' Center, where Pulitzer winners August Wilson, Paula Vogel and Martyna Majok crafted their works, is one of only two year-round organizations nationally focused on supporting the professional development of new plays for production at theaters across the country. This event is in their new, $18.5 million facility. For more information about Playwrights’ Center, please click on THIS link and then follow up with your registration below.
Event Schedule:
• 5:30pm: Private reception with hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic drink options
• 6:00pm: Discussion led by Star Tribune theater critic Rohan Preston (Y ’89) with the Playwrights' Center producing artistic director Nicole A. Watson (Y ’98) regarding the work of the Playwrights' Center and the development of the play
• 7:00pm: Reserved seating for a reading of the play by professional actors
Price (includes private reception with hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic drink options):
• $50 regular ticket
• $30 for BOLD alums ticket (Yale graduates from 2016 or later)