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Kelly’s PLAY LAB writers will share brand new Monolouges for Healing and Transformation at this online event. All Welcome!

MONOLOGUE SHOWCASE
TUES, JAN 24, 2023

NEW MONOLOGUE SHOWCASE
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 7pm EST
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The Journal of Expressive Writing is proud to host a special theatrical event, showcasing Voices for Healing and Transformation. On Tues., Jan. 24, 2023, from 7-8:30 p.m., ET, writers from Kelly DuMar's Play Lab will present monologues for the stage, performed by actors.

In writing monologues for the stage, a story begins as words on the page. The next stage of development is to have the monologue performed by an actor in front of an audience. In this monologue showcase, class participants who have been developing monologues over six weeks will have the chance to see their writing performed by an actor for an audience—you.

Stella Adler called theater the “seeing place”—the place we come to see the truth about our lives and social situation. Oscar Wilde called theater “the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” And August Wilson was, “fascinated by the idea of an audience as a community of people who gather willingly to bear witness.” We invite you, our audience, to share in making dynamic theater with us, by being present for this showcase of brand new stage monologues. This intimate and powerful experience will present writing by class participants—read by actors—is part of the critical page-to-stage development process that all new plays need. Please join us, and share the vitality of your presence and your witness as our much-appreciated audience.

This evening of staged readings is FREE and open to the public—although donations are always welcome and 100% will go to Casa Myrna: Boston’s largest provider of shelter and supportive services to survivors of domestic violence, providing safety, resources, advocacy and information since 1977.

Marc J. Davino, Director of Development and Communications at Casa Myrna will speak briefly about the organization's work, as well as SafeLink, the Massachusettts domestic violence hotline they operate 24/7/365. The hotline is a tremendous resource for those who may be impacted by domestic violence, directly or indirectly.

This event will take place via the online video conferencing platform Zoom. A link to the show will be sent out the day before the event.

Featuring monologues by members of the Play Lab 2023, including:

• Sharon Blumberg

• Grace Calder

• Cynthia Douglas-Ybarra

• Beverly Reed Scott

• Hazel Aranha

Performed by guest actors, including:

• Elizabeth Tutnauer Rose

• Tonia Pinheiro

• Tonya Quillen

Order of the show:

• Cynthia Douglas-Ybarra, Pockets [performed by Tonya Quillen]

• Beverly Reed Scott, Play That Again [performed by Tonia Pinheiro]

• Sharon Blumberg, Paddle My Waters––If You Dare [performed by Elizabeth Rose]

• Hazel Aranha, Easy Does It [performed by Tonya Quillen]

• Grace Calder, Me, Myself & My Perfect Hair Day [performed by Tonia Pinheiro]

Directed and produced by Kelly DuMar.