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Delray Beach Playhouse Presents

Fifth Annual Playhouse Playwrights’ Project

10 new plays by local on Thursday, January 29th, 2025, as part of the Playhouse “Tale of the Tiger’s Ring” by Todd Caster;
playwrights showcased over lunch-box matinee series, and will feature six artists “Wilted Amaryllis” by Ambar Colon.
performing personal monologues.

All performances will take place at the Delray Beach
Dan Bellante, art historian and Festival Co-Founder,
two days: Saturday, October believes all the exciting changes at the Playhouse are Playhouse – 950 NW 9th Street, in Delray Beach (33444).
For more information, contact delraybeachplayhouse@
19th, Sunday, October 20th ushering in a new era of artistic accomplishment. Now gmail.com or Carol Kassie at (561) 445-9244 / carol@
in its 77th year of continuous operation, the Playhouse carolkassie.com.
Now in its fifth year of producing one-act plays by continues to expand on its beyond-compare production
local playwrights, the Delray Beach Playhouse’s Festival values and is attracting a new audience of season
of New Plays 2024 will be held on October 19th and subscribers who will sustain and ensure the theatre’s
20th. Ten one-act plays by local playwrights, helmed by future.
local directors and read by local actors, will showcase the David Tressler is the artist winner who designed the
diverse and talented South Florida theatrical community. feature poster for Festival 2024. A native South Floridian,
The event will take place at the Delray Beach Playhouse. David was inspired to begin his artistic journey by his
Festival Director and Co-Founder Marianne Regan daughter, who loves to color. After some time, and many,
continues to build on the Project’s success and offers new many pages of coloring, he thought to himself, “this looks
and exciting changes for Festival 2024. “We have three pretty good.” David’s infectious enthusiasm exemplifies
new directors this year,” Regan reveals, “as well as several the Festival’s creative spirit: “opportunities are endless,
new playwrights. And some of our returning playwrights you just have to walk into them.”
have accumulated their own following.” As the Festival has done in the past, five new plays will
This year’s Festival playwrights include Jeff Perlman, be presented on Saturday, October 19th, and five different
Jim Bisco, Laura Ratto, Judy Marilyn Goldstein, Sam new plays will be presented on Sunday, October 20th. Both
Leven, Todd Caster, Ambar Colon, Allison Fradkin, performances begin at 2 pm. Tickets for each day are $20.
Kathryn Ryan and Katherine H. Vellis. In true Festival fashion, a “Festival Pass” which includes
“I truly had no idea that South Florida was so chock- both days is available for $30. Tickets are on sale now and
full of incredible talent both on and off the stage,” Regan can be purchased online at https://delraybeachplayhouse.
continues. “Our playwrights are amazing, our actors are com or by phone at (561) 272-1281.
extraordinary, and our audience members continue to The ten selected plays are:
support us year-after-year. “Daddy Speaks” by Sam Leven;
“And as we did last year with a ‘sneak peek’ of our “Donald Alden For Hire” by Jim Bisco;
stand-alone show, Tell Me A Story, this Festival will “Ghost and Ghosted” by Kathryn Ryan;
also feature two new performers and their personal-story “Heard Mentality” by Allison Fradkin;
monologues,” Regan says. “So many people have a story “Infomercial” by Judy Marilyn Goldstein;
to tell, and this is one way for us to give them that space “Pandora 2.0” by Katherine H. Vellis;
to tell it.” “The Café on Main” by Jeff Perlman;
Tell Me A Story will launch its own performance day “The Family Tree” by Laura Ratto;

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