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The Delray Beach Playhouse Presents THE FIFTH ANNUAL PLAYHOUSE PLAYWRIGHTS’ PROJECT – October 19th & 20th

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The Delray Beach Playhouse Presents
The Fifth Annual Playhouse Playwrights’ Project
Saturday, October 19th & Sunday, October 20th

10 new plays by local playwrights will be showcased over a
two-day period

For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carol Kassie
carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244

September 18, 2024

DELRAY BEACH, FL: Now in its fifth year of producing one-act plays by local playwrights, the Delray Beach Playhouse’s Festival of New Plays 2024 will be held on October 19th and 20th. Ten one-act plays by local playwrights, helmed by local directors, and read by local actors will showcase the diverse and talented South Florida theatrical community.  The event will take place at the Delray Beach Playhouse.

Festival Director and Co-Founder Marianne Regan continues to build on the Project’s success and offers new and exciting changes for Festival 2024.  “We have three new directors this year,” Regan reveals, “as well as several new playwrights. And some of our returning playwrights have accumulated their own following.”

This year’s Festival playwrights include Jeff Perlman, Jim Bisco, Laura Ratto, Judy Marilyn Goldstein, Sam Leven, Todd Caster, Ambar Colon, Allison Fradkin, Kathryn Ryan and Katherine H. Vellis.

“I truly had no idea that South Florida was so chock-full of incredible talent both on and off the stage,” Regan continues. “Our playwrights are amazing, our actors are extraordinary, and our audience members continue to support us, year-after-year.

“And as we did last year with a ‘sneak peek’ of our stand-alone show, Tell Me A Story, this Festival will also feature two new performers and their personal-story monologues,” Regan says.  “So many people have a story to tell, and this is one way for us to give them that space to tell it.”

Tell Me A Story will launch its own performance day on Thursday, January 29, 2025, as part of the Playhouse lunch-box matinee series, and will feature 6 artists performing personal monologues.

Dan Bellante – art historian and Festival Co-Founder – believes all the exciting changes at the Playhouse are ushering in a new era of artistic accomplishment. Now in its 77th year of continuous operation, the Playhouse continues to expand on its beyond-compare production values and is attracting a new audience of season subscribers who will sustain and ensure the theatre’s future.

David Tressler is the artist winner who designed the feature poster for Festival 2024. A native South Floridian, David was inspired to begin his artistic journey by his daughter, who loves to color. After some time, and many, many pages of coloring, he thought to himself, “this looks pretty good.” David’s infectious enthusiasm exemplifies the Festival’s creative spirit: “opportunities are endless, you just have to walk into them.” 

As the Festival has done in the past, five new plays will be presented on Saturday, October 19th, and five different new plays will be presented on Sunday, October 20th.  Both performances begin at 2 pm. Tickets for each day are $20. In true Festival fashion, a “Festival Pass” which includes both days is available for $30.  Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online (click HERE) or by phone at 561-272-1281.

The ten selected plays are:

Daddy Speaks by Sam Leven
Donald Alden For Hire by Jim Bisco
Ghost and Ghosted by Kathryn Ryan
Heard Mentality by Allison Fradkin
Infomercial by Judy Marilyn Goldstein
Pandora 2.0 by Katherine H. Vellis
The Café on Main by Jeff Perlman
The Family Tree by Laura Ratto
Tale of the Tiger’s Ring by Todd Caster
Wilted Amaryllis by Ambar Colon


All performances will take place at the Delray Beach Playhouse – 950 NW 9th Street, in Delray Beach (33444). For more information, please contact delraybeachplayhouse@gmail.com or Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com.

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Delray Beach Playhouse Playwrights’ Festival of New Plays
Saturday, October 19 at 2 pm
Sunday, October 20 at 2 pm
Tickets:  $20, or $30 for a 2 day Festival Pass
Click HERE for tickets
Or call 561-272-1281
Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL 33444

THE BOCA RATON BRANCH of the NATIONAL LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

09 Sunday Sep 2012

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The Boca Raton Branch of The National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) has a busy season ahead.  The League’s Membership Tea will take place on Thursday, October 18th at the TeaLicious Tea Room in Delray Beach; The Student League Membership Committee will host a Discussion Group on Saturday, November 10th at the Glades Road Branch of the Palm Beach County Public Library; and on Saturday, February 2nd, 2013, the League will host an Art, Book, and Music Fair at the South Civic Center on Jog Road in Delray Beach.

The National League of American Pen Women was founded in 1897 by Washington D.C./Boston journalist Marian Longfellow O’Donoghue.  She invited fellow journalists Margaret Sullivan Burke and Anna Sanborn Hamilton to join her in establishing a “progressive press union” for the female writers of Washington.  Those three women, often referred to as ‘The Dauntless Three’, eventually brought together seventeen women: writers, novelists, newspaper women, a teacher, a poet and an artist. They hoped that these “active pen women” would find in the group, “mutual aid, advice, and future development” for each other and their careers (a quote from the League Minutes of 26 June 1897).  Professional credentials were required for membership and the group determined that Pen Women should always be paid for their work. Artists and composers were welcomed by their literary sisters, and by September of 1898, the League boasted over fifty members “from Maine to Texas, from New York to California.” Current honorary members include Jan McArt, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Julie Harris, and Edna Hibel.

The 37 year old Boca Raton Branch (www.bocapenwomen.org) of the League is largest in Florida, and one of the largest in the nation.

                        Pen Women authors Mimi Paris & Carol White

Membership Tea:  Anyone is welcome to attend the League’s annual membership tea, to be held at the TeaLicous Tea Room in Delray Beach on October 18th.  Memberships (as a professional or as a patron) will be available at the event, as well as information about the League, its members, its projects, its upcoming meetings, and its history.

Student League Membership Committee: The Boca Raton Branch of the NLAPW, in conjunction with the League’s national organization, has launched a Student League membership level as a way to open the organization to qualified young women.  The objective is to recruit college women in letters, art, composition, and music (and high school women taking courses in the arts on a college campus) to the organization, in order to offer them mentorship and support in their chosen fields.  The discussion group, which will meet on Saturday, November 10th at the Glades Road Branch of the Palm Beach Public Library, is open to the public.

          Mimi Paris & Carol White with potential Pen Women member Renu Ravi

Art/Book/Music Fair : On Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 11:00am to 4:00pm the National League of American Pen Women will host an Art/Book/Music Fair, showcasing the work of their members, as well as other local artists and creatives.   There will be 40 vendors, with original books, paintings, photography, crafts, CD’s, etc.  This event will be held at the South Civic Center on Jog Road, and will be open to the public.  Admission to the Fair is $2; students with ID will be admitted free of charge.

For more information about the Boca Raton Branch of the League of American Pen Women, visit their website at:  www.bocapenwomen.org or contact Carol White at polowhite@aol.com. For information about the National organization, visit: www.nlapw.org .

Information at a Glance:

Membership Tea:
Thursday, October 18, 2012   11:30 am – 2 pm
TeaLicious Tea Room                        $25.00
4997-B W. Atlantic Ave.
Delray Beach, FL 33445
Call 561-395-6454 for reservation and lunch choices
Or email Pat Wilson at pugowl@aol.com
Meet with a professional women’s group of artists, writers and musicians. Find out how you can join or become involved.

Student League:
Discussion group open to the public:
Saturday, November 10, 2012 2-3:30pm. Glades Road Branch Library – 20701 95th Avenue South, Boca Raton, Florida 33434
Contact: Carol White at polowhite@aol.com

Art/Book/Music/Fair:
South Civic Center
February 2, 2013, 10 pm – 4 pm
16700 Jog Road
Delray Beach, Florida 33446
FOR DIRECTIONS: (561) 495-9813
Contact:   M. Twitty    Phone: 561-558-3536 or email: butler@bellsouth.
To Participate: Non-refundable fee: $50.00 for each table.  (All Table Fees will go toward a scholarship fund for college women in the arts.) Non-refundable fee must accompany application. DEADLINE postmark for applications is Saturday, December 1, 2012.
Email for application: butler7@bellsouth.net