Friday, May 28, 2021

Winding Road Theater Ensemble: Join us for Opening Night of Eight 10s in Tucson!

From: Winding Road Theater Ensemble <windingroadte@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2021 6:14 AM
Subject: Join us for Opening Night of Eight 10s in Tucson!

It's opening night!

9 playwrights, 10 directors, 22 actors, 4 producers and 3 designer/technicians all add up to ONE great evening of theater! Please join us Friday, May 28th at 7:30 pm for Opening Night, with LIVE talkback after the show!

Here's another sneak peek as we continue our closer look at our plays, playwrights, and director collaborations!

Misplaced by Cassie M. Seinuk of Framingham, MA
Directed by Esther Almazan

Jane just had a miscarriage and her grief has driven her to find her first ever heartbreak, her sixth grade boyfriend Abe. When he is reluctant to talk to her about the past, Jane forces him to participate in her deep need for understanding.

CASSIE M. SEINUK (Playwright) is a Jewish Cuban playwright, stage manager, artist and educator in Boston, MA. Her play From the Deep won The Pestalozzi New Play Prize, the KCACTF Latinx Playwrights Award, the Boston University Jewish Culture Endowment, Honorable Mention on the 2015 Kilroys List, and IRNE Award nominations. Eyes Shut. Door Open. (ESDO) received the Bob Jolly Charitable Fund, and won an OnStage Critics Award for an Outstanding New Work. Dream House developed at New Rep Next Voices Fellows, semi-finalist for the National Playwrights Conference, and a Massachusetts Cultural Council Finalist 2017. Una Me Da Leche was a semi-finalist for the National Playwrights Conference. Short play Occupy Hallmark won the 2015 KCACTF National Ten Minute Play Award. She is a member of The Dramatist Guild and AEA. Cassie teaches at Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music.

ESTHER ALMAZAN (Director), a Tucson Theatre Artist, has an MFA in Dramatic Writing from Arizona State University. Her scripts have been staged in the Pandora Festival, Apron Strings Project, ASU's Mainstage and TheatreLabs, Write Now, Institute of American Indian Arts, and Cadenza Theatre. Her play, "Indian School," received the Kennedy Center Latinx Playwriting Award for Distinguished Achievement, the ariZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence, and was a semi-finalist for the Eugene O'Neill NPC. Esther is the proud recipient of The Gammage Scholar Award for 2019-2020.

Eight 10s in Tucson will be presented online, opening May 28th and running through June 30th. Join us opening night for a talkback with the artists. Or stream to watch on demand, at your leisure. Admission to the Eight 10's play festival is $20.

Friday May 28th 7:30 pm: Opening Night with Live Talkback!

May 29th - June 30th: On Demand Streaming!

Buy Tickets to Eight 10s in Tucson ONLINE!