SHARDS OF LOVE by Paullette MacDougal Sunday, September 27, 2009 @ 6:30pm State Theatre, 719 Congress Ave. In nine comic vignettes, Shards of Love explores the less-than-perfect love relationships of eight couples ranging in age from their 20's to their 90's. Paullette welcomes ASW members critiques to help her polish this play in preparation for its premiere production by Paradox Players in February 2010.
Meet 'n' Greet Sunday, August 30, 2009 @5:30-7:30pm The Vortex, 2307 Manor Rd. Join us for Austin Script Works' Annual Meet N Greet on Sunday, August 30th from 5:30-7:30. Come hang out with fellow writers and friends of ASW and hear some of the work generated by our 30/60/90 daily writing practice.
30/60/90 for 2009 will start on June 1st. This daily writing program provides a creative jumping-off place for your writing. Complete details are available here or you can also get there by first visiting our Programs page.
DUTY TO WARN by Teresa Stankiewicz Sunday, May 31st @ 6:30 PM State Theatre, 719 Congress Ave. Life is crazy as usual for Melinda who is a type A personality with a thriving veterinarian business. She juggles animal patients and their owners with her dysfunctional family with authority and aplomb. Her sister Loretta, is a young mother with bipolar disorder who is struggling to be heard. The police, the hospital and others all make their required calls as Loretta spirals out of control. Melinda learns a tragic lesson when the authorities call her in their duty to warn.
Sunday, March 29, 2009 @ 6:30 PM State Theatre, 719 Congress Ave. "Homegrown Tomatoes" by Micah McCoy Fundamentalist seminary student Evan Beech can find no other shelter in all of Austin, TX but a shared living cooperative run by a "nest of backyard-pooping hippies." When Evan's famous televangelist father is caught up in a sex scandal, Evan and his new roommates are forced to face head-on the complexities and absurdities at both extremes of America's 'culture war.'