WHAT WE DO
ScriptWorks is playwright development and service organization that was founded to:
- Create a home for dramatic writers that stimulates imagination
- Develop new dramatic works to their fullest potential and feed them into the local and national markets
- Produce and encourage the production of new work that lends dignity to the playwright’s vision
- Network and enhance the visibility of the diverse community of playwrights in the Central Texas area
LATEST NEWS
OUT OF INK 2025: In Step
ScriptWorks 27th Annual Short Play Showcase
Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd St.
June 12-14 and 19-21 at 8 PM
Tickets: $15-$50
Pay-What-You-Wish tickets available June 12 at the door
Tickets available HERE.
Step into a world where joyful childhood memories spark tales of personal self-discovery. Those are the core themes of this year’s ScriptWorks OUT OF INK 2025: In Step. This varied collection of ten-minute plays reveals ScriptWorks members’ creative renderings of three mandatory script ingredients that provided inspiration during the Weekend Fling 48-hour writing event in the fall.
This year, director/playwright Christopher Fontanes, actor and long-time Out of Ink ensemble member Gina Houston, and dancer/choreographer Kelsey Oliver provided the following ingredients:
- Be inspired by a joyful memory from your childhood
- Include a character finding their true purpose
- Include synchronistic footwork
At the end of the Weekend Fling, the plays were read in a ScriptWorks Salon. A selection committee consisting of playwright and stage manager, Maxine Dillon; multi-hyphenate theatre artist and scholar, Lisa Flanagan; and Bottle Alley founder and Vortex Associate Artistic Director, Chris Fontanes, chose eight plays for production in Out of Ink from the thirty-plus plays that were submitted.
The scripts were written by:
David DuBose, Ava Love Hanna, Sandy Maranto, Tristan Young Mercado, Briandaniel Oglesby, David Ritch, Kleo James Ryan, and Sarah Saltwick. The plays will be performed by an ensemble of actors comprised of Roxy Becker, Zac Carr, Trey Deason, David DuBose, Carl Gonzales, Alani Henry, Chelsea Manasseri, Alex Maranto, Kennedy Thompson, Morgan Urbanovsky, and Sweet Van Loan. They’ll be directed by Lowell Bartholomee, Carl Gonzales, Lacey Cannon Gonzales, Ellie McBride, Christina J. Moore, and Sharon Sparlin. Designers for the project are Lowell Bartholomee (sound/video), Pam Friday (costumes), Amy Lewis (lights), and Monroe Oxley (sets/props).
BOLD indicates ScriptWorks members
This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, and the City of Austin Economic Development Department.