At the beginning of the season, Boiler Room Series launched an international, national, and local search for new plays. Selected from hundreds of submissions, this play will be workshopped by Keegan’s Artistic Development Team and presented to the public as a free staged reading. Every staged reading is followed by a post-show discussion. Stay tuned – new works will be announced on a rolling basis.
Boiler Room Series is pleased to announce the return and expansion of the WOMXN on Fire Festival. Building on the success and audience feedback of the 2017-18 festival, this year the festival will feature even more 10-minute plays, one-act plays, and full-length solo shows all fully staged in rep. Over the course of a week, audiences will have the opportunity to interact with an exciting and eclectic grouping of all new works by local, womxn playwrights. The full festival schedule will be announced in late December and ticket packages will be available then. See them all and stay for the post-show discussions after every performance.
At the beginning of the season, Boiler Room Series launched an international, national, and local search for new plays. Selected from hundreds of submissions, this play will be workshopped by Keegan’s Artistic Development Team and presented to the public as a free staged reading. Every staged reading is followed by a post-show discussion. Stay tuned – new works will be announced on a rolling basis.
At the beginning of the season, Boiler Room Series launched an international, national, and local search for new plays. Selected from hundreds of submissions, this play will be workshopped by Keegan’s Artistic Development Team and presented to the public as a free staged reading. Every staged reading is followed by a post-show discussion. Stay tuned – new works will be announced on a rolling basis.
At the beginning of the season, Boiler Room Series launched an international, national, and local search for new plays. Selected from hundreds of submissions, this play will be workshopped by Keegan’s Artistic Development Team and presented to the public as a free staged reading. Every staged reading is followed by a post-show discussion. Stay tuned – new works will be announced on a rolling basis.
Up the Ladder, Down the Slide
by David Valdes Greenwood, directed by Josh Sticklin
Reason for Return
by DC Cathro, directed by Josh Sticklin
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
by Darren Donohue, directed by Josh Sticklin
From Gumbo to Mumbo
(co-produced with Keegan PLAY-RAH-KA)
by Drew Anderson and Dwayne Lawson-Brown, directed by Duane Richards
Fabulous Monsters
written by Diana Burbano with music collaboration by Moises Vazquez, directed by Cara Gabriel
Obessiah
by Suzanne Willett, directed by Josh Sticklin
What to Do When You’re Suicidal But You Can’t Fight Fascists When You’re Dead
by Natalie Ann Piegari, directed by Mitu Tiwari Raphael
Ten
by Graziella Jackson, directed by Amy Hard
I Don’t Know What’s Weird
by Olivia Haller, directed by Clancey Yovanovich
Pen and Paper
by Elizabeth Crino, directed by Medha Marsten
Women Wear White
by Lindsay Adams, directed by Ashleigh King
Here Again
by Shanta Parasuraman, directed by Aria Velz
Guilty
by Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, directed by Danielle A. Drakes
featuring Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
The Vagina Monologues
by Eve Ensler, directed by Dorothy Neumann
featuring Elaine Faye
The Boiler Room Series at Keegan, named after the old boiler room of the pre-renovation Keegan Theatre, is a bold programming initiative that focuses on the development of new works and the producing of unique performances.
The name speaks to the two-part mission: crank up the artistic heat on new works in progress and let loose the creative voices of tomorrow’s theatre.
Since its founding, Keegan has always been a supporter and producer of new works. In addition to fully producing 17 World Premieres, Keegan has workshopped many new works and played a critical developmental role in dozens of others. The Boiler Room Series amplifies those efforts by actively seeking artists and projects in international, national, and local searches for new plays and musicals.
And when it comes to producing innovative and bold theatre – Keegan is no stranger. By offering support and a stage for unique performances and performers, Keegan’s Boiler Room Series promotes the creative edge that’s driving theatre in DC and beyond to new and unexpected places.
Boiler Room Series kicks off with a rolling, international, 6-month search for new, full length plays for BRS New Works Staged Readings and a 3-month local search for the WOMXN on Fire Festival.
From thousands of entries, five plays will be selected to receive a workshop and free public staged reading complete with an audience feedback session.
BRS New Works Staged Readings: all playwrights find submission instructions and submit your new play here
WOMXN on Fire Festival: DC-area womxn playwrights find submission instructions and submit your new play here
Questions about the Boiler Room Series? Email BRS@keegantheatre.com
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