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SUMMARY:Secondhand Stevie
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta New Play Lab\nSecondhand Stevie\nby Joss Carlisle (Hurricane\, UT)\nFriday August 9th 7:30pm & Saturday August 10th 4:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab\, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency\, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences\, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity\, connection\, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new\, original work\, full of inspiration and camaraderie! \n\nNew Play Lab Package\n\n\nAbout the Play:\nFollow Blake\, a drag performer who impersonates Stevie Nicks\, as he explores his relationship with the world and the people around him. \nAbout the Playwright:\nJoss Carlisle recently graduated with a Bachelor of Science in theater from Utah Tech University. In the fall\, they will be attending graduate school\, pursuing an MFA in playwriting. They are currently an associate member of the Dramatists Guild. It is Joss’ hope to make a career focused on writing\, directing\, and adapting plays about the queer experience. \nTickets $20\n \nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/secondhand-stevie/2024-08-09/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs
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SUMMARY:Secondhand Stevie
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta New Play Lab\nSecondhand Stevie\nby Joss Carlisle (Hurricane\, UT)\nFriday August 9th 7:30pm & Saturday August 10th 4:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab\, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency\, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences\, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity\, connection\, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new\, original work\, full of inspiration and camaraderie! \n\nNew Play Lab Package\n\n\nAbout the Play:\nFollow Blake\, a drag performer who impersonates Stevie Nicks\, as he explores his relationship with the world and the people around him. \nAbout the Playwright:\nJoss Carlisle recently graduated with a Bachelor of Science in theater from Utah Tech University. In the fall\, they will be attending graduate school\, pursuing an MFA in playwriting. They are currently an associate member of the Dramatists Guild. It is Joss’ hope to make a career focused on writing\, directing\, and adapting plays about the queer experience. \nTickets $20\n \nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/secondhand-stevie/2024-08-10/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs
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SUMMARY:The Abundance
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta New Play Lab\nThe Abundance\nby Chelsea Sutton (Los Angeles\, CA)\nSaturday August 10th 7:30pm & Sunday August 11th 4:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab\, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency\, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences\, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity\, connection\, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new\, original work\, full of inspiration and camaraderie! \n\nNew Play Lab Package\n\nAbout the Play:\nAfter moving to a new corner of suburbia\, a broke young mom is lured into a multi-level \nmarketing scheme by her new neighbors and a slick-talking bottle of tonic\, and must either claw her way to the top of the pyramid\, or lose everything by leaving. \nAbout the Playwright:\nChelsea Sutton is an LA-based writer and director. She’s a PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow\, a Humanitas PlayLA award winner\, an Emmy-nominated co-writer of the interactive film event Welcome to the Blumhouse Live and a graduate of the 2022 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop. Her award-winning play Wood Boy Dog Fish appeared in the inaugural season of the Garry Marshall Theatre. She is the Associate Artistic Director of Rogue Artists Ensemble and holds an MFA from UC Riverside. Chelseasutton.com \nTickets $20\n \nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/the-abundance/2024-08-10/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs
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SUMMARY:The Abundance
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta New Play Lab\nThe Abundance\nby Chelsea Sutton (Los Angeles\, CA)\nSaturday August 10th 7:30pm & Sunday August 11th 4:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab\, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency\, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences\, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity\, connection\, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new\, original work\, full of inspiration and camaraderie! \n\nNew Play Lab Package\n\nAbout the Play:\nAfter moving to a new corner of suburbia\, a broke young mom is lured into a multi-level \nmarketing scheme by her new neighbors and a slick-talking bottle of tonic\, and must either claw her way to the top of the pyramid\, or lose everything by leaving. \nAbout the Playwright:\nChelsea Sutton is an LA-based writer and director. She’s a PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow\, a Humanitas PlayLA award winner\, an Emmy-nominated co-writer of the interactive film event Welcome to the Blumhouse Live and a graduate of the 2022 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop. Her award-winning play Wood Boy Dog Fish appeared in the inaugural season of the Garry Marshall Theatre. She is the Associate Artistic Director of Rogue Artists Ensemble and holds an MFA from UC Riverside. Chelseasutton.com \nTickets $20\n \nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/the-abundance/2024-08-11/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs
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SUMMARY:Mama’s Dresses/A Dress For Mama
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta New Play Lab\nMama’s Dresses/A Dress For Mama\nby Sarahjeen Francois (Valencia\, CA)\nFriday August 16th 7:30pm & Saturday August 17th 4:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab\, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency\, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences\, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity\, connection\, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new\, original work\, full of inspiration and camaraderie! \n\nNew Play Lab Package\n\nAbout the Play:\nThree sisters gather together to mourn the loss of their mother\, and grow closer as they remember her life and memories. \nAbout the Playwright:\nSarahjeen François is a Haitian-American Myth-maker whose creative work is a fusion of Afro-folkloric storytelling practices and her research on the use of code-switching/African-American linguistics. With the stage as her medium she works with a unique style of playwriting that she’s been developing called Code-Flow along with traditional elements such as a Djembe music and dance to help facilitate the movement of the play. \nSarahjeen’s inaugural work to debut her Code-Flow style\, Sister\, Braid My Hair\, has received recognition and awards such as the Audience Choice Award for Best Ensemble in the 2022 Atlanta \nFringe Festival and the awards for Best Production and Best Direction in the 2023 SheLA Theater Arts Festival. \nShe creates in celebration of Black femme personification and all of its complexities. Her mission is to write stories that place Black women at the center of the arc and ultimately to tell stories that are nuanced in a voice that is so unique to her community. \nAn MFA Acting graduate from the CalArts School of Theater\, Sarahjeen’s artistic endeavors have led her to work with The Playwrights’ Center\, The Atlantic Center for the Arts\, Castello San Basilio\, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum\, CalArts Center for New Performance\, Teatro Línea de Sombra\, Horizon Theatre Company\, Peach State Opera\, and Out Front Theatre Company. \nTickets $20\n \nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/mamas-dresses-a-dress-for-mama/2024-08-16/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs
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SUMMARY:Mama’s Dresses/A Dress For Mama
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta New Play Lab\nMama’s Dresses/A Dress For Mama\nby Sarahjeen Francois (Valencia\, CA)\nFriday August 16th 7:30pm & Saturday August 17th 4:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab\, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency\, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences\, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity\, connection\, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new\, original work\, full of inspiration and camaraderie! \n\nNew Play Lab Package\n\nAbout the Play:\nThree sisters gather together to mourn the loss of their mother\, and grow closer as they remember her life and memories. \nAbout the Playwright:\nSarahjeen François is a Haitian-American Myth-maker whose creative work is a fusion of Afro-folkloric storytelling practices and her research on the use of code-switching/African-American linguistics. With the stage as her medium she works with a unique style of playwriting that she’s been developing called Code-Flow along with traditional elements such as a Djembe music and dance to help facilitate the movement of the play. \nSarahjeen’s inaugural work to debut her Code-Flow style\, Sister\, Braid My Hair\, has received recognition and awards such as the Audience Choice Award for Best Ensemble in the 2022 Atlanta \nFringe Festival and the awards for Best Production and Best Direction in the 2023 SheLA Theater Arts Festival. \nShe creates in celebration of Black femme personification and all of its complexities. Her mission is to write stories that place Black women at the center of the arc and ultimately to tell stories that are nuanced in a voice that is so unique to her community. \nAn MFA Acting graduate from the CalArts School of Theater\, Sarahjeen’s artistic endeavors have led her to work with The Playwrights’ Center\, The Atlantic Center for the Arts\, Castello San Basilio\, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum\, CalArts Center for New Performance\, Teatro Línea de Sombra\, Horizon Theatre Company\, Peach State Opera\, and Out Front Theatre Company. \nTickets $20\n \nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/mamas-dresses-a-dress-for-mama/2024-08-17/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs
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SUMMARY:Christmas is Canceled
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta New Play Lab\nChristmas is Canceled\nby Matthew Ivan Bennett (Salt Lake City\, UT)\nSaturday\, August 17th 7:30pm & Sunday\, August 18th 4:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab\, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency\, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences\, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity\, connection\, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new\, original work\, full of inspiration and camaraderie! \n\nNew Play Lab Package\n\nAbout the Play:\nA local theater company led by new hot-shot producer and director Fitz gather together to put on an adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Drama heightens and hilarity ensues when small town theater politics get in the way and gossip spreads. \nAbout the Playwright:\nMatthew Ivan Bennett has been a resident of Plan-B Theatre since 2007\, where he’s premiered several plays\, including RADIO HOUR EPISODE 17: SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE FINAL PROBLEM (2023) and the forthcoming JUST ADD WATER (written with Elaine Jarvik) for the fall of 2025. His play ERIC(A) won Best Drama at United Solo Theatre Festival in New York. His feature film THE WHOLE LOT (directed by Connor Rickman) was an Official Selection at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and the New York City International Reel Film Festival (2022-23). Locally\, he’s collaborated with Pioneer Theatre\, Utah Shakespeare\, SLAC\, Pygmalion\, and Sackerson. His short plays recently appeared with Pacific Play Co. in Seattle. His poetry has been published with Sugar House Review and Western Humanities. Matt is a member of the Dramatists Guild and will be a writer in residence in Taos\, New Mexico this fall under the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. \nTickets $20\n \nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/christmas-is-canceled/2024-08-17/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs
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SUMMARY:Christmas is Canceled
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta New Play Lab\nChristmas is Canceled\nby Matthew Ivan Bennett (Salt Lake City\, UT)\nSaturday\, August 17th 7:30pm & Sunday\, August 18th 4:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab\, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency\, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences\, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity\, connection\, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new\, original work\, full of inspiration and camaraderie! \n\nNew Play Lab Package\n\nAbout the Play:\nA local theater company led by new hot-shot producer and director Fitz gather together to put on an adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Drama heightens and hilarity ensues when small town theater politics get in the way and gossip spreads. \nAbout the Playwright:\nMatthew Ivan Bennett has been a resident of Plan-B Theatre since 2007\, where he’s premiered several plays\, including RADIO HOUR EPISODE 17: SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE FINAL PROBLEM (2023) and the forthcoming JUST ADD WATER (written with Elaine Jarvik) for the fall of 2025. His play ERIC(A) won Best Drama at United Solo Theatre Festival in New York. His feature film THE WHOLE LOT (directed by Connor Rickman) was an Official Selection at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and the New York City International Reel Film Festival (2022-23). Locally\, he’s collaborated with Pioneer Theatre\, Utah Shakespeare\, SLAC\, Pygmalion\, and Sackerson. His short plays recently appeared with Pacific Play Co. in Seattle. His poetry has been published with Sugar House Review and Western Humanities. Matt is a member of the Dramatists Guild and will be a writer in residence in Taos\, New Mexico this fall under the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. \nTickets $20\n \nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/christmas-is-canceled/2024-08-18/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs
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SUMMARY:The Caregiver’s Guide
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta New Play Lab\nThe Caregiver’s Guide\nby Jami Brandli (Los Angeles\, CA)\nFriday\, August 23rd 7:30pm & Saturday\, August 24th 4:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab\, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency\, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences\, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity\, connection\, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new\, original work\, full of inspiration and camaraderie! \n\nNew Play Lab Package\n\n\nAbout the Play:\nThe Miller family rallies together as they struggle with grief and the pain of the effects Early Onset Alzheimer’s has on their loved ones. \nAbout the Playwright:\nJAMI BRANDLI is the winner of the 2023 Jane Chambers Award and the 2023 Stanley Drama Award for her play\, The Magician’s Sister. Additional plays include M-Theory\, Technicolor Life\, The Romeo and Juliet Senior Citizens Project—A Comedy\, O: A Rhapsody in Divorce\, and BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!)—named on The Kilroys List and a LA Times Critics’ Choice. Her work has been produced/developed at New Dramatists\, New York Theatre Workshop\, Kitchen Dog Theater\, Women’s Voices Theater Festival\, Center Theatre Group\, among other venues. \nAdditional accolades include: 2022 Center Theatre Group Writer’s Workshop. Nominated for Best Playwriting for an Original Play; Los Angeles Ovation Awards. Humanitas Prize PLAY LA playwright. Winner of John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award\, Holland New Voices Award\, Ashland New Plays Festival and Aurora Theatre Company’s GAP Prize. Finalist for the PEN Literary Award for Drama\, the O’Neill and Ojai Playwrights Conference. Her short works are published with TCG\, Dramatic Publishing Company\, Applause Books\, and Smith & Kraus. \nUpcoming/recent productions and development: \nThe Magician’s Sister was presented as part of Center Theatre Group’s New Works Festival at The Kirk Douglas Theater. It was recently workshopped at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta where it will also receive a workshop production in January\, 2025.  O: A Rhapsody in Divorce is currently receiving a Rolling World Premiere with Mildred’s Umbrella (Houston\, TX) in early 2024\, and then with Outside In Theatre (Los Angeles) in early 2025. The Romeo and Juliet Senior Citizens Project—A Comedy was produced at Westmont College (Santa Barbara) as part of their International Shakespeare Festival\, Spring 2024. \nA proud member of The Playwrights Union and The Dramatists Guild\, Jami teaches dramatic writing at Lesley University’s low-residency MFA program. She is represented by Navigation Media where she is developing film and TV projects. Her plays can be found on the New Play Exchange.  www.jamibrandli.com \nTickets $20\n \nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/the-caregivers-guide/2024-08-23/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs
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SUMMARY:The Caregiver’s Guide
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta New Play Lab\nThe Caregiver’s Guide\nby Jami Brandli (Los Angeles\, CA)\nFriday\, August 23rd 7:30pm & Saturday\, August 24th 4:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab\, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency\, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences\, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity\, connection\, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new\, original work\, full of inspiration and camaraderie! \n\nNew Play Lab Package\n\n\nAbout the Play:\nThe Miller family rallies together as they struggle with grief and the pain of the effects Early Onset Alzheimer’s has on their loved ones. \nAbout the Playwright:\nJAMI BRANDLI is the winner of the 2023 Jane Chambers Award and the 2023 Stanley Drama Award for her play\, The Magician’s Sister. Additional plays include M-Theory\, Technicolor Life\, The Romeo and Juliet Senior Citizens Project—A Comedy\, O: A Rhapsody in Divorce\, and BLISS (or Emily Post is Dead!)—named on The Kilroys List and a LA Times Critics’ Choice. Her work has been produced/developed at New Dramatists\, New York Theatre Workshop\, Kitchen Dog Theater\, Women’s Voices Theater Festival\, Center Theatre Group\, among other venues. \nAdditional accolades include: 2022 Center Theatre Group Writer’s Workshop. Nominated for Best Playwriting for an Original Play; Los Angeles Ovation Awards. Humanitas Prize PLAY LA playwright. Winner of John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award\, Holland New Voices Award\, Ashland New Plays Festival and Aurora Theatre Company’s GAP Prize. Finalist for the PEN Literary Award for Drama\, the O’Neill and Ojai Playwrights Conference. Her short works are published with TCG\, Dramatic Publishing Company\, Applause Books\, and Smith & Kraus. \nUpcoming/recent productions and development: \nThe Magician’s Sister was presented as part of Center Theatre Group’s New Works Festival at The Kirk Douglas Theater. It was recently workshopped at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta where it will also receive a workshop production in January\, 2025.  O: A Rhapsody in Divorce is currently receiving a Rolling World Premiere with Mildred’s Umbrella (Houston\, TX) in early 2024\, and then with Outside In Theatre (Los Angeles) in early 2025. The Romeo and Juliet Senior Citizens Project—A Comedy was produced at Westmont College (Santa Barbara) as part of their International Shakespeare Festival\, Spring 2024. \nA proud member of The Playwrights Union and The Dramatists Guild\, Jami teaches dramatic writing at Lesley University’s low-residency MFA program. She is represented by Navigation Media where she is developing film and TV projects. Her plays can be found on the New Play Exchange.  www.jamibrandli.com \nTickets $20\n \nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/the-caregivers-guide/2024-08-24/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240824T213000
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SUMMARY:NEVER ASK
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta New Play Lab\nNEVER ASK\nby Debora Threedy (Dammeron Valley\, UT)\nSaturday\, August 24th 7:30pm & Sunday\, August 25th 4:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab\, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency\, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences\, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity\, connection\, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new\, original work\, full of inspiration and camaraderie! \n\nNew Play Lab Package\n\n\nAbout the Play:\nDue to unexplained circumstances\, old friends Sandra\, Jess\, and Lance find themselves unexpectedly together again. The friends revisit old memories (and old feelings) and try to figure out why they have been able to reunite. \nAbout the Playwright:\nDebora Threedy recently retired after many years of teaching law at the University of Utah to spend more time writing plays. After a lifetime doing theatre primarily as an actor and director\, about twenty years ago she turned to playwriting. Since then\, she has had a number of full-length plays produced by various theatres in Utah\, as well as a number of shorter plays. Most recently\, in February 2024\, her play Balthazar (a modern riff on Shakespeare’s Portia) was produced by Plan-B Theatre in Salt Lake City. She has been invited three times to workshop her plays at the Utah Shakespeare Festival (the only playwright to have been so honored): Nemo 1934 in 2006 (later produced as The End of the Horizon by Plan-B Theatre in 2008 and by Man of Two Worlds Productions at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta in 2021); One Big Union in 2016; and Balthazar in 2022. In 2010\, she won a national playwriting contest\, the Fratti-Newman New Political Play Contest in New York City\, for her play The Third Crossing. Her play for children K-3\, Alli and #3\, toured the state in the 2021-2022 school year with a grant from the NEA and was seen by more than 15\,000 students in person or virtually. Last year her play Postcards from Mecca (written in collaboration with Teresa Sanderson) was workshopped in the inaugural New Play Lab at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta. She lives in Dammeron Valley UT with her sister\, their dogs and their horses. \nTickets $20\n \nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/never-ask/2024-08-24/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs
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SUMMARY:NEVER ASK
DESCRIPTION:Kayenta New Play Lab\nNEVER ASK\nby Debora Threedy (Dammeron Valley\, UT)\nSaturday\, August 24th 7:30pm & Sunday\, August 25th 4:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\nWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab\, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency\, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences\, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity\, connection\, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new\, original work\, full of inspiration and camaraderie! \n\nNew Play Lab Package\n\n\nAbout the Play:\nDue to unexplained circumstances\, old friends Sandra\, Jess\, and Lance find themselves unexpectedly together again. The friends revisit old memories (and old feelings) and try to figure out why they have been able to reunite. \nAbout the Playwright:\nDebora Threedy recently retired after many years of teaching law at the University of Utah to spend more time writing plays. After a lifetime doing theatre primarily as an actor and director\, about twenty years ago she turned to playwriting. Since then\, she has had a number of full-length plays produced by various theatres in Utah\, as well as a number of shorter plays. Most recently\, in February 2024\, her play Balthazar (a modern riff on Shakespeare’s Portia) was produced by Plan-B Theatre in Salt Lake City. She has been invited three times to workshop her plays at the Utah Shakespeare Festival (the only playwright to have been so honored): Nemo 1934 in 2006 (later produced as The End of the Horizon by Plan-B Theatre in 2008 and by Man of Two Worlds Productions at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta in 2021); One Big Union in 2016; and Balthazar in 2022. In 2010\, she won a national playwriting contest\, the Fratti-Newman New Political Play Contest in New York City\, for her play The Third Crossing. Her play for children K-3\, Alli and #3\, toured the state in the 2021-2022 school year with a grant from the NEA and was seen by more than 15\,000 students in person or virtually. Last year her play Postcards from Mecca (written in collaboration with Teresa Sanderson) was workshopped in the inaugural New Play Lab at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta. She lives in Dammeron Valley UT with her sister\, their dogs and their horses. \nTickets $20\n \nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/never-ask/2024-08-25/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs
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SUMMARY:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB: Am I a Good Dog?
DESCRIPTION:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\nAm I a Good Dog?\n\n\n\nby Rook Reilley (St. George\, UT)\n\n\n\nFriday\, August 7 – 7:30pm Saturday\, August 8 – 3:00pm\n\n\n\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin us for a staged reading of a new play as part of the 2026 Kayenta New Play Lab! Am I a Good Dog follows Max\, who returns to their hometown years after moving away—only to find a missing poster with their face on it. A dramedy exploring identity\, family\, Queerness\, and life in rural Utah. \n\n\n\nStay for the guided talkback after the show with the playwright\, director\, and cast. Discuss the play\, ask questions\, and learn more about the development process. Be part of shaping new theater by providing your own feedback and delving deeper into the creative process. \n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nKAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nNow in its fourth year\, the Kayenta New Play Lab is where bold new voices in American theater come to life. Over three weeks\, six visionary playwrights—chosen by a panel of esteemed local and national theatermakers—dive into an intensive creative residency\, shaping fresh\, original works for the stage. \n\n\n\nAudiences are invited to witness the magic unfold through staged readings of these brand-new plays—raw\, real\, and alive with possibility. Stay after each reading for an engaging dialogue with the artists\, where your feedback helps shape the evolution of each piece. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick HERE to learn more about the 2026 New Play Lab.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSee all 6 plays for $100\, saving $50! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is generously sponsored by Douglas Caputo and Desert Dweller Real Estate.  \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-new-play-lab-am-i-a-good-dog/2026-08-07/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs,Theater
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SUMMARY:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB: Am I a Good Dog?
DESCRIPTION:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\nAm I a Good Dog?\n\n\n\nby Rook Reilley (St. George\, UT)\n\n\n\nFriday\, August 7 – 7:30pm Saturday\, August 8 – 3:00pm\n\n\n\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nJoin us for a staged reading of a new play as part of the 2026 Kayenta New Play Lab! Am I a Good Dog follows Max\, who returns to their hometown years after moving away—only to find a missing poster with their face on it. A dramedy exploring identity\, family\, Queerness\, and life in rural Utah. \n\n\n\nStay for the guided talkback after the show with the playwright\, director\, and cast. Discuss the play\, ask questions\, and learn more about the development process. Be part of shaping new theater by providing your own feedback and delving deeper into the creative process. \n\n\n\n\n\nTICKETS\n  \n\n\n\n\n\nKAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nNow in its fourth year\, the Kayenta New Play Lab is where bold new voices in American theater come to life. Over three weeks\, six visionary playwrights—chosen by a panel of esteemed local and national theatermakers—dive into an intensive creative residency\, shaping fresh\, original works for the stage. \n\n\n\nAudiences are invited to witness the magic unfold through staged readings of these brand-new plays—raw\, real\, and alive with possibility. Stay after each reading for an engaging dialogue with the artists\, where your feedback helps shape the evolution of each piece. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick HERE to learn more about the 2026 New Play Lab.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSee all 6 plays for $100\, saving $50! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is generously sponsored by Douglas Caputo and Desert Dweller Real Estate.  \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-new-play-lab-am-i-a-good-dog/2026-08-08/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs,Theater
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SUMMARY:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB: A Matter of Perspective
DESCRIPTION:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\nA Matter of Perspective\nby Lisa Quoresimo (Cedar City\, UT)\nSaturday\, August 8 – 7:30pm Sunday\, August 9 – 3:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n \nJoin us for a staged reading of a new play as part of the 2026 Kayenta New Play Lab! A Matter of Perspective is an historical drama examining a battle of the minds between rivals\, the creation of Florence’s duomo\, and the forgotten woman whose genius led to its creation. \nStay for the guided talkback after the show with the playwright\, director\, and cast. Discuss the play\, ask questions\, and learn more about the development process. Be part of shaping new theater by providing your own feedback and delving deeper into the creative process. \n TICKETS \nAbout the Playwright: Lisa Quoresimo\n  Lisa Quoresimo’s plays have been seen internationally (Siddahartha the Bright Path\, Cloudy with a Chance of Contempt)\, Off-off Broadway (Not My Heart’s Desire\, Endlessly Rocking\, Antigone: a Fable Without Walls)\, in regional theaters in San Francisco and Sacramento (Between Dirt and Sky\, Ciribiribin\, Charlie and Nell)\, and across the country. Lisa is delighted to return to the Kayenta New Play Festival for a second time! Their work as performer\, director\, composer\, music director and dramaturg has been seen at Berkeley Repertory Theatre\, Shotgun Players\, Brava Theatre\, The Marsh and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. She is currently Associate Professor of Theatre at Southern Utah University and previously taught at NYU and the Manhattan School of Music. She is the co-founder/director of Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank. Lisa’s academic writing has been published widely. Her book\, The Feminist Journey of Stephen Sondheim\, is forthcoming at Routledge Press. Lisa holds a Ph.D. from UC Davis and an M.A. from Carnegie Mellon University. and is proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and of the Dramatist’s Guild. \nKAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\nNow in its fourth year\, the Kayenta New Play Lab is where bold new voices in American theater come to life. Over three weeks\, six visionary playwrights—chosen by a panel of esteemed local and national theatermakers—dive into an intensive creative residency\, shaping fresh\, original works for the stage. \n\n\n\nAudiences are invited to witness the magic unfold through staged readings of these brand-new plays—raw\, real\, and alive with possibility. Stay after each reading for an engaging dialogue with the artists\, where your feedback helps shape the evolution of each piece. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick HERE to learn more about the 2026 New Play Lab\, as well as participants from previous years.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n TICKETS \n\n\n\nSee all 6 plays for $100\, saving $50! \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-new-play-lab-a-matter-of-perspective/2026-08-08/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs,Theater
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SUMMARY:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB: A Matter of Perspective
DESCRIPTION:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\nA Matter of Perspective\nby Lisa Quoresimo (Cedar City\, UT)\nSaturday\, August 8 – 7:30pm Sunday\, August 9 – 3:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n \nJoin us for a staged reading of a new play as part of the 2026 Kayenta New Play Lab! A Matter of Perspective is an historical drama examining a battle of the minds between rivals\, the creation of Florence’s duomo\, and the forgotten woman whose genius led to its creation. \nStay for the guided talkback after the show with the playwright\, director\, and cast. Discuss the play\, ask questions\, and learn more about the development process. Be part of shaping new theater by providing your own feedback and delving deeper into the creative process. \n TICKETS \nAbout the Playwright: Lisa Quoresimo\n  Lisa Quoresimo’s plays have been seen internationally (Siddahartha the Bright Path\, Cloudy with a Chance of Contempt)\, Off-off Broadway (Not My Heart’s Desire\, Endlessly Rocking\, Antigone: a Fable Without Walls)\, in regional theaters in San Francisco and Sacramento (Between Dirt and Sky\, Ciribiribin\, Charlie and Nell)\, and across the country. Lisa is delighted to return to the Kayenta New Play Festival for a second time! Their work as performer\, director\, composer\, music director and dramaturg has been seen at Berkeley Repertory Theatre\, Shotgun Players\, Brava Theatre\, The Marsh and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. She is currently Associate Professor of Theatre at Southern Utah University and previously taught at NYU and the Manhattan School of Music. She is the co-founder/director of Catalyst: A Theatre Think Tank. Lisa’s academic writing has been published widely. Her book\, The Feminist Journey of Stephen Sondheim\, is forthcoming at Routledge Press. Lisa holds a Ph.D. from UC Davis and an M.A. from Carnegie Mellon University. and is proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and of the Dramatist’s Guild. \nKAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\nNow in its fourth year\, the Kayenta New Play Lab is where bold new voices in American theater come to life. Over three weeks\, six visionary playwrights—chosen by a panel of esteemed local and national theatermakers—dive into an intensive creative residency\, shaping fresh\, original works for the stage. \n\n\n\nAudiences are invited to witness the magic unfold through staged readings of these brand-new plays—raw\, real\, and alive with possibility. Stay after each reading for an engaging dialogue with the artists\, where your feedback helps shape the evolution of each piece. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nClick HERE to learn more about the 2026 New Play Lab\, as well as participants from previous years.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n TICKETS \n\n\n\nSee all 6 plays for $100\, saving $50! \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-new-play-lab-a-matter-of-perspective/2026-08-09/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
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SUMMARY:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB: The Franklin Event
DESCRIPTION:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\nThe Franklin Event\nby Peter Sham (Cedar City\, UT)\nFriday\, August 14 – 7:30pm\nSaturday\, August 15 – 3:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n\nJoin us for a staged reading of a new play as part of the 2026 Kayenta New Play Lab! In The Franklin Event\, Benjamin Franklin finds himself materialized in the modern day\, as part of a theatrical parlor show\, hosted by a historian who knows everything about him. The two discuss modern life\, philosophy\, and the complex legacy of the founding fathers. \nStay for the guided talkback after the show with the playwright\, director\, and cast. Discuss the play\, ask questions\, and learn more about the development process. Be part of shaping new theater by providing your own feedback and delving deeper into the creative process. \n\n\nTICKETS\n\nAbout the Playwright: Peter Sham\n\n\n\n\n\nPeter Sham (playwright\, The Franklin Event) is the author of over 25 plays and musicals\, perhaps best known for his work as bookwriter/lyricist for Lend Me A Tenor: The Musical (with Brad Carroll\, composer). Lend Me A Tenor: The Musical was nominated for a 2011 Olivier Award\, received 13 BroadwayWorld.com West End Award nominations\, including “Best Musical\,” and was the winner of The Critic’s Choice Award for “Best Theatrical Event.” Peter is currently at work (with award-winning composer\, Kevin Purcell) on To Catch A Thief: The Musical\, based on the David Dodge bestseller which was made into an Academy Award-winning\, classic film by Alfred Hitchcock\, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly; and The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\, based on the novel by Josephine Leslie (aka R.A. Dick)\, which was also made into a classic film starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison\, and directed by Joseph Mankewicz. Both musicals are planning West End\, London openings in 2027-2028. \nPeter is the author of the musicals Sherlock Holmes and the Great Royal Goose Chase\, One Night Only\, Toyland\, and It’s a Dog’s Life: Man’s Best Musical; the plays\, A Christmas Carol: On the Air (a Southern Utah holiday favorite for 11 years)\, its sequel\, Frankenstein: On the Air\, Shakespeare’s Moby Dick (a classical adaptation of Herman Melville’s American novel)\, and Twinkle\, Twinkle\, Killer Kane\, written with William Peter Blatty (author of The Exorcist)\, adapted from Mr. Blatty’s Golden Globe Award-winning “Best Screenplay.” Peter has also written the screenplays\, Somewhere\, The Playhouse\, and Hag. He wrote and directed the feature horror film\, Far Remote\, which garnered an Honorable Mention at the prestigious HorrorFest International Film Festival in 2021. Peter is now in development on A Penny Urned\, a 9-episode television streaming series\, created and written with Roger Bean\, author of The Marvelous Wonderettes series\, Life Could Be A Dream\, and more. \n\n\n\nOutside of his writing\, Peter has been a regional actor for over 35 years\, appearing at such places as Utah Shakespeare Festival (for 12 seasons)\, Milwaukee Rep\, Asolo Theatre Company\, The Neil Simon Festival\, Studio Arena Theatre\, TheatreLoft\, Artpark\, Yale Cabaret\, Perry Street Theatre\, and more. Kayenta audiences may remember his performances as Jake in Neil Simon’s Jake’s Women\, and Andre in Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party. He is also an accomplished director of over 85 productions throughout the East coast and Southern Utah. \nA professor of theatre for over 20 years at Southern Utah University\, he is a two-time SUU Thunderbird Award winner for “Professor of the Year”; an SUU “Outstanding Scholar of the Year Award” winner; and the recipient of SUU’s Highest Honor\, “The Board of Trustees Award for Excellence.” Peter has received national recognition as a recipient of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival’s “Excellence in Education Award.” He holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Acting from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program. \nPeter is married to SUU movement/dance professor\, actress & choreographer\, Kirsten Sham\, and blessed with two remarkably talented children\, Liv Rylan and Orlando Grayson. \nFor more information\, visit: www.buffalotheatrecompany.org \n\nKAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\n\nNow in its fourth year\, the Kayenta New Play Lab is where bold new voices in American theater come to life. Over three weeks\, six visionary playwrights—chosen by a panel of esteemed local and national theatermakers—dive into an intensive creative residency\, shaping fresh\, original works for the stage. \nAudiences are invited to witness the magic unfold through staged readings of these brand-new plays—raw\, real\, and alive with possibility. Stay after each reading for an engaging dialogue with the artists\, where your feedback helps shape the evolution of each piece. \n\n\n\nClick HERE to learn more about the 2026 New Play Lab\, as well as participants from previous years.\n\n\nFULL PACKAGE\n\nSee all 6 plays for $100\, saving $50! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is generously sponsored by Douglas Caputo and Desert Dweller Real Estate.
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-new-play-lab-the-franklin-event/2026-08-14/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs,Theater
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SUMMARY:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB: The Franklin Event
DESCRIPTION:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\nThe Franklin Event\nby Peter Sham (Cedar City\, UT)\nFriday\, August 14 – 7:30pm\nSaturday\, August 15 – 3:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n\nJoin us for a staged reading of a new play as part of the 2026 Kayenta New Play Lab! In The Franklin Event\, Benjamin Franklin finds himself materialized in the modern day\, as part of a theatrical parlor show\, hosted by a historian who knows everything about him. The two discuss modern life\, philosophy\, and the complex legacy of the founding fathers. \nStay for the guided talkback after the show with the playwright\, director\, and cast. Discuss the play\, ask questions\, and learn more about the development process. Be part of shaping new theater by providing your own feedback and delving deeper into the creative process. \n\n\nTICKETS\n\nAbout the Playwright: Peter Sham\n\n\n\n\n\nPeter Sham (playwright\, The Franklin Event) is the author of over 25 plays and musicals\, perhaps best known for his work as bookwriter/lyricist for Lend Me A Tenor: The Musical (with Brad Carroll\, composer). Lend Me A Tenor: The Musical was nominated for a 2011 Olivier Award\, received 13 BroadwayWorld.com West End Award nominations\, including “Best Musical\,” and was the winner of The Critic’s Choice Award for “Best Theatrical Event.” Peter is currently at work (with award-winning composer\, Kevin Purcell) on To Catch A Thief: The Musical\, based on the David Dodge bestseller which was made into an Academy Award-winning\, classic film by Alfred Hitchcock\, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly; and The Ghost & Mrs. Muir\, based on the novel by Josephine Leslie (aka R.A. Dick)\, which was also made into a classic film starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison\, and directed by Joseph Mankewicz. Both musicals are planning West End\, London openings in 2027-2028. \nPeter is the author of the musicals Sherlock Holmes and the Great Royal Goose Chase\, One Night Only\, Toyland\, and It’s a Dog’s Life: Man’s Best Musical; the plays\, A Christmas Carol: On the Air (a Southern Utah holiday favorite for 11 years)\, its sequel\, Frankenstein: On the Air\, Shakespeare’s Moby Dick (a classical adaptation of Herman Melville’s American novel)\, and Twinkle\, Twinkle\, Killer Kane\, written with William Peter Blatty (author of The Exorcist)\, adapted from Mr. Blatty’s Golden Globe Award-winning “Best Screenplay.” Peter has also written the screenplays\, Somewhere\, The Playhouse\, and Hag. He wrote and directed the feature horror film\, Far Remote\, which garnered an Honorable Mention at the prestigious HorrorFest International Film Festival in 2021. Peter is now in development on A Penny Urned\, a 9-episode television streaming series\, created and written with Roger Bean\, author of The Marvelous Wonderettes series\, Life Could Be A Dream\, and more. \n\n\n\nOutside of his writing\, Peter has been a regional actor for over 35 years\, appearing at such places as Utah Shakespeare Festival (for 12 seasons)\, Milwaukee Rep\, Asolo Theatre Company\, The Neil Simon Festival\, Studio Arena Theatre\, TheatreLoft\, Artpark\, Yale Cabaret\, Perry Street Theatre\, and more. Kayenta audiences may remember his performances as Jake in Neil Simon’s Jake’s Women\, and Andre in Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party. He is also an accomplished director of over 85 productions throughout the East coast and Southern Utah. \nA professor of theatre for over 20 years at Southern Utah University\, he is a two-time SUU Thunderbird Award winner for “Professor of the Year”; an SUU “Outstanding Scholar of the Year Award” winner; and the recipient of SUU’s Highest Honor\, “The Board of Trustees Award for Excellence.” Peter has received national recognition as a recipient of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival’s “Excellence in Education Award.” He holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Acting from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program. \nPeter is married to SUU movement/dance professor\, actress & choreographer\, Kirsten Sham\, and blessed with two remarkably talented children\, Liv Rylan and Orlando Grayson. \nFor more information\, visit: www.buffalotheatrecompany.org \n\nKAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\n\nNow in its fourth year\, the Kayenta New Play Lab is where bold new voices in American theater come to life. Over three weeks\, six visionary playwrights—chosen by a panel of esteemed local and national theatermakers—dive into an intensive creative residency\, shaping fresh\, original works for the stage. \nAudiences are invited to witness the magic unfold through staged readings of these brand-new plays—raw\, real\, and alive with possibility. Stay after each reading for an engaging dialogue with the artists\, where your feedback helps shape the evolution of each piece. \n\n\n\nClick HERE to learn more about the 2026 New Play Lab\, as well as participants from previous years.\n\n\nFULL PACKAGE\n\nSee all 6 plays for $100\, saving $50! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is generously sponsored by Douglas Caputo and Desert Dweller Real Estate.
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-new-play-lab-the-franklin-event/2026-08-15/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs,Theater
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SUMMARY:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB: If the Creek Don't Rise
DESCRIPTION:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\nIf the Creek Don’t Rise\nby Tyree Marshall (Los Angeles\, CA)\nSaturday\, August 15 – 7:30pm\nSunday\, August 16 – 3:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n\nJoin us for a staged reading of a new play as part of the 2026 Kayenta New Play Lab! If the Creek Don’t Rise is a drama/science fiction set in the rural south\, following two women in their fight for survival in a dystopic post-civil war America. \nStay for the guided talkback after the show with the playwright\, director\, and cast. Discuss the play\, ask questions\, and learn more about the development process. Be part of shaping new theater by providing your own feedback and delving deeper into the creative process. \n\n\nTICKETS\n\nAbout the Playwright: Tyree Marshall\n\n\n\n\n\nTyree Marshall is a Los Angeles-based Playwright\, Actor\, and Producer. Tyree’s afro-futurist\, sci-fi play\, If The Creek Don’t Rise (O’Neill NPC Semi-finalist) was selected and developed as a part of The Vagrancy’s “Blossoming: Workshop Edition” program in 2024. If The Creek Don’t Rise had a public reading at Skylight Theatre in May of 2025 and received another workshop & reading in November 2025 with Ammunition Theatre Company. Her play Banish Him! had its world premiere in September 2025 with The Roots and Wings Project in Highland Park as part of the program Luminous Streets. Tyree helped create and choreograph the play Love Gasoline by Stacy Dawson Stearns which premiered at the RedCat Now Festival in 2017 and later moved to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland that same year. Tyree’s latest play\, You Will Burn was developed in IAMA Theatre Company’s Emerge Playwrights Lab from 2025-2026. \n\n\n\n\nKAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\n\nNow in its fourth year\, the Kayenta New Play Lab is where bold new voices in American theater come to life. Over three weeks\, six visionary playwrights—chosen by a panel of esteemed local and national theatermakers—dive into an intensive creative residency\, shaping fresh\, original works for the stage. \nAudiences are invited to witness the magic unfold through staged readings of these brand-new plays—raw\, real\, and alive with possibility. Stay after each reading for an engaging dialogue with the artists\, where your feedback helps shape the evolution of each piece. \n\n\n\nClick HERE to learn more about the 2026 New Play Lab\, as well as participants from previous years.\n\n\nFULL PACKAGE\n\nSee all 6 plays for $100\, saving $50! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is generously sponsored by Douglas Caputo and Desert Dweller Real Estate.
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-new-play-lab-if-the-creek-dont-rise/2026-08-15/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs,Theater
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SUMMARY:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB: If the Creek Don't Rise
DESCRIPTION:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\nIf the Creek Don’t Rise\nby Tyree Marshall (Los Angeles\, CA)\nSaturday\, August 15 – 7:30pm\nSunday\, August 16 – 3:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n\nJoin us for a staged reading of a new play as part of the 2026 Kayenta New Play Lab! If the Creek Don’t Rise is a drama/science fiction set in the rural south\, following two women in their fight for survival in a dystopic post-civil war America. \nStay for the guided talkback after the show with the playwright\, director\, and cast. Discuss the play\, ask questions\, and learn more about the development process. Be part of shaping new theater by providing your own feedback and delving deeper into the creative process. \n\n\nTICKETS\n\nAbout the Playwright: Tyree Marshall\n\n\n\n\n\nTyree Marshall is a Los Angeles-based Playwright\, Actor\, and Producer. Tyree’s afro-futurist\, sci-fi play\, If The Creek Don’t Rise (O’Neill NPC Semi-finalist) was selected and developed as a part of The Vagrancy’s “Blossoming: Workshop Edition” program in 2024. If The Creek Don’t Rise had a public reading at Skylight Theatre in May of 2025 and received another workshop & reading in November 2025 with Ammunition Theatre Company. Her play Banish Him! had its world premiere in September 2025 with The Roots and Wings Project in Highland Park as part of the program Luminous Streets. Tyree helped create and choreograph the play Love Gasoline by Stacy Dawson Stearns which premiered at the RedCat Now Festival in 2017 and later moved to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland that same year. Tyree’s latest play\, You Will Burn was developed in IAMA Theatre Company’s Emerge Playwrights Lab from 2025-2026. \n\n\n\n\nKAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\n\nNow in its fourth year\, the Kayenta New Play Lab is where bold new voices in American theater come to life. Over three weeks\, six visionary playwrights—chosen by a panel of esteemed local and national theatermakers—dive into an intensive creative residency\, shaping fresh\, original works for the stage. \nAudiences are invited to witness the magic unfold through staged readings of these brand-new plays—raw\, real\, and alive with possibility. Stay after each reading for an engaging dialogue with the artists\, where your feedback helps shape the evolution of each piece. \n\n\n\nClick HERE to learn more about the 2026 New Play Lab\, as well as participants from previous years.\n\n\nFULL PACKAGE\n\nSee all 6 plays for $100\, saving $50! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is generously sponsored by Douglas Caputo and Desert Dweller Real Estate.
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-new-play-lab-if-the-creek-dont-rise/2026-08-16/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260821T193000
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SUMMARY:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB: Wound Care
DESCRIPTION:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\nWound Care\nby Jennie Webb (Los Angeles\, CA)\nFriday\, August 21 – 7:30pm\nSaturday\, August 22 – 3:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n\nJoin us for a staged reading of a new play as part of the 2026 Kayenta New Play Lab! Wound Care explores a series of encounters following a woman as she works to acquire reparation funding from the State of California for women like her estranged mother who were victims of forced sterilization programs. \nStay for the guided talkback after the show with the playwright\, director\, and cast. Discuss the play\, ask questions\, and learn more about the development process. Be part of shaping new theater by providing your own feedback and delving deeper into the creative process. \n\n\nTICKETS\n\nAbout the Playwright: Jennie Webb\n\n\n\n\n\nJennie Webb is an LA-based playwright and dramaturg (she created the new play development program\, Seedlings\, at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum which she ran from 2002-2019\, and in 2021 co-created the Ignite Project at Ensemble Studio Theatre/Los Angeles) with works including “Reach\,” “Currency\,” “Yard Sale Signs\,” “Carry On\,” “Smiling Cat Candy Heart\,” “Remodeling Plans\,” “Unclaimed Assets\,” “On Tuesday\,” “It’s Not About Race\,” “Rebecca on the Bus\,” “About What Matters\,” “Separate Loads\,” “Brand New Script” and “Buying a House” produced in the LA area by Inkwell Theater\, Rogue Machine Theatre\, EST/LA\, Santa Monica Rep\, Virginia Avenue Project\, Road Theatre\, Theatre of NOTE and La Jolla Playhouse’s WOW Festival\, as well as in Canada\, the UK\, Europe\, India\, Iran\, Iceland and at universities and colleges across the country. \nHer plays have been developed by Great Plains Theatre Conferences\, The Playwrights’ Center\, Moving Arts MADlab\, Blank Theatre\, Open Fist Theatre Company\, Company of Angels\, PlayGround-LA\, PlayGround Residency\, National Winter Playwrights Retreat\, Little Black Dress INK Festivals\, Protest Plays Project\, PlagueWrites\, Climate Change Theatre Action\, Clamour Theatre Company\, Rogue Artist Ensemble’s Rogue Lab\, Road Theatre Summer Playwrights Festivals and the Road’s inaugural Under Construction Playwrights Group. These plays include “The Complete Story of the War\,” “Crazy Bitch\,” “Jilt\,” “Into the Gobpile\,” “Not Cake\,” “adaptation.resilience\,” “The Big Red Naugahyde Booth (or\, Would-be Elks)\,” “Footprint\,” “Dead People’s Dishes” and “Wound Care.” Her work is published by Heinemann Press\, Smith & Kraus\, Next Stage Press and ICWP and included in Honor Roll!’s first “50 Plays by Women+ Over 50.” \n\n\n\nMore national recognition includes Finalist (O’Neill Playwrights Conference\, City Theatre Short Play Festival\, Gulfshore Playhouse\, Utah Shakespeare Festival Words Cubed) and Semi-Finalist (O’Neill\, PlayPenn\, Athena Project\, Trustus Theatre Festival\, Dramatists Guild Foundation) nods; she is the recipient of two Max K. Lerner Playwriting Fellowships and a Women in Theatre Red Carpet Award and is currently Artistic Advisor for Hechale Productions in Mexico City. Member: the Playwrights Union\, EST/LA\, TCT Writers Lab\, Honor Roll!\, Dramatists Guild\, LMDA. Co-founder: LA Female Playwrights Initiative (lafpi.com). \nWhen asked to describe the style of her work\, she uses the term “domestic absurdism.” She lives in Northeast Los Angeles with two housecats\, Molly and Mick. jenniewebbsite.com. \n\nKAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\n\nNow in its fourth year\, the Kayenta New Play Lab is where bold new voices in American theater come to life. Over three weeks\, six visionary playwrights—chosen by a panel of esteemed local and national theatermakers—dive into an intensive creative residency\, shaping fresh\, original works for the stage. \nAudiences are invited to witness the magic unfold through staged readings of these brand-new plays—raw\, real\, and alive with possibility. Stay after each reading for an engaging dialogue with the artists\, where your feedback helps shape the evolution of each piece. \n\n\n\nClick HERE to learn more about the 2026 New Play Lab\, as well as participants from previous years.\n\n\nFULL PACKAGE\n\nSee all 6 plays for $100\, saving $50! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is generously sponsored by Douglas Caputo and Desert Dweller Real Estate.
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-new-play-lab-wound-care/2026-08-21/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs,Theater
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SUMMARY:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB: Wound Care
DESCRIPTION:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\nWound Care\nby Jennie Webb (Los Angeles\, CA)\nFriday\, August 21 – 7:30pm\nSaturday\, August 22 – 3:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n\nJoin us for a staged reading of a new play as part of the 2026 Kayenta New Play Lab! Wound Care explores a series of encounters following a woman as she works to acquire reparation funding from the State of California for women like her estranged mother who were victims of forced sterilization programs. \nStay for the guided talkback after the show with the playwright\, director\, and cast. Discuss the play\, ask questions\, and learn more about the development process. Be part of shaping new theater by providing your own feedback and delving deeper into the creative process. \n\n\nTICKETS\n\nAbout the Playwright: Jennie Webb\n\n\n\n\n\nJennie Webb is an LA-based playwright and dramaturg (she created the new play development program\, Seedlings\, at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum which she ran from 2002-2019\, and in 2021 co-created the Ignite Project at Ensemble Studio Theatre/Los Angeles) with works including “Reach\,” “Currency\,” “Yard Sale Signs\,” “Carry On\,” “Smiling Cat Candy Heart\,” “Remodeling Plans\,” “Unclaimed Assets\,” “On Tuesday\,” “It’s Not About Race\,” “Rebecca on the Bus\,” “About What Matters\,” “Separate Loads\,” “Brand New Script” and “Buying a House” produced in the LA area by Inkwell Theater\, Rogue Machine Theatre\, EST/LA\, Santa Monica Rep\, Virginia Avenue Project\, Road Theatre\, Theatre of NOTE and La Jolla Playhouse’s WOW Festival\, as well as in Canada\, the UK\, Europe\, India\, Iran\, Iceland and at universities and colleges across the country. \nHer plays have been developed by Great Plains Theatre Conferences\, The Playwrights’ Center\, Moving Arts MADlab\, Blank Theatre\, Open Fist Theatre Company\, Company of Angels\, PlayGround-LA\, PlayGround Residency\, National Winter Playwrights Retreat\, Little Black Dress INK Festivals\, Protest Plays Project\, PlagueWrites\, Climate Change Theatre Action\, Clamour Theatre Company\, Rogue Artist Ensemble’s Rogue Lab\, Road Theatre Summer Playwrights Festivals and the Road’s inaugural Under Construction Playwrights Group. These plays include “The Complete Story of the War\,” “Crazy Bitch\,” “Jilt\,” “Into the Gobpile\,” “Not Cake\,” “adaptation.resilience\,” “The Big Red Naugahyde Booth (or\, Would-be Elks)\,” “Footprint\,” “Dead People’s Dishes” and “Wound Care.” Her work is published by Heinemann Press\, Smith & Kraus\, Next Stage Press and ICWP and included in Honor Roll!’s first “50 Plays by Women+ Over 50.” \n\n\n\nMore national recognition includes Finalist (O’Neill Playwrights Conference\, City Theatre Short Play Festival\, Gulfshore Playhouse\, Utah Shakespeare Festival Words Cubed) and Semi-Finalist (O’Neill\, PlayPenn\, Athena Project\, Trustus Theatre Festival\, Dramatists Guild Foundation) nods; she is the recipient of two Max K. Lerner Playwriting Fellowships and a Women in Theatre Red Carpet Award and is currently Artistic Advisor for Hechale Productions in Mexico City. Member: the Playwrights Union\, EST/LA\, TCT Writers Lab\, Honor Roll!\, Dramatists Guild\, LMDA. Co-founder: LA Female Playwrights Initiative (lafpi.com). \nWhen asked to describe the style of her work\, she uses the term “domestic absurdism.” She lives in Northeast Los Angeles with two housecats\, Molly and Mick. jenniewebbsite.com. \n\nKAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\n\nNow in its fourth year\, the Kayenta New Play Lab is where bold new voices in American theater come to life. Over three weeks\, six visionary playwrights—chosen by a panel of esteemed local and national theatermakers—dive into an intensive creative residency\, shaping fresh\, original works for the stage. \nAudiences are invited to witness the magic unfold through staged readings of these brand-new plays—raw\, real\, and alive with possibility. Stay after each reading for an engaging dialogue with the artists\, where your feedback helps shape the evolution of each piece. \n\n\n\nClick HERE to learn more about the 2026 New Play Lab\, as well as participants from previous years.\n\n\nFULL PACKAGE\n\nSee all 6 plays for $100\, saving $50! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is generously sponsored by Douglas Caputo and Desert Dweller Real Estate.
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-new-play-lab-wound-care/2026-08-22/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs,Theater
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SUMMARY:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB: Untitled Plantation Wedding Play
DESCRIPTION:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\nUNTITLED Plantation Wedding Play\nby chandra thomas (Los Angeles\, CA)\nSaturday\, August 22 – 7:30pm\nSunday\, August 23 – 3:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n\nJoin us for a staged reading of a new play as part of the 2026 Kayenta New Play Lab! UNTITLED Plantation Wedding Play is about a destination wedding at a former plantation forcing two lifelong friends to confront difficult questions about history\, privilege\, and identity. \nStay for the guided talkback after the show with the playwright\, director\, and cast. Discuss the play\, ask questions\, and learn more about the development process. Be part of shaping new theater by providing your own feedback and delving deeper into the creative process. \n\n\nTICKETS\n\nAbout the Playwright: chandra thomas\n\n\n\n\n\nchandra thomas is an award-winning multihyphenate storyteller. As a playwright\, her work has been presented at McCarter Theatre\, Primary Stages\, Naked Angels\, Barter Theatre\, Queens Theatre\, LAFPI\, Barrow Group\, Echo Theater\, Vivid Stage\, Passage Theatre\, Road Theatre\, among others. \nchandra’s plays have been named Finalists in the Blue Ink Playwriting Award. She’s a Finalist for the June Bingham Play Commission and a Stavis Award nominee. chandra is a Candela Playwrights Fellow\, and a Playwrights Entrepreneur Program member at PlayPenn. \nchandra also writes for television\, film and narratives (Emmy Award-winning MOM\, TACOMA FD) and works as a performer (Public Theatre\, LAW & ORDER: SVU). She earned BA degrees from Vanderbilt University\, and holds an MFA from Columbia University. Like her vibrant immigrant family\, chandra’s storytelling blends humor with emotional heart and social bite. And she absolutely loves baseball\, plants and her hometown\, New York. \n\n\n\n\nKAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\n\nNow in its fourth year\, the Kayenta New Play Lab is where bold new voices in American theater come to life. Over three weeks\, six visionary playwrights—chosen by a panel of esteemed local and national theatermakers—dive into an intensive creative residency\, shaping fresh\, original works for the stage. \nAudiences are invited to witness the magic unfold through staged readings of these brand-new plays—raw\, real\, and alive with possibility. Stay after each reading for an engaging dialogue with the artists\, where your feedback helps shape the evolution of each piece. \n\n\n\nClick HERE to learn more about the 2026 New Play Lab\, as well as participants from previous years.\n\n\nFULL PACKAGE\n\nSee all 6 plays for $100\, saving $50! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is generously sponsored by Douglas Caputo and Desert Dweller Real Estate.
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-new-play-lab-untitled-plantation-wedding-play/2026-08-22/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260823T150000
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SUMMARY:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB: Untitled Plantation Wedding Play
DESCRIPTION:KAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\nUNTITLED Plantation Wedding Play\nby chandra thomas (Los Angeles\, CA)\nSaturday\, August 22 – 7:30pm\nSunday\, August 23 – 3:00pm\nThe Lorraine Boccardo Theater\n\nJoin us for a staged reading of a new play as part of the 2026 Kayenta New Play Lab! UNTITLED Plantation Wedding Play is about a destination wedding at a former plantation forcing two lifelong friends to confront difficult questions about history\, privilege\, and identity. \nStay for the guided talkback after the show with the playwright\, director\, and cast. Discuss the play\, ask questions\, and learn more about the development process. Be part of shaping new theater by providing your own feedback and delving deeper into the creative process. \n\n\nTICKETS\n\nAbout the Playwright: chandra thomas\n\n\n\n\n\nchandra thomas is an award-winning multihyphenate storyteller. As a playwright\, her work has been presented at McCarter Theatre\, Primary Stages\, Naked Angels\, Barter Theatre\, Queens Theatre\, LAFPI\, Barrow Group\, Echo Theater\, Vivid Stage\, Passage Theatre\, Road Theatre\, among others. \nchandra’s plays have been named Finalists in the Blue Ink Playwriting Award. She’s a Finalist for the June Bingham Play Commission and a Stavis Award nominee. chandra is a Candela Playwrights Fellow\, and a Playwrights Entrepreneur Program member at PlayPenn. \nchandra also writes for television\, film and narratives (Emmy Award-winning MOM\, TACOMA FD) and works as a performer (Public Theatre\, LAW & ORDER: SVU). She earned BA degrees from Vanderbilt University\, and holds an MFA from Columbia University. Like her vibrant immigrant family\, chandra’s storytelling blends humor with emotional heart and social bite. And she absolutely loves baseball\, plants and her hometown\, New York. \n\n\n\n\nKAYENTA NEW PLAY LAB\n\n\n\n\nNow in its fourth year\, the Kayenta New Play Lab is where bold new voices in American theater come to life. Over three weeks\, six visionary playwrights—chosen by a panel of esteemed local and national theatermakers—dive into an intensive creative residency\, shaping fresh\, original works for the stage. \nAudiences are invited to witness the magic unfold through staged readings of these brand-new plays—raw\, real\, and alive with possibility. Stay after each reading for an engaging dialogue with the artists\, where your feedback helps shape the evolution of each piece. \n\n\n\nClick HERE to learn more about the 2026 New Play Lab\, as well as participants from previous years.\n\n\nFULL PACKAGE\n\nSee all 6 plays for $100\, saving $50! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kayenta New Play Lab is generously sponsored by Douglas Caputo and Desert Dweller Real Estate.
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/kayenta-new-play-lab-untitled-plantation-wedding-play/2026-08-23/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Play Labs,Theater
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