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SUMMARY:GUEST ARTIST EXHIBITION: Three Feather Studios
DESCRIPTION:VISUAL ART\nJeremy Salazar: Three Feather Studios\nFriday\, July 12 through Sunday\, August 25\, 2024\nJudy & Tim Terrell Main Lobby\nWe are proud to host exceptional guest artists for pop-up solo exhibitions in the Judy & Tim Terrell Lobby at the Center for the Arts. All artwork on display is available for sale\, directly benefitting the artist with a small percentage supporting Kayenta Arts Foundation. \nOur Lobby is open Monday through Saturday\, 10am-6pm\, plus one hour before all evening events. \nNative American artist Jeremy Salazar is a contemporary painter based in Albuquerque\, New Mexico. \nHe specializes in vibrant acrylic portraitures with a combination of abstraction and realism. “What I try to emphasize in my work are the eyes and facial expressions of my characters\, making these more realistic and full of depth while the rest of the composition fades away into abstract colors. The color schemes sets the mood while the face gives life to the painting.” \nHaving been born and raised on the Navajo reservation in New Mexico\, Jeremy has never received any formal art training and is consequently a self-taught artist. Yet his humble upbringing on the reservation has helped shape his artistic paradigm and purpose for art. “I grew up without running water and electricity—old dirt roads\, sagebrush\, out in the middle of nowhere. Although a meager upbringing\, it was in retrospect\, an open canvas for me as a young kid. It is a passion for me to help represent the authentic native arts as an authentic native artist. We as native peoples know our own stories best\, the ones who lived it\, the story tellers.” \nUsing a bold and vibrant color palette in every painting\, Jeremy has come on scene as a promising emerging artist. Making both a statement of reclaiming authentic native artwork done by native hands and also painted stories of color and faces of the Native American people. \nLearn More at https://www.three-feather-studios.com/ \n 
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/jeremy-salazar-three-feather-studios/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibit Opening
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SUMMARY:First Fridays at Kayenta
DESCRIPTION:Events & Happenings\nFirst Fridays at Kayenta\nevery First Friday / 5:30p-7:30p and later\nFREE to attend!\nKayenta Art Village\nWe’re thrilled to introduce First Fridays at Kayenta\, happening on the first Friday of every month in 2024! Enjoy live music\, food\, and fun in the Kayenta Art Village beginning at 5:30pm\, with film screenings in the theater\, and good vibes all around. \n  \nFriday August 2 Lineup:\n \n\n\n5:30p-7:30p VISUAL ART Reception\nJeremy Salazar / Three Feather Studios \nThe Center for the Arts at Kayenta Lobby \n \n5:30p-7:30p FMASU Presents:\nSummer Shorts!  \nShort films cycling throughout the evening indoors at the Center for the Arts at Kayenta \n  \n6:00p-8:30p Live Music in the Courtyard\nSoul What?! \nThe Center for the Arts at Kayenta Courtyard \n  \nGuest Vendors:\nLos Elementos \nEden Apotheca \nCrazed coyote \nWildFlowr Denim \nBlissful Bites by E&E Confections \nFrankie and Stars  \nLavish Links \nSilver Forge \n  \nFood Trucks:\nThe Hearty Beet\, LLC \nWild Goat Coffee Co. \nZeppes \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/first-fridays-at-kayenta-5/
LOCATION:Center for the Arts at Kayenta
CATEGORIES:First Fridays
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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/
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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/
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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/
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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
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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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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/
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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/
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SUMMARY:De Natura Libris Álvaro Alejandro López
DESCRIPTION:VISUAL ART\nDe Natura Libris Álvaro Alejandro López\nFriday\, August 30 through Sunday\, October 6\, 2024\nJudy & Tim Terrell Main Lobby\nWe are proud to host exceptional guest artists for pop-up solo exhibitions in the Judy & Tim Terrell Lobby at the Center for the Arts. All artwork on display is available for sale\, directly benefitting the artist with a small percentage supporting Kayenta Arts Foundation. \nOur Lobby is open Monday through Saturday\, 10am-6pm\, plus one hour before all evening events. \nÁlvaro Alejandro López is a photographer based in Mexico City. His work has been presented in Mexico\, the United States\, Canada\, Spain\, Belgium\, Iceland\, Switzerland\, Germany and the Netherlands. \nThe photographic series De Natura Libris portrays the interactions we have with books: physical and abstract. The corporeity of a book is recorded through its structures\, textures\, forms and signs of use. Experiences are ultimately individual\, evoked by any number of attributes: the content of a book\, its textures and smells\, the memories it awakens\, or simply the aesthetic beauty of its parts. \nBy reading and using books\, people create ties. As each journey through a book is personal\, so is the interpretation of these photographs. \nAlongside the photo series\, viewers will find gorgeous pieces of text from collaborating writers including: Ana Blandiana\, Orhan Pamuk\, Joanna Kavenna\, Jacqueline Woodson\, Yann Martel\, Javier Cercas\,Ruth Padel\, Salman Rushdie\, Yan Lianke John Banville\,  Enrique Vila Matas\, Roger Chartier\, Cornelia Funke\, Forrest Gander\, Alberto Manguel and more.\nLearn More at alvaroalejandrolopez.com/
URL:https://kayentaarts.org/event/de-natura-libris-alvaro-alejandro-lopez/
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