The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Play festival continues with ‘Permanent Ink’
The Warner Theatre’s next production of the 9th Annual International Playwrights Festival is “Permanent Ink” by Charlene Donaghy.
Performances filmed from the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre begin Jan. 29.
“Permanent Ink” is the companion piece of “Always A Line,” which was produced during the 8th Annual International Playwrights Festival. As a bonus, the Warner is including that production after this year’s performance in the same stream presentation.
In response to the pandemic, the International Playwrights Festival is a virtual event,with each production recorded in the Warner’s Nancy Marine Studio Theatre over a period of several weeks and then shown on YouTube and Facebook every other Friday until April.
The mission of the International Playwrights Festival is to recognize the work of emerging and established playwrights and to build a link between the playwrights, the theatre community and our audiences. The festival is a celebration of new works by playwrights from across the country and around the globe. For the ninth year, 150 plays were accepted for consideration from across the United States and as far away as China and New Zealand.
Each production will be available to view online for a period of two weeks before being taken down. There is no fee to watch but donations are always accepted. This virtual festival is made possible with a generous donation from The Marine Family.
Streaming for “Permanent Ink” begins at 7 p.m Jan. 29, and be available online until Feb. 11 at 11:59 p.m. The production is directed by Sharon W. Houk and features Josh Newey and Jeff Savage. Original music is by James Luurtsema.
The story: The night before Dick’s wedding, his
Captain Morgan-loving best man lets lose a secret about the bride-to-be, Rae, and her childhood friend, propelling a drunken Dick to confront her. With the comedic help of the mysteries of life from the ancient, cagey Fester, Dick must ponder whether love, permanently inked within in the very tissue of your life, is more real than plastered fear.
Donaghy is an awardwinning playwright with plays produced and/or awarded from New York City to Los Angeles, in Canada and Great Britain. Hansen Publishing Group publishes Charlene's Bones of Home and Other Plays. Charlene has been honored with numerous other publications. Charlene is Producer/Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, Festival
Director/Warner International Playwrights Festival and teaches playwriting and theatre at University of Nebraska Omaha. She is a founding member Proscenium Playwrights, and a member of 9th Floor Playwrights, The Playwrights Center, and The Dramatists Guild. www.charleneadonaghy.com
For information, go to warnertheatre.org.