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Playwrights 6 Presents a reading of two one act plays

Wednesday, November 2nd
8:00 p.m.

MORE OF A CONNECTION THAN YOU THOUGHT
by David Duman

&

ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
by Brenda Pontiff

Directed by
Gib Wallis

at the

Attic Theatre
5429 Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Tel. 323-524-0661

The reception will feature wine and light snacks.

The cast includes wonderful actors from our Writer/Actor Lab and productions:

• Jennifer Fitzpatrick
• Tamika Katon-Donegal
• Barry Saltzman (from Drive)
• Mark Slater (from Drive)
• Beth Whitney (from Nymphony In 12D)

Playwrights 6 productions and its staged reading series are made possible through a grant by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

MONICA TRASANDES is a Los Angeles-based writer. Born in Uruguay, her family relocated to the U.S. in the ’70s and she grew up in San Diego. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College in Boston, and works as Director of Spanish-language media at GLADD. Her short stories have been published in journals such as The Sun, and magazines like The Rake in Minneapolis, and have been anthologized. Her novel, “Broken Like This,” is to be published by Thomas Dunne Books in Spring, 2012.

Trasandes, a P6 founding member is one of the featured writers in Wanted: Writers! a Literary Reading Series. This event is free and open to the public at the Rumours Coffee House/Gallery/Performance Space, 11739 West Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90066, Wednesday, August 17, from 7pm -930pm.

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Playwrights 6 will host its Writer/Actor Lab for developing new works for the stage and screen on the following dates:

• Monday, August 22nd, 2011

• Monday, September 12th, 2011

• Monday, September 26th, 2011

The labs meet at the Celebration Theatre at 7:30 PM. Arrive early to cast (if you’re a presenting writer) or be cast (if you’re a lab actor).

We welcome auditors, community members, and people interested in joining as writers and actors.

Please introduce yourself to the moderator so we can give you a proper welcome!

Wednesday, August 3 · 7:00pm – 9:30pm

RUMOURS-A Coffeehouse, Gallery and Performance Space

11739 W. Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, CA

FREE to attend!!!
For more info please go to: the rumormill.us or call 310-997-5400

P6′s Laura Black’s short film “Slight will make it’s world premiere at the Action on Film International Film Festival on Saturday, July 23rd at 6pm. The screening is part of the block of shorts shown at the Regency Academy Theatres, Theatre 5, 1003 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena CA.

In addition to making it’s world premiere, “Slight” has been nominated as “Best Short-Short” and star, longtime P6 actor Barry Saltzman has been nominated for 2 awards: “Best Actor” and “Best Villain”

For tickets and further info please go to www.aoffest.com.

For a trailer of the film please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGFmCI3ISHs

Playwrights 6 and The Open Fist Theatre Company are proud to present our first-ever co-production!

“Drive” opens May 4 and runs Wednesday nights at 8pm through June 8.
“Fernando Richardson’s Treacherous Brain” opens May 5 and runs Thursday nights at 8pm through June 9.

“Drive” is written and directed by Laura Black and stars Jane Hajduk, Beth Robbins, Susan Sommer, Barry Saltzman, AlgeRita Lewis, Allison Mattox, Coronado Romero and Joseph Beck.

“Fernando Richardson’s Treacherous Brain” is written by Monica Trasandes, directed by Andre Barron and stars Roberto Montesinos, Amy Chaffee, Mark Slater, Paula Fins, Karla Zamudio and Lyn Michele Ross.

The Open Fist Theatre is located at 6209 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood.

For tickets and further information please call 323-882-6912 and visit www.openfist.org

See you at the shows!!!

Mil & Gary, in character. And what characters they are!

Good news from Mil Nicholson and Gary Bullock — P6ers of many, many years, now in the mountains of North Carolina.

Gary just won first place in the Appalachian Film Festival Screenplay Competition with Elsewhen ‘developed in P6′. Gary thanks everyone who took part in the readings, and everyone else who participated in comments. Gary now owns the golden apple.

Mil’s Charles Dickens free recordings, with character voices, have now reached 24,000 downloads — and with fan mail arriving regularly. Who’d have thought!

You can download her work for free at Librivox.org:

From the lovely husband and wife themselves: “Just wanted you all to know we’re continuing with our professional work and miss you all so much. Perhaps another anniversay will draw us all together again.”

Lab writer David Duman’s comedic web series VLOG STAR (www.vlogstarshow.com) will be screened this weekend at the second annual LA Web Fest on Saturday during the third Saturday block, 12:30-1:55PM on 3/26. The Festival is at Stage 52 in Mid-City, 5299 W. Washington Blvd, between Fairfax and La Brea. The Web Fest goes on all weekend and there are interesting screening blocks and panels that are useful for all writers, actors and producers interested in web-based content (www.lawebfest.com).

Longtime P6 Writer/Actor Lab actor Barry Saltzman appears in his latest show, playing the role originated in the film by Montgomery Clift

“Judgment At Nuremberg” opens Friday, March 11 at 7:30PM at the Santa Monica Playhouse and runs on Saturdays at 7:30PM and Sundays at 4PM until April 3.

Film luminary Katharine Ross and soap opera stalwart Drake Hogestyn headline the cast.

For show dates, times and tickets visit www.WestOfBroadway.org or call (424) 434-9WOB.

Tickets are $25 for general admission. Matinee performances, senior and student tickets are $20.

Barry is one of our fine actors in the P6 writer/actor lab

Miss them not as we develop world premier works read by premiere actors. All are welcome!