These indiestry events should hang you over until Tuesday (Monday is MLK Day and the launch of the Rebirth issue of The Indiestry Magazine).

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BALTIMORE

The Baltimore Playwrights Festival is holding public staged readings this Saturday and Tuesday.  Indiestry Executive S. Ann Johnson is a participant! So come out and support if you can. You can't beat FREE.

Saturday, January 15, 2011  public readings at Single Carrot Theatre, 122 W North Ave. Baltimore, Maryland 21218

• 11 a.m. Bloodlines by Rosemary Toohey

• 1 p.m. Fortune's Child by Mark Scharf

• 3 p.m. End Papers by Barry Weinberg

Here is a word from S. Ann Johnson about her staged reading on Tuesday, January 18. . .

Hey everyone. I am so excited that my latest play, “Sick Stories, Gentle Granddaddy,” has made it to the staged reading phase of the 30th annual Baltimore Playwrights Festival.

What is a “Staged Reading”?

Staged readings are an integral part of the playwriting process. It’s an opportunity for playwrights to see and hear their work outside or their minds and to get feedback from the actors, director and audience—before making changes to their script.

I need people in the audience who are not afraid to be honest (in a nice way). Your presence and feedback would be much appreciated.

Please join me, my director extraordinaire Alvin E. Ford Jr. along with our amazing staged readers: Naelis Ervin, Danielle Simpson, Morgan Mosley, Sam Patterson, Elle Blackwell and Portia Cloud.

WHAT: Staged Reading of Sick Stories, Gentle Granddaddy by S. Ann Johnson

WHEN: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 8:30 p.m. at Strand Theater Company, 1823 N. Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201

SYNOPSIS: An all-black family will share stories filled with tears and laughs that chronicle the life of a grandfather whose drunken past conflicts with his docile present.

COST: FREE!!

~S. Ann Johnson

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