SCRIPT CLUB: February

February 1st through 28th
Venue: 
Anywhere you like to read

FEBRUARY SCRIPT COLLECTION

Here at the Playwrights' Center, we choose to assume good intent among our members and their work. Yet, we also want to provide a space that allows for constructive feedback from various identities, backgrounds, and experiences. Sometimes, a piece of writing can be unintentionally triggering for a variety of reasons. If you find yourself uncomfortable at any moment, don't feel pressured to continue reading. If you read a play description and are unsure whether it's right for you, please email Alayna Jacqueline Barnes, alaynab@pwcenter.org, for further information—including spoilers if that's what you need.

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JOHNNY DEPP VS. AMBER HEARD by Gary Duehr 
This is a 10-min verse play inspired by the real-life legal travails of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, their tales of betrayal and violence—as well as moments of tenderness—are set to breezy iambic couplets. After each side makes its case, Depp and Heard go after each other with a vengeance. 

Is this script right for you?
This play includes themes and discussions of domestic violence and abuse.


REVELATIONS by Barry Smoot
Texas. 1961. Joshua Faizan is the son of an Arab immigrant. When his body washes up on the banks of Mueller’s Lake, the play becomes a murder mystery with religious undertones.  It is also a critique of America’s treatment of immigrants throughout our history. The play lays bare the sins of the fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters.

Is this script right for you?
This play includes themes and discussions of racism and homophobia.


ALL THE WAYS THE TREES TALK by Gemma Irish
Three versions of the same woman meet up in a poetry cafe of infinite possibility to save their own live(s).

Is this script right for you?
This play includes emotional abuse, talk of suicide and suicidal thoughts (but none are performed/enacted), addiction, sex, and bad poetry

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