2006 - 07 Performance Season
- Fall 2006 Express Tour
- African Roots/Latino Soul
- New Writers Now! November 27, 2006
- New Writers Now! December 14, 2006
- New Writers Now! January 22, 2007
- New Play Festival 2007
- New Writers Now! February 26, 2007
- New Writers Now! March 26, 2007
- American Rice
- The Express Tour 2007
- New Writers Now! May 22, 2007
- A Nation of Immigrants
The 2006 - 2007 Season
Fall 2006 Express Tour
Plays
Magnet Dude
By Kyrtham Franco
True FriendsBy Clare Marie Rock
The Enemy AttacksBy Julia WinklerDirected by David Andrew Snider, Blake Robison and Vera Katz
Actors
Ryan Christie
Brianne CobuzziSuzanne EdgarJames GarlandWendy NogalesAlex PerezFernando Romero
African Roots/Latino Soul
Presented by Young Playwrights’ Theater and The Smithsonian Institution’s Discovery Theater
October 4, 5, 9 - 12, 16, 17, 19, 2006
10:30 AM and 11:30 AM at The Ripley Center
Written byKaren Zacarias with input from students from MacFarland Middle School and Bell Multicultural High School
DirectorRoberta GasbarreActorsTobias JohnsonNia MedinaFatima QuanderFernando RomeroProduction StaffColin BillsEmily DereMatt NielsonWendy NogalesDaniel Pinha
New Writers Now!
November 27, 20066:00 PMBusboys and Poets
2021 14th Street NW
Washington, DCPlaysLos Bad Boys vs. DC Boys CrimeBy Osmin CanalesThe MaidBy Fatima FigueroaTrouble QuinceaneraBy Josie Guevara-TorresFeaturing MonologuesBy Oscar Duran and Ana Contreras
ActorsAldo GutierrezNaomi JacobsonJohn LescaultWendy NogalesFernando RomeroPatrick Torres
New Writers Now!
December 14, 2006
6:00 PMJosephine Butler Parks Center
2437, Fifteenth Street, NW
Washington, DCPlaysHot Wings!All’s Fair in Love and WarBy The Students of Kelly Miller Middle SchoolBy Irene WuActorsRyan Christie
Edward Daniels
Suzanne Edgar
Wendy Nogales
Alex Perez
New Writers Now!
January 22, 2007
6:00 PM
Bus Boys and Poets
2021 14th Street NW
Washington, DCPlaysMonsterBy Daisy ZunigaDreams Attract DangerBy Mario De LeonVanessa’s Family ReunionBy Reginald HardyActorsRyan Christie
Chris Davenport
Wendy Nogales
Alex Perez
Elaine Qualter
New Play Festival 2007
Monday, February 12, 2007
7:30 PMGALA Hispanic Theatre
3333 14th Street, NW
Washington, DCPlaysYou Don’t Know What You Got Until It’s GoneBy Estrella LopezOf Friends and PotheadsBy Lyndsey NewsomeWhat Goes Around Comes AroundBy Francisco GarciaLife is Full of StrugglesBy Bezawit MamoImpasseBy Kyle SumnerLife ChoiceBy Ingrid ContrerasDirectorsJeremy SkidmoreDavid Andrew SniderPatrick TorresSound DesignerWilliam BurnsStage ManagerBrigitte PribnowActorsRhonda D Carter
Ryan Christie
Edward Daniels
Aldo Gutierrez
Wendy Nogales
Alex Perez
Fernando Romero
New Writers Now!
Monday, February 26, 2007
6:30 PM
Busboys and Poets
2021 14th Street NW
Washington, DCPlaysLove and War: Changes of My HeartBy Katherine FelizDiscover the Truth Behind the CurtainsBy Diego PereiraI’m TellingBy Jasmine HillActorsTim GetmanErika RoseFrank Britton
New Writers Now!
Monday, March 26, 2007
6:00 PMBusboys and Poets
2021 14th Street NW
Washington, DCPlays
Renny vs. Javier
By Gerson Blanco
Say Goodbye
By Sheralyn Saunders
Who’s the Big Bad Wolf?By Christian BlancoActorsRyan ChristieEdward DanielsAlex Perez
Ashley Robinson
Fernando Romero
American Rice
Produced with the Smithsonian Institution’s Discovery TheaterMay 1-3, 2007
10:30 AM and 11:30 AM at The Ripley CenterWritten byPatrick Crowley working with over 100 DC Public School StudentsDirectorRoberta GasbarreActorsPatricia Penn
Linden Tailor
Momo Nakamura
The Express Tour 2007
PlaysMagnet Dude
By Kyrtham Franco
All Is Fair in Love and War
By Irene Wu
Who’s the Big Bad Wolf?
By Christian Blanco
True Friends
By Julia Winkler
The Enemy Attacks
By Claire Marie Rock
DirectorsRoberta Gasbarre
David Andrew Snider
Shirley SerotskyChoreographerKarin Abromaitis
Actors
2007 Resident Acting CompanySuzanne Edgar
James Garland
Wendy Nogales
Alex Perez
Ashley Robinson * (Guest Artist - not company member)
Fernando Romero
New Writers Now!
Monday, May 22, 2007
6:00 PMBusboys and Poets
2021 14th Street NW
Washington, DCA Special Tribute to Edwin VenturaA Collection of Essays, Poetry and the original play Moving Out by Edwin VenturaParticipating Acting Company MembersRyan Christie
Wendy Nogales
Alex Perez
Fernando RomeroStudent ActorsXiomara Lopez
Claude Boyd
Kyle Sumner
A Nation of Immigrants
Friday, June 22, 2007
7:00 PMBusboys and Poets
2021 14th Street NW
Washington, DCWritten By
Patrick Crowley
Director
David Snider
Actors* denotes student actorsClaude Boyd*Ryan ChristieDalia Hernandez*Christian Moreno*Lachance Ngonzo-Biyo*Wendy NogalesAlex PerezElaine QualterSonia Ramos*Fernando Romero
Adrian Santana*