The annual Peninsula Players’ One-Act Festival solicits new work from local playwrights in April each year.
One-act plays are traditionally performed in 20 to 45 minutes. They have only one setting and a limited number of characters. The challenge is to write a complete, performable story in just 15 to 35 pages of script.
Jan Bono, a prolific one-act playwright, is offering a 5-week playwriting class on the Long Beach peninsula, beginning September 19th.
In 2009, Bono won first and second place in the Willapa Players’ “Write On!” one-act contest and both plays were produced at the Hannan Theater. The Peninsula Players have also performed three of her plays in the past three years during their One-Act Festival in August.
The first two weekends of December this year, the holiday production at the River City Playhouse will be a trilogy of Bono’s Christmas one-acts.
The playwriting class will run from 6 to 8 p.m. on five consecutive Monday nights, September 19th through October 17th. The cost is $95. Space is limited to assure individual attention. Call Bono today at 360-642-4932 for more information, or register through her website at www.JanBonoBooks.com
Local Playwrights Strut Their Stuff!
The Peninsula Players’ annual One-Act Festival is one weekend only: Friday, August 26 and Saturday, August 27 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, August 28 at 2 p.m. at the River City Playhouse in Ilwaco, across from the Post Office.
Five plays will be performed, all written by local playwrights. “The Don of Ilwaco,” by Joe Paliani, “ Love Never Ends,” by Tyler Miller, “Yes, Let’s” by August Frame, “The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter,” by Rose Power, and “Killer Clam Tide,” by Jan Bono.
See the website’s “Events Schedule” for the complete list of cast members. There are many friends and neighbors getting up on the stage for this event. Come cheer them on!
It’s a fun time for the whole family, at a price the whole family can afford! Tickets are just $5 a seat, and it’s sure to be a sell-out, so get yours soon at Okie’s Thriftway in Ocean Park, Stormin’ Norman’s in Long Beach, or The Imperial Schooner in Ilwaco.
Thanks to a generous grant from the Templin Foundation, the Peninsula Players have purchased 100 new chairs for the River City Playhouse.
With a sturdy red tweed design, these chairs are state-of-the-art, very attractive, and provide more comfort during long plays than our previous chairs. And here’s a bonus: they do not squeak!
The Board did much sit-down research to arrive at auditorium seats that fit every behind. You are invited to come check them out over and over again this season!
The Players hope to have the new chairs in place for the One-Act Festival the last weekend of August, and that brings up a new challenge: What to do with the 50 remaining chairs from the old days?
According to Bill Nickila, Board Member-at-Large, for just $8 you can own a piece of history in pretty good shape. For chairs needing a little work, Bill is willing to negotiate. Contact him today! Just 50 chairs remain!
The Players wish once again to thank the Templin Foundation. We are very excited and appreciative of all our community support.
See you at the Playhouse!
