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Jamul Haven, a fine arts focused Bed and Breakfast (www.jamulhaven.com) is hosting a series of play readings. Admission
is free, and refreshments are provided. Readings are open to everyone who is involved in the theater, or who enjoys the
theater. Playwright submissions, actors interested in reading, and others interested in attending should send an email to:
william@aitheater.org.
Readings are held on the first Saturday of the month, starting at 5 PM. Readers should show up at 4:30 PM to receive their
script copies and to receive brief instructions from the sponsor about reading their parts. Audience members should show
up by no later than 4:45, and the readings will start promptly at 5:00 PM. Late arrivals will not be seated. Plays will normally
be read without intermission, and there will be a moderated discussion following the reading.
Directions to Jamul Haven may be found here:
is free, and refreshments are provided. Readings are open to everyone who is involved in the theater, or who enjoys the
theater. Playwright submissions, actors interested in reading, and others interested in attending should send an email to:
william@aitheater.org.
Readings are held on the first Saturday of the month, starting at 5 PM. Readers should show up at 4:30 PM to receive their
script copies and to receive brief instructions from the sponsor about reading their parts. Audience members should show
up by no later than 4:45, and the readings will start promptly at 5:00 PM. Late arrivals will not be seated. Plays will normally
be read without intermission, and there will be a moderated discussion following the reading.
Directions to Jamul Haven may be found here:
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7 August, In the Dream Castle, by Drew Katzman
Dream Castle explores the relationship between lifelong female friends from its early days in
childhood through its confrontation with mortality. While the journey is personal and
ultimately serious, it takes a prodding, humorous look at a number of the key cultural and
social issues that have impacted, and continue to impact, the post WWII baby boom
generation.
DREW KATZMAN has been writing in one form or another for more than thirty years. He
wrote his first play as a theater major at Syracuse University. His musical LISTEN TO THE
VOICES was produced by Theatre Arts Corp. in Santa Fe where he later was awarded a
playwright-in-residence grant to develop a second musical, PANDORA’S CIRCUS. He has
had several one-acts produced in Los Angeles, primarily at Theater West, including MAGIC
PALACE, HOW DO YOU SAY YOU NEED, the critically acclaimed TIRED OF LOOKING FOR
BARRYMORE and most recently THE PARADIGM and OVER THE RAINBOW. NOT THE
WORLD I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN, was independently produced in NY. A full-length evening
comprised of two related one-acts LITTLE PRISONS, BIG ESCAPES was also produced at
Theater West. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild. Drew also has a long history as an
actor, director and acting teacher.
Dream Castle explores the relationship between lifelong female friends from its early days in
childhood through its confrontation with mortality. While the journey is personal and
ultimately serious, it takes a prodding, humorous look at a number of the key cultural and
social issues that have impacted, and continue to impact, the post WWII baby boom
generation.
DREW KATZMAN has been writing in one form or another for more than thirty years. He
wrote his first play as a theater major at Syracuse University. His musical LISTEN TO THE
VOICES was produced by Theatre Arts Corp. in Santa Fe where he later was awarded a
playwright-in-residence grant to develop a second musical, PANDORA’S CIRCUS. He has
had several one-acts produced in Los Angeles, primarily at Theater West, including MAGIC
PALACE, HOW DO YOU SAY YOU NEED, the critically acclaimed TIRED OF LOOKING FOR
BARRYMORE and most recently THE PARADIGM and OVER THE RAINBOW. NOT THE
WORLD I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN, was independently produced in NY. A full-length evening
comprised of two related one-acts LITTLE PRISONS, BIG ESCAPES was also produced at
Theater West. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild. Drew also has a long history as an
actor, director and acting teacher.
7 September: T.S. Eliot: A New Musical by William Roetzheim
This reading will feature live music and reading from the new musical about the life of poet T.
S. Eliot.
2 October: B&B by Michael Halperin
A journalist/screenwriter and his therapist wife are scammed into buying a bed and breakfast
and discover that the pastoral life isnt very pastoral and not much of a life.
Michael Halperin was Story Editor for Universal Television and Executive Story Consultant at
20th Century-Fox and wrote television episodes for long-running, popular TV series.
Halperin co-wrote the best-selling award-winning novel for children Jacob’s Rescue: A
Holocaust Story (Random House) and wrote Black Wheels (San Val) chosen by the National
Education Association as one of the best books of 2005 - 2009. His comedy, "Freedom,
Texas" debuted in Los Angeles with the Celebrity Staged Reading Series, 2009. “All Steps
Necessary” was commissioned and premiered by Inkwell Theater April 2006 in Los Angeles.
6 November: Crevice, by Lauren D. Yee
Unemployed, overambitious, and verging on thirty, siblings Liz and Rob vow to build
themselves brighter futures. Now if they only knew what that meant. But last one night, they
discover something that may just give them the direction they need to finally grow up. A
comedic journey through the odyssey years.
Originally from San Francisco, Lauren Yee has been a MacDowell Colony fellow, a
Dramatists Guild fellow, and a member of the Public Theater Emerging Writers Group. She
has been a finalist for the Djerassi Resident Artist Program, the Heideman Award, the
Jerome Fellowship, the PONY Fellowship, and the Wasserstein Prize. Her play Ching Chong
Chinaman was a finalist for the Princess Grace and Jane Chambers awards, and won Kumu
Kahua Theatre’s Pacific Rim Prize. Named one of the top 10 plays by the East Bay Express
and City Pages, the play has been produced at Berkeley’s Impact Theatre, Minneapolis’s Mu
Performing Arts, the New York Fringe Festival, New York’s Pan Asian Rep and Seattle’s SIS
Productions. Lauren is currently working on commissions for the San Francisco Bay Area’s
AlterTheater (slated for production in 2011) and Mu Performing Arts (slated for production in
2012). The Bay Area Playwrights Festival, the O’Neill Studio, and PlayGround have
previously commissioned her work. This summer she will attend the inaugural El Gouna
Writers Residency along Egypt’s Red Sea and the Hangar Theatre Lab Company, and
complete an observership at the O’Neill Conference. BA: Yale. MFA: UCSD (2012).
4 December: Nachum Upstairs, by Mark Troy
A slightly odd young man who has turned his apartment into a theater just to impress the
actress living downstairs, sees things spiral out of control when the girl shows up in the
middle of one of his “shows” that is playing in his mind – but actually comes alive in his
apartment.
Mark Troy has had over 40 major plays produced around the world including Desperation
(Samuel French Short Play of the Year), Belladonna's of the Court(Five Valley Theatre
League Awards including Best New Comedy, and published by Brooklyn Publishers),
Century Village Boca, The Proposal, Birdy (All finalists at The Actors Theatre of Louisville
Short Play Festival), Balloon (Chicago Dramatist Short Play Winner), Getting You Bupkus,
The Misguided Production, and Shiksa, Join The Club (Malibu International Play Festival),
Everyone I know (Los Angles Play Festival Winner), The Plot (Winner Riant Play Festival
Week 1, New York and Winner SlamBoston, Best Play, Boston, MA.). Other plays include
The Secret Nymph of New Hyde Park, New York Scenes, Peking Duck, Family Calamity,
Aggravation and Avenues, How To Marry Your Stalker, at the Harrogate, England, and
Sister Snell at the No-Ho Arts Festival. He has won the Claire Donaldson Prize for
Playwrighting with his play Afterpiece. His plays have been seen in New York, Los Angeles,
Chicago, London, Australia, Scotland, and The Philippines. In film, Mark has projects in
development at Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, and MGM. He has worked
with Rob Reiner, Tom Hanks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Robin Williams. Mark wrote an
early draft of the The Guru with Heather Graham. His new feature Kid Friendly is being
produced by Willie Kutner. Mark also does script doctoring for many film and TV shows. He
also wrote the cult classic Zipperface. Mark has taught/lectured at Harbor College,
Gettysburg College, Queens College, Learning Tree University, Universal Studios, Learning
Annex, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Temecula Film Festival, Flatland Writer's Conference, the
Burbank Schools, and many theater groups around the country. He is a member of the
Writer's Guild of America and the Dramatist Guild of America.
This reading will feature live music and reading from the new musical about the life of poet T.
S. Eliot.
2 October: B&B by Michael Halperin
A journalist/screenwriter and his therapist wife are scammed into buying a bed and breakfast
and discover that the pastoral life isnt very pastoral and not much of a life.
Michael Halperin was Story Editor for Universal Television and Executive Story Consultant at
20th Century-Fox and wrote television episodes for long-running, popular TV series.
Halperin co-wrote the best-selling award-winning novel for children Jacob’s Rescue: A
Holocaust Story (Random House) and wrote Black Wheels (San Val) chosen by the National
Education Association as one of the best books of 2005 - 2009. His comedy, "Freedom,
Texas" debuted in Los Angeles with the Celebrity Staged Reading Series, 2009. “All Steps
Necessary” was commissioned and premiered by Inkwell Theater April 2006 in Los Angeles.
6 November: Crevice, by Lauren D. Yee
Unemployed, overambitious, and verging on thirty, siblings Liz and Rob vow to build
themselves brighter futures. Now if they only knew what that meant. But last one night, they
discover something that may just give them the direction they need to finally grow up. A
comedic journey through the odyssey years.
Originally from San Francisco, Lauren Yee has been a MacDowell Colony fellow, a
Dramatists Guild fellow, and a member of the Public Theater Emerging Writers Group. She
has been a finalist for the Djerassi Resident Artist Program, the Heideman Award, the
Jerome Fellowship, the PONY Fellowship, and the Wasserstein Prize. Her play Ching Chong
Chinaman was a finalist for the Princess Grace and Jane Chambers awards, and won Kumu
Kahua Theatre’s Pacific Rim Prize. Named one of the top 10 plays by the East Bay Express
and City Pages, the play has been produced at Berkeley’s Impact Theatre, Minneapolis’s Mu
Performing Arts, the New York Fringe Festival, New York’s Pan Asian Rep and Seattle’s SIS
Productions. Lauren is currently working on commissions for the San Francisco Bay Area’s
AlterTheater (slated for production in 2011) and Mu Performing Arts (slated for production in
2012). The Bay Area Playwrights Festival, the O’Neill Studio, and PlayGround have
previously commissioned her work. This summer she will attend the inaugural El Gouna
Writers Residency along Egypt’s Red Sea and the Hangar Theatre Lab Company, and
complete an observership at the O’Neill Conference. BA: Yale. MFA: UCSD (2012).
4 December: Nachum Upstairs, by Mark Troy
A slightly odd young man who has turned his apartment into a theater just to impress the
actress living downstairs, sees things spiral out of control when the girl shows up in the
middle of one of his “shows” that is playing in his mind – but actually comes alive in his
apartment.
Mark Troy has had over 40 major plays produced around the world including Desperation
(Samuel French Short Play of the Year), Belladonna's of the Court(Five Valley Theatre
League Awards including Best New Comedy, and published by Brooklyn Publishers),
Century Village Boca, The Proposal, Birdy (All finalists at The Actors Theatre of Louisville
Short Play Festival), Balloon (Chicago Dramatist Short Play Winner), Getting You Bupkus,
The Misguided Production, and Shiksa, Join The Club (Malibu International Play Festival),
Everyone I know (Los Angles Play Festival Winner), The Plot (Winner Riant Play Festival
Week 1, New York and Winner SlamBoston, Best Play, Boston, MA.). Other plays include
The Secret Nymph of New Hyde Park, New York Scenes, Peking Duck, Family Calamity,
Aggravation and Avenues, How To Marry Your Stalker, at the Harrogate, England, and
Sister Snell at the No-Ho Arts Festival. He has won the Claire Donaldson Prize for
Playwrighting with his play Afterpiece. His plays have been seen in New York, Los Angeles,
Chicago, London, Australia, Scotland, and The Philippines. In film, Mark has projects in
development at Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, and MGM. He has worked
with Rob Reiner, Tom Hanks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Robin Williams. Mark wrote an
early draft of the The Guru with Heather Graham. His new feature Kid Friendly is being
produced by Willie Kutner. Mark also does script doctoring for many film and TV shows. He
also wrote the cult classic Zipperface. Mark has taught/lectured at Harbor College,
Gettysburg College, Queens College, Learning Tree University, Universal Studios, Learning
Annex, Celebrity Cruise Lines, Temecula Film Festival, Flatland Writer's Conference, the
Burbank Schools, and many theater groups around the country. He is a member of the
Writer's Guild of America and the Dramatist Guild of America.