TRANS/FIGURATION: 110 New Works in Progress

East West Players, the nation’s premier Asian American theatre organization, through has nurtured 100 more new plays through its David Henry Hwang Writers Institute. The 10-week writing program culminates with a public reading of each new play at the David Henry Hwang Theater. Led by Doris Baizley, this class has elected to title this reading series TRANS/FIGURATION, and will occur June 28 – 30, 2008.

The reading schedule is:

Saturday, June 28 @ 1pm

THE NIGHT REHEARSAL, By Steven Tran, Directed by Suzanne Karpinski

Saturday, June 28 @ 4pm

TIME AFTER TIME: A CATALOG OF TRAUMATIC EVENTS

By D Hideo Maruyama, Directed by Ann-Giselle Spiegler

Saturday, June 28 @ 6pm

NEW YEARS PLAY, By Howard Ho, Directed by Prince Gomolvillas

Sunday, June 29 @ 4pm

NOVENAS, By Vanessa Tamayo, Directed by Michael Henry

LITO LOVES BUCK, By Jennifer Almiron, Directed by Darrel Kunitomi

Monday, June 30 @ 7:30pm

MONSTERS IN THE CLOSET, By Elizabeth Mitsunaga, Directed by Cindy Marie Jenkins

FIXTURES AT AND EXHIBITION and DOGGY STYLE

By Gary Kuawahara, Directed by Alberto Isaac

TRANS/FIGURATION will be held at East West Players’ David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA 90012, in the Little Tokyo District of Downtown Los Angeles. There is a suggested donation entry fee of $5. For more information about the David Henry Hwang Writers Institute contact Literary Manager Jeff Liu at jliu@eastwestplayers.org or (213) 625-7000 x27.