PICplays weaves live storytelling with a lecture series to inform and inspire audiences. From June through July 2020, we aim to host five online events lasting 45-60 minutes each, featuring three short 10 minute original plays as well as a Q&A by a renowned guest speaker. It is free and open to the public as we seek to promote awareness around these important issues. Register for one or all of the events!
Funding Our Cause
We are also working to raise $10,000 to provide each artist (playwrights, actors, directors) and guest speakers with an honorarium for their services. All donations which exceed our goal will help fund SERIES II: Immigration, Animal Conservation, American Militarism, Domestic Violence, and Contemporary Theology. If you have the means to donate during this difficult time, your donation will be tax deductible as Actors Circle Ensemble is a registered 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization.
Contributing artists
TO SUBMIT AS AN ARTIST:
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Playwrights: please submit a 5-10 page sample.
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Directors: please submit your portfolio/website and any directorial samples in theatre or film.
If you would like to be considered as a Director or Playwright, please send your request to:
Saturday, June 6 at 5:00pm PST
Unionism in America
Directors:
Victoria Nilsson, Richard Israel, Joshua Ster
Playwrights:
Casey J. Adler, Caleb John Cushing, Oren Peleg
Speaker:
Dr. Erik Loomis
Author of A History of America in Ten Strikes
(The New Press)
Saturday, June 13 at 5:00pm PST
Environmentalism
Directors:
Margaret Starbuck, Tyler Pavey, Susan Lynskey
Playwrights:
Martha Magruder, Mildred Lewis, Paul Ryan Hobson
Speaker:
Dr. Shannon Elizabeth Bell
Author of Fighting King Coal
(MIT Press)
Saturday, June 20 at 5:00pm PST
Education & Youth Empowerment
Directors:
Helen Highfield, Jessica Francis Fichter,
Christa Scott-Reed
Playwrights:
Maggie Levin, Julia Doolittle, Brigitte Viellieu-Davis
Speaker:
Deborah Meier - MacArthur "genius" Award winner
Saturday, July 11 at 5:00pm PST
Discrimination
Directors:
Baron Kelly, Melissa Mowry, Nico Sabenorio
Playwrights:
Hassan Abdulrazzak, Darryl Wharton, Chance Parker
Speaker:
Dr. Donavan L. Ramon
Author of Betraying Their Colored Descent: Racial Passing in American Literature
Saturday, July 18 at 5:00pm PST
Health Care
Directors:
Adam Davenport, Rui Dun, Minita Gandhi,
Playwrights:
Samuel Gibson, Kisha Burgos, Doug Bradshaw, Minita Gandhi, Sol Crepso
Speaker:
Dr. Robert Pollin
Acclaimed Economist and Consultant to the U.S. Department of Energy
SPECIAL THANKS:
Jessica Kubzansky of The Boston Court of Pasadena
Marta Ferrero
The Actor's Studio
To our generous Donors via GoFundMe