Spring Chamber Readings

Three plays from the University of Idaho Department of Theatre Arts will receive the finishing touches needed to spur them as a candidate for full production in future academic seasons.

And playwrights are looking to theatre lovers for advice.

UI Theatre presents the Spring Chamber Readings series 7:30 p.m. March 21-24 and 2 p.m. March 24 and 25 in the Kiva Theater across from the UI Swim Center. Admission is free for UI students. General admission is $5 at the door.

The three works being presented were selected from Associate Professor Rob Caisley’s Master of Fine Arts Writer’s Workshop, a class that takes students and distance-learning students through three drafts of a newly written script. In a year, Caisley said each play has been workshopped and heard out loud by audiences several times. The plays closest to completion in the writing process are then selected for the chamber series.

“It’s a process that separates the real writers from the wannabe writers,” Caisley said. “There are really no shortcuts.”

Each reading will be followed by a question and answer period, and a chance for audience members to be part of the discussion of what worked and what didn’t.

The three plays will rotate through the week. The complete schedule is:

Pick Up Man by John Remington
7:30 p.m. March 21
2 p.m. March 24

One Foot by Lojo Simon
7:30 p.m. March 22, 24

Lilly’s Room by J.C. Svec
7:30 p.m. March 23
2 p.m. March 25