Events

We currently meet quarterly for LA FPI Gatherings (and Micro-Reads!) at the Samuel French Bookshop, and connect with The Vagrancy for Tactical Reads, plays written and directed by women.

Special Event at Samuel French Bookshop:

Saturday, March 29th
10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

SWAN Day Action Fest!

Free Festival of Women Playwrights & Directors
in celebration of
Support Women Artists Now Day

Becca Anderson, Debbie Bolsky, Holly L. Derr, Kathryn Graf, Velina Hasu Houston, Gloria Iseli, McKerrin Kelly,
Lynne Moses, Katherine Murphy, Laura Steinroeder,
Sarah Tuft & Laurel Wetzork

Calling all LA female playwrights (and screenwriters): Let’s read your work! Bring 1 page for our Micro-Reads.

Click Here for Guidelines.

SWAN Day Action Fest Schedule

• 10:30 a.m.: Refreshments + Connections / Deadline for Micro-Reads Pages
• 11:00 a.m.: Playreadings -

Civilization by Velina Hasu Houston, Directed by Laura Steinroeder
Douds, Iowa by Debbie Bolsky, Directed by Katherine Murphy
The Stiff by Kathryn Graf, Directed by McKerrin Kelly

• 12:00 p.m.: Micro-Reads – Directed by Lynne Moses
• 1:00 p.m.: Refreshments + Connections / Deadline for Micro-Reads Pages
• 1:30 p.m.: Playreadings -

Over Ripe by Becca Anderson, Directed by Gloria Iseli
Awesome Big Somebody by Sarah Tuft, Directed by Holly L. Derr

• 3:00 p.m.: Micro-Reads – Directed by Laurel Wetzork

Special Thanks to The Vagrancy actors!

Want to connect with and support women artists NOW? Be a part of the action in LA on March 29, 2014!

For more information contact info@lafpi.com. Presented by Little Black Dress INK with Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative and Samuel French Theatre & Film Bookshop

~made possible by the gift of an anonymous donor – thank you!~

PLACE:

Samuel French Bookshop 7623 Sunset Bl (just east of Fairfax) in Hollywood

Thanks again to Joyce Mehess and crew for opening up the bookshop’s fabulous Green Room for our regular Gatherings: Food, Wine, Connections and Micro-Reads. It works.

For more info go to our Facebook Page and join our Twitter  conversation.

Next Tactical Read from The Vagrancy:

March 23, 2014

NUMBERS by Mar Gomez Glez

Theatre Asylum, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd

More Info: Visit The Vagrancy Facebook Page

Click Here for Tactical Reads details and submission info.

Thanks to those of you who have joined us for Tactical Reads, to Atwater Crossing for kicking the program off, and to Rogue Machine Theatre, Son of Semele Ensemble, The Working Stage, Park La Brea, studio/stage & Theatre Asylum for giving shelter.

MICHAEL JACKSON IS DEAD (Hee Hee) by Rachel Skytt, directed by Reena Dutt

MICHAEL JACKSON IS DEAD (Hee Hee) by Rachel Skytt, directed by Reena Dutt

THE LIAR PARADOX by Kristin Idaszak, directed by Sabina Ptasznik – post-read discussion at Theatre Asylum with Cort Brinkerhoff

WORD OF THE DAY by Katherine Murphy, directed by Laura Steinroeder

A SONG FOR A SURFER by Callan Stout, directed by Katie Witkowski – with Cort Brinkerhoff at SOSE

MY FIRST, MY FIST, MY BLEEDING, SEEDED SPIRIT by Megan Breen, directed by Caitlin Hart at studio/stage

Director Sarah Doyle and playwright Jennifer Maisel discuss OUT OF ORBIT after the read at The Working Stage

Mary F. Casey’s THE ACTUAL MOMENT IN TIME BOB ROGERS FOUND LOVE, directed by Sabina Ptasznik, at SOSE

Sabina Ptasznik leads the discussion after Nancy Beverly’s HANDCRAFTED HEALING at RMT

Cindy Marie Jenkins captures Paula Cizmar’s STRAWBERRY at ATX – an incredible start to the series!

Got ideas and energy to spearhead something new in terms of Events?  We’re here to help you make it happen!

Contact lafpi.updates@gmail.com.

Check out some familiar faces at past LA FPI Events.

Thanks to Gethsemane Church for being such gracious hosts in 2012!

Cheers to those of you who joined us for LA FPI’s first “BYO Mix” Mixer.

And a big thank you to NoHo’s Eclectic Company Theatre for hosting.

Many thanks to instigators who helped us move forward at our Spring Gathering in May, 2011 and to the very FPI-friendly Theatricum Botanicum for hosting.

Thanks again to Brenda Varda and wordspace for hosting our 1st LA FPI Gathering of 2011 in February… and to Cindy Marie Jenkins for her super online networking workshop. 

(No, it’s not a secret!  If you ask nicely, we’ll tell you all about our candle-lit – and wine-infused! -  Outreach & Planning Meeting in January, 2011.) Great energy, ladies, and thanks so much to 55 Degree Wine in Atwater Village! Thanks to all of you who joined us for the 4th LA FPI Gathering in October, 2010!

And to Rogue Machine at Theatre/Theater for graciously hosting.

 

Click Here if you’d like to help us arrange FPI Meets, Special Offers, Discounts and group theater-going opportunities!

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Photo by Larry Dean Harris

Kudos to Los Angeles’ Native Voices at the Autry. Founded in 1999, Native Voices is devoted to developing and producing new works for the stage by Native American and First Nation playwrights. About 70% of the works Native Voices has supported have been written by women. Photo by Stephanie Lein Walseth Used by permission