Thank you again for coming to the staged reading of Maritza’s Feast.

I want everyone to know that your feedback has been integrated into the script, and it is much improved.

I have resubmitted the play to a series of full-length play contests.

Tim Woods

1980. Wise guy Joey Cumba lost his son in a tragic bicycle accident. And he wants revenge. Will he listen to his grandfather’s advice? Will a chance meeting with John Gotti change his mind? Tragedy can be a gift, but will Joey accept it?

Come see Steve Capasso in his one man show, You Always Remember, at the San Francisco Fringe Festival:

• Friday, September 9, 9:00 pm
• Saturday, September 10, 7:30 pm
• Thursday, September 15, 9:00 pm
• Saturday, September 24, 6:00 pm

Kathy Chetkovich’s play The Other Night will be presented as a staged reading by Mountain Community Theater in Ben Lomond, August 26-28. More information can be found at  http://mctshows.org/ orhttps://www.facebook.com/events/209693599428708/

Spike Wong’s new play, “The Silken Prison,” is being presented as a staged play reading at Center Stage in Santa Cruz. This play explores the tragic effects suffered by Iris Chang during & after her work on “The Rape of Nanking”. Free admission; donations requested. After the reading there will be audience feedback – this is necessary for the continued development of this play into full production! There is also a place online for you to leave comments for Spike after the show. Presented by 36North: A Playwrights’ Collective.

On Mon., June 27 at 7 p.m. @ Center Stage, 1001 Center St., 36 North: A Playwrights’ Collective (formerly The Monday Night Playwrights Group) announces Maritza’s Feast, the first in a series of developmental script-in-hand readings to help us move our plays from page to stage, giving our writers a chance to hear their new works in front of audiences. Directed by Robin Aronson, Maritza’s Feast is a full-length play by Tim Woods in which a matriarch’s obsession with a deathbed promise to unite her family leads to its dissolution. Each reading will be minimally blocked, with few or no sets. Audiences are invited to ask questions & give feedback after each presentation. FREE. Donations appreciated.

Readers are: Steven Capasso, Chaska Farber, Susan Forrest, Lainee Howard, Benjamin Pletcher, MarNae Taylor and Brian Spencer.

Join 36 North playwrights at Center Stage on Monday, June 27 at 7:00 for our first staged reading, Tim Woods’ Maritza’s Feast, a play about a woman’s obsession with a deathbed promise to put her family together that mixes generational alliances and Thanksgiving.

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What was formerly known as The Monday Night Playwrights Group (MNPG), now called 36 North – A Playwright’s Collective, is comprised of eight playwrights residing in Santa Cruz, CA. The eight writers meet weekly to hone their craft, support each other with food, wine, and critique, and plans to share their work with the public.

A Calendar of Shows is available for the rest of 2016 and first half of 2017. The first show, Maritza’s Feast, will be produced by Tim Woods at Center Stage Theater in downtown Santa Cruz on Monday, June 27.

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