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RHYTHM & REVIEWS ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE Three new comedies to be mounted at Lord Leebrick Theatre ■ PLAYWRIGHTS: ; . Springfield playwrights wni premiere thetf work By Anno Mosor-Kornfeld A i «m«lv of manners, a twonl vMiiiitilhiUK episodic • olUn lion of indnu and <1 corn »dy fin using on the ball In of (In* senes make up tin* main stage priHlui lions ni tins year's Northwest Playwrights Senes I lie second annual event, held at [ lie Lord leehrick IliiMtre Company at •» 0 Chnrnelton St in Iugene. brings together the talents of area residents Dorothy Velanco. Knssell Dvball and Kit hard Keed Ka< It playwright's vision lakes on a life of its own. ami with the help of the « ast and < rrw members ol the Kurd l.eebrn k t heatre, these play vvrigllts are able to see their plays i nine to life Velasco's play is 1111<•<! Mother May I and is based oil the story of n self-styled guru, Mother M.n.i Mother M.is a moots up with a senator whom Velasco said is a ■ aril attire of iloh Pack w ood Vel.isi o said she is always writing a now play mid that sle appreciates the process of i ol IlifKiMtion that working in the liter allows her to develop She said Mother Mnt I is full of costumes and dam e l ot Velasco. the Northwest Playwrights Series is "a great time to try out a first prmltii r Dorothy Velasco's play. Mother M.ty /, stars T John Hoard as Sen Har rls Petliaren, Maike Jacobi as Portia and Nicole McKenna as Mava lion of a play that has only hail a i <uiph> of readings Dyhall, l'\. took from the experinnt es he hail with some friends and "twisted them a lit tle hit" to come up with his play. Breeders ana Brooders The i asi consists of University students and is based on events common to most i allege age students The play is 'very episodit and challenges the audience to slick with the story betauxe one s< ertii is three weeks following another Dyhall said, adding that the plav is also about peo ple getting beyond the nasty and external aspei ts of their personalities Dvball said he is really evi it ed about tin* whole series and that he believes the concept gives a lot opportunity" for developing new plays Reed, who wrote the play Toilet IVorv shares tliat senti ment with Dytmll “If it wasn't for the competition. mv play wouldn't have seen the light of day he said Dyball said Toilet ti'ors explores those aspei ts of life we often take for granted — the subtle and pervasive domi nance between males and females It tom hex people in a really deep, deep place “ The playwrights are aware there are yerv few events nationwide enabling them to strengthen their writing ability, and as Reed said, the Northwest Playwrights Series olfers them a “wonderful t ham e to prove themselves Northwest Playwrights Series designed to serve local writers ■ THEATER Leebrtck Theatre Company festival is in its second year By Anne Moser-Kornfeld ! fa*.r The project director for the Northwest Playwrights Series began the multi faceted event based on his belief that no one in the immediate area had been producing original plays. Ric hard l.eebric k said the idea snowballed from a sim ple concept of placing the emphasis on workshop pro duction for the playwright Hie Northwest Playwrights Series serves the playwright," I .eehrit k s.iid Hie whole thrust is ,in opportunity to work and develop scripts " The second annual series runs from today to Aug 27 at The Lord Leebric k Theatre Company. 540Chamelton St III Eugene The work of Northwest playwrights will be show cased in an alternating reper tory sc heduie The series i (insists of three fullv mount ml productions, who h are plays that inc lude entire c asts, sets, costume and lighting changes, and three evenings of staged readings where actors read direitlv from a script and leave the play up to an audience’s imagination "The scries began last year and this year’s process !x>gaii in late Mart h Frebrti k said “It's a seven-person reading t ommittee. with fairly specif ic criteria land! let finical requirements — and selected scripts that all happen to be written hv local, lane bounty residents The full-stale performances run from Thursday to Satur day at H p m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p m Stage read ings begin at 7 p m mi Sun day evenings The ticket prices for the series are $5 for each show and S.t for the readings. 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