Barter Theatre Announces Selections for College Playwrights Festival

Barter Theatre is pleased to announce the selected plays for its inaugural College Playwrights Festival that will take place January 19-20th, 2019 at Barter Theatre's Stage II.

Barter Theatre's College Playwrights Festival is a one-act playwriting festival dedicated to celebrating college undergraduate playwrights, giving them an opportunity to develop their work in a professional environment. Submissions were open to any undergraduate students attending school in Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

This year's selected plays are: Merry, Love, Happy, Joy by Gracey Falk (University of North Carolina School of the Arts), Contemporary Company by Nick Struck (Western Kentucky University), Pretty by Rosemary Pearl Moore (Emory and Henry College), White Zinfandel by Savannah Hard (University of Virginia), Humans Ar Peple To by Dyer Rhoads (University of North Carolina School of the Arts), and Shark-Infested Waters by Lee Kromer (Davidson College).

These student playwrights will rehearse with Barter's team of professional actors and directors before the readings on Saturday, January 19th and Sunday, January 20th. The readings will take place at 1:00pm, 2:00pm and 3:30pm on both days at Barter Theatre's Stage II. One of these plays will be selected and read at Barter's Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights the following weekend. The readings are free to the public. We invite you to come be a part of the creative process with these young artists!

For exact times and descriptions of the selected plays please visit:

www.bartertheatre.com/education/college-playwrights-festival

About Barter Theatre

Barter Theatre, the nation's longest running professional theatre, is located in Abingdon, Virginia. The theatre opened in 1933 during the Great Depression. Founder Robert Porterfield offered patrons admission to the theatre by bartering food and livestock. Barter Theatre was designated as the state theatre of Virginia in 1946. It exists today as one of the last year-round professional resident repertory theaters remaining in the United States. Barter Theatre is funded in part by The Virginia Commission for the Arts and The National Endowment for the Arts.