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SUMMARY:Neighborhood House Play Festival
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, August 13\, Christ Church Neighborhood House (CCNH) will present our inaugural short play competition at the Neighborhood House Theater. We asked 4 Philadelphia-based playwrights to submit short works (10-30 minute pieces) with the theme of “revolutionary spirit.” This theme elicited an eclectic mix of creative artists using varied mediums. \nThe top 2 plays (which will be selected by the audience and our judges) will each receive $1\,000 from CCNH to cover production costs for an expanded version of their piece for the Fringe Festival 2022 show on Saturday\, September 10\, plus the use of our fully equipped Neighborhood House Theater\, rehearsal space\, technical assistance\, and publicity. \nHOW IT WORKS \nUpon checking in for the festival\, audience members will be presented with a pencil a note card\, and a voting card. After each play\, the audience will have time to write down their thoughts or some notes or questions about the piece. At the end of the final performance\, ushers will collect the voting cards from each audience member. After the show\, audience members will have the opportunity to mingle with playwrights in the theater lobby to discuss their pieces.  \nAll votes will be counted and our judges will deliberate and the plays moving on to the Fringe Festival will be announced via Instagram\, Facebook\, and email.  \nWine\, beer\, and snacks will be available. \nWhile the Neighborhood House Play Fest is free admission\, we greatly appreciate any donation you are able to make to the CCNH program. The Neighborhood House has served populations in need and the immediate Old City community since opening its doors in 1915. Today\, Neighborhood House is a performance venue and gathering place through which Christ Church Preservation Trust supports arts programming and cross-disciplinary performing artists through subsidized rehearsal and performance rentals. \nYour donations help artists continue to imagine new and experimental works in our ADA-accessible theater and throughout the broader historic Christ Church campus. \nABOUT THE PLAYS \nMan of La ManchinBy Nick JonczakMusic by James AllenLyrics by James Allen and Nick JonczakIn this musical dark comedy about Senator Joe Manchin\, Aldonza offers a radical proposal to feed the soul of our nation. \nHere Lies HarperBy Chelsea EatonIn this one-act\, one-woman play\, a thirty-something woman grapples with entering the Witness Protection Program. Staring into the bathroom mirror at the Federal courthouse in Center City Philadelphia\, she eulogizes her old identity as she tentatively steps into her new one.  \nLife After MeBy Peter ChristianA solo requiem in five parts to honor the memory of a loved one lost to suicide. The music incorporates dozens of vocal layers and loops drawn from recent and ancient memory. The listener is immersed in a rippling world of impossible questions\, eventually finding solace in simple melodies and hopeful reflections. \nNeonatalBy Joe MadsenA woman walks into her apartment to find a half-naked masked man chained to her radiator. She has no clue how he got there\, and she’s equally perplexed by his demands to be released as if she were his captor. This is how ‘Neonatal’ begins. Taking the theme of revolution at a very personal level\, the play tells the story of where redemption can start between two people who once loved each other but fell apart over years of grief and destruction. Thrust into an unwittingly mortifying situation that shatters the ice between them\, they dissect whether they can rebuild\, if they even want to\, and what the rebirth of their bond might look like. \n			\n				Reserve Tickets
URL:https://neighborhood-house.com/event/neighborhood-house-play-festival/
LOCATION:Neighborhood House\, 20 N American Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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SUMMARY:Meet James Forten – Performance and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Experience the Museum of the American Revolution’s newest first-person theatrical performance at Historic Christ Church! \nMeet James Forten explores Forten’s life as a free Black Philadelphian\, Revolutionary War privateer\, and stalwart abolitionist. Following the live performance\, actor Nathan Alford-Tate and Michael Idriss\, the Museum’s African American Interpretive Fellow\, will join Christ Church Director of Public Engagement Hannah Wallace for a talkback discussion about how and why this new theatrical piece was created and why Forten’s story continues to resonate with audiences today. This program is open to the public with a recommended donation to Christ Church Preservation Trust. \n			\n				Reserve Tickets
URL:https://neighborhood-house.com/event/meet-james-forten-performance-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Christ Church\, 2nd & Church Streets\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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