TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is showcasing
potential hits in the making at its 17th annual New Works Festival.
Continuing through Aug. 19 with top Bay
Area actors, it features staged readings of four musicals and plays plus other
events.
A highlight is Paul Gordon’s musical
adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” which opened to a nearly
full house Aug. 11.
Directed by Robert Kelley and
accompanied by musical director William Liberatore on piano, the actors read
from scripts on a bare bones stage.
Festival director Giovanna Sardelli said
this crew had assembled only five days earlier, yet it went smoothly.
Also on tap are two plays, “They
Promised Her the Moon” by Laurel Ollstein and “Born in East Berlin” by Rogelio
Martinez; another musical, “Once Upon a Rhyme” by Ronvé O’Daniel; and other
events.
Everything takes place at the Lucie
Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. For tickets and details, call
(650) 463-1960 or visit www.theatreworks.org.
