Live Arts Free Programs

Backstage Live

Backstage Live is your chance to get a real-life glimpse into what makes a theatrical production happen. Join us for a face-to-face talk with those making the shows at Live Arts. All Backstage Live events are free and occur following Sunday matinee performances at Live Arts. Moderated by Carol Pedersen.

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Readers Circle

Readers Circle is a monthly play-reading group that gets together to enjoy and discuss great plays, from the famous to the obscure. Want to meet new people and read some great literature? Come on down!

READERS CIRCLE 2009-2010:
Theme for this year: Lunatics and Lovers: Group Portraits Across the Centuries by Master Playwrights

Scripts provided by Live Arts
Moderated by Carol Pedersen

Sept. 20 — Medea, Euripides
Oct. 25 — A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Shakespeare
Nov. 22 — The Misanthrope, Moliére
Dec. 20 — The Father, Strindberg
Jan. 17 — Hedda Gabler, Ibsen
Feb. 21 — The Seagull, Chekhov
Mar. 21 — Desire Under the Elms, O’Neill
Apr. 18 — Summer and Smoke, Williams
May 23 — A View From the Bridge, Miller
June 20 — Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,
Albee

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The Playwrights’ Lab

A free inspirational forum in which scripts are shared, read, heard, and discussed by a peer group of supportive writers. Want to try your hand at play writing? Or maybe you’ve been working on a script that you’d like to share? The Playwrights’ Lab is dedicated to developing the work of local writers in a creative, supportive setting. Come listen.

This group is open, free of charge, to playwrights and those interested in any aspect of play writing in the Charlottesville area.

Playwrights’ Labs are held throughout the year on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.