February Readings 2023: A Collected History

The 2023 Reading series: A Collected History: Stories of Historical people and events

February is project month at Live Arts! This year, we are featuring plays about historical people and events.

Join us for staged readings of the plays! We will be reading each play on a different evening in late January-early February 2023, followed by a talkback session focusing on the themes presented in the play.

Handbagged by Moira Buffini 1/30/2023 6:30pm
Directed by: BJ Barrett+

Queen: Diane Watts
Thatcher: Kathleen Seconder
Liz: Sarah Palm
Mags: Sarah Fechter
Actor 1: Angela Van Tassel
Actor 2: Lindsay Schuiteman

26 Pebbles by Eric Ulloa 2/1/2023 7pm
Directed by: Becca Parker*

Actor 1: Jamie Thomas
Actor 2: Rodney Johnson*
Actor 3: Andre Eaton Jr.*
Actor 4: Serey Bright
Actor 5: Mary Mayhugh
Actor 6: Linda Demaris
Stage Directions: Danon Dastugue

These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich 2/2/2023 7pm
Directed by: Blair Sanders

Catherine: Brandi Kilgore
Charlotte: Sarah Palm
Frances: Serey Bright
Pearl: Kali McMillan
Tom: Justtyn Hutcheson
Mr.Reed: Chris Voss
Stage Directions: Diane Watts

Red by John Logan 2/6/2023 7pm
Directed by: TJ Sanson+

Rothko: Jacob Christner
Ken: Jeffrey Liu

The Mountaintop by Katori Hall 2/7/2023 7pm
Directed by: Rodney Johnson*

Martin Luther King Jr: Keith Franklin
Camae: Celeste Campbell
Stage Directions: Becca Parker*

Perfect Arrangement by Topher Payne 2/9/2023 7pm
Directed by: Jeffrey Liu

Bob: Thomas Jenkins
Jim: Tommy Hoesley
Norma: Serey Bright
Millie: Kayla Lee
Theodore: Rich Hammett
Kitty: Cat Rondeau
Barbara Grant: Tracey Egan
Stage Directions: Blair Sanders

Project Leadership

BECCA PARKER*
CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Becca Parker is the Founding Artistic Director of LiveArts Theatre. Becca is a teaching artist who is active at the local, state, and national level. Becca leads the Directing, Stage Management, and Dramaturgy Intensives.She founded Live Arts as a place for all, and is excited to be working with such an awesome team to bring this project to life.

ANDRE EATON Jr.*
CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Andre Eaton Jr is a graduate of Georgia State University. He received a taste of directing in the required directing classes for theatre majors where he directed scenes from Doubt, and Harlem Duet.  The majority of his experience with directing comes from acting in various show with a variety of different kinds of directors each with their own ways of working. He is excited to be directing on the LAT MainStage for the first time later this year, with The Book Club Play.

RODNEY JOHNSON*
Pro Company member

Rodney L. Johnson was bitten by the acting bug many years ago. He has been involved in countless performances and appearances. Rodney finds pleasure in being able to depict the lives of others. Acting and directing gives him the opportunity to entertain and educate individuals about situations, causes, and events that involves our lives and communities. 

Jeffrey Liu
guest director

Bio coming soon!

 

BLAIR SANDERS
guest director

Bio coming soon!

 

BJ Barrett+
Member of the 2022-23 Directing Intensive

BJ Barrett has lived from Japan to Germany and all over the US earning a Master of Fine Arts Degree and priceless lessons from the university of Life. This diversity attracts her to the imaginative world of Theater and the challenges of creating roles divergent from her daily existence. BJ has performed in community theater since 1987 including musicals, dance performances as well as dramatic roles. She is making her Directorship debut in this Live Arts staged reading of Handbagged.

 

TJ Sanson+
Member of the 2022-23 Directing Intensive

Bio coming soon!