The Department of Theatre and Media Arts will present BYU's first Contemporary Voices play festival featuring three notable works performed through script-in-hand readings.
The three plays — "Wit," directed by Megan Sanborn Jones; "Company," co-directed by Jennifer Reed and David Morgan; and "Doubt: A Parable," directed by Julia Ashworth — are all award-winning works that students will likely encounter in their study of contemporary theatre.
"We're starting the festival to introduce our students to curriculum that they read in classes, but have not made it onto our mainstage seasons for a variety of reasons: the limited season we can fully produce, casting concerns, special requirements of the script or challenging topics," explained Jones. "We want our students to see and hear these plays more than just read them, so this provides an opportunity to support curriculum, provide roles for students and give our faculty the ability to work one-on-one with and really mentor students."
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