Local Playwrights Festival:
Eight Views of the Tower Bridge

Eight short plays by eight local playwrights exploring the

geographical, cultural, historic, aethetic, and community reverberations of the beautiful golden bridge that joins

Sacramento and West Sacramento. All eight plays will be

presented in two sets, performed in repertory over four weekends.

Performances

Feb. 18 - Mar. 13

Friday and Saturdays at 8pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm

Program A 

“Love” by Matt Hanf, directed by Christine Nicholson

“Merchant of Hope” by Frank Ingram, directed by Adrienne Sher

“Underworld” by Nina Breton, directed by Kim McCann-Lawson

“A Desperate Act” by Joy Gee, directed by Peter Mohrmann

Program A Performance Dates

Friday, February 18 at 8:00 pm; Saturday, February 19 at 2:00 pm; Friday, February 25 at 8:00 pm; Saturday, February 26 at 2:00 pm; Friday, March 4 at 8:00 pm; Saturday, March 5 at 2:00 pm; Friday, March 11 at 8:00 pm; Saturday, March 12 at 2:00pm.

Program B

"Fishing on the Sacramento River” by Chris Markel, directed by Lori Ann DeLappe-Grondin

“Mason Jar” by Laura Kaya, directed by April Brown

“The Bridge Committee” by Donya Wicken, directed by Christine Nicholson

"Roland of the River” by Stephen Mason, directed by Kim McCann-Lawson

Program B Performance Dates

Saturday, February 19 at 8:00 pm; Sunday, February 20 at 2:00 pm; Saturday, February 26 at 8:00 pm; Sunday, February 27 at 2:00 pm; Saturday, March 5 at 8:00 pm; Sunday, March 6 at 2:00 pm; Saturday, March 12 at 8:00 pm; Sunday, March 13 at 2:00 pm.

Performances for Eight Views of the Tower Bridge will be held at the West Sacramento Community Center Black Box on West Capitol Ave., West Sacramento, CA 95691, in the same parking lot as the West Sacramento satellite campus of Sacramento City College. Click here for map.