“So Damn Proud,” written by Los Angeles-based playwright Justin Neal (pictured below), will receive a staged reading at Northwest Playwright Alliance at the Seattle Rep Oct. 10. Neal was born in Bremerton and raised on Bainbridge Island.
The play, which weaves non-linear scenes surrounding a First
Nations brother and sister, had its initial workshop at Native
Voices at the Autry Museum as part of its New Play Festival
in
L.A. in May 2015. It
features two of the most notable up-and-coming Native American
stage and screen actors in North America, Lily
Gladstone and Shaun Taylor-Corbett. Macha
Monkey co-founder Desiree Prewitt directs, with assistance from
local choreographer Juliet Waller-Pruzan and filmmaker Melissa
Woodrow. The line-up of Seattle actors includes Mark Fullerton,
Meaghan Mary Halverson, Adria LaMorticella, Shane Regan and Sarah
Winsor.
The staged reading is at 7 p.m. at Seattle Repertory Theatre, 155 Mercer St. on the Seattle Center grounds. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.
Informatiion:
INDIEGOGO FUNDING CAMPAIGN (for travel & honorariums): www.igg.me/at/so-damn-proud
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/SoDamnProud
PLAYWRIGHT’S PAGE: www.justinbneal.com/so-damn-proud
— MM
