3rd Annual Playwriting Festival: Opening Evening

Schedule

Sat Sep 21 2024 at 04:00 pm to 07:00 pm

Location

Portheimka | Prague, PR

This year, we are expanding the playwriting festival over the course of 3 months. We kickoff with a special double feature located on the public stage at Portheimka Park.
The event will begin promptly at 4pm with one intermission between the two plays.
In the spirit of theatre in the park, feel free to bring your own blanket. Additional, but limited, seating will be provided by the production.
Consessions can be found at the adjacent café, Českavárna Portheimka.
Admission is free. Donations are welcome.
As we are playing in a public premise, we kindly remind the audience to keep it clean and pick up after themselves.
*Plays take place in English Language
**Mature language
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Living or Leaving
Three family life pictures, each one 5 years apart from the other. Two male characters with no women, a father and son. First picture is taken right after granddad’s funeral. Then we skip in the middle of the father’s fight against a degenerative illness. Finally, at father’s deathbed.
September Letters
War rages on in the background. In a war prison camp, a prisoner private is suffering the whipping post, a prisoner lieutenant strives to keep things in balance. A camp sergeant enjoys inflicting pain, the camp commander waits to get the fruits of his hard work. Suddenly a peace treaty between their armies breaks out and forces these four characters to deal with a change in the reality they called home till that very morning.
About the playwright:
Guglielmo Menichetti
Guglielmo is a 37 yo Italian expat in Prague. After a year of Meisner technique training he got his first gigs as an actor in student movies (PFS). Since August '23 he has been cast in several theatre productions spanning from more dramatic roles (Master of Trapdoors) to comedic ones (Servant of Two Masters) and original plays (Dating an influencer, Baron Munchausen). Lately, he has also started to write short plays.

Where is it happening?

Portheimka, Prague, Czech Republic

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Host or Publisher New Visions Theatre Company

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