FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ANNOUNCING THE 2017/18 SCRIPT-IN- HAND SERIES
FREE READINGS OF PLAYS-IN- PROGRESS BY UTAH PLAYWRIGHTS
ACCOMPANYING OUR 2017/18 SEASON OF WORLD PREMIERES BY
UTAH PLAYWRIGHTS
THE PRIESTHOODby Carleton Bluford
featuring Tyson Baker, Mark Fossen, Lonzo Liggins, Gray Mckenzie &
Matthew Sincell
directed by Alicia Washington
Wednesday, November 15, 7pm
How do we choose to find ourselves? The LDS Church’s 1978 decision to
ordain black men to the priesthood sends two young friends on a surprising
and unexpected journey of personal revelation. From the author of MAMA
(2015).
MOUNTAIN LAW
by Melissa Leilani Larson
featuring Calbert Beck, Matthew Sincell & Emilie Starr
directed by Cheryl Cluff
Wednesday, March 7, 7pm
In the fall of 1850, Tamson English has been alone with three young
children on the Western frontier for more than a year. Isolated from
civilization, abandoned by her husband, haunted by her past, Tamson’s
mind begins to fracture… Until an old friend appears at her door. From the
author of PILOT PROGRAM (2015) and THE EDIBLE COMPLEX (2016).
SELECTIONS FROM THEATRE ARTISTS OF COLOR WRITING
WORKSHOP
Playwrights & directors TBA
Wednesday, April 11, 7pm
We hosted a gathering of Theatre Artists of Color in June of 2017. The
desire to tell stories authentically came up multiple times throughout the
gathering. So we organized a writing workshop with Utah’s most produced
playwright, Julie Jensen, to be held in November and December of 2017.
Julie will teach the basics of the craft; the writers will write; we’ll craft select
pieces into an evening of short works.
FREE-BUT- REQUIRED TICKETS
Available at planbtheatre.org/scriptinhandseries (once capacity is reached a
wait list option is available – if the wait list doesn’t activate that means the

STAFF
Jerry Rapier
Artistic Director
Cheryl Ann Cluff
Managing Director

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Jesse Nix
President
Tami Marquardt
Vice President
Kay Shean
Secretary
Brian Doughty
Treasurer
Benjamin Brown
Rebecca Chavez-Houck
Rick Pollock

We develop and produce
unique and socially conscious
theatre by Utah playwrights.

Plan-B Theatre
@ The Rose Wagner
138 W. Broadway
SLC, UT 84101
801.297.4200
planbtheatre.org

wait list is also at capacity).
THE SCRIPT-IN- HAND SERIES
Forty-two plays have received free staged readings since the launch of the
series in 2004. Now a natural extension of The Lab (our monthly meeting-
and-sharing of the work of 13 local playwrights), the Series allows us to
further explore plays under consideration for full production and test them in
front of an audience.