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"Scene & Heard" play reading, Feb 15, featured play scenes from writers Terry Huntington, Nicholas Guerreiro, Wendy Judith Cutler, Terry Oliver. Actor-readers were Chris Allen, Lindsay Anderson, David Burke, Tony Cain, Holly Jonson, Penny Pitcher and Jan Streader. Thank you all.

“Scene & Heard” play-reading event where local actors will perform excerpts from new plays by 4 writers from Victoria and Salt Spring Island. Sat, Feb. 15th, 3:30-5:30 pm. James Bay New Horizons Activity Centre, 234 Menzies St., Victoria BC. Free admission (donations welcome).

The writers and their plays presented at "Scene & Heard", Feb 15: Wendy Judith Cutler ("Let’s Hop this Train"); Nicholas Guerreiro ("Green Knight on the Frog River"); Terry Huntington ("Jock is Dead - Meet Jock"); Terry Oliver ("Whistleblowers").

Are you an island writer working on a new play? Send us an excerpt (up to 12 pages) and we'll find up to five experienced actors to present it before a live audience at our next "Scene & Heard" play-reading event in February. FREE. Deadline: Jan 31, 2020. island-playwrights.weebly.com

Our latest play-reading event, Apr 10. Attendance: 35-40. Excerpts from new plays by Vishesh Abeyratne, Ellen McGinn, Judith Castle and Terry Oliver were presented by actors Christina Patterson, Cam Culham, David Radford, David Crone, Kara Flanagan and Monica Prendergast.

The next free "SCENE & HEARD" play-reading event on April 10th will feature excerpts of plays from playwrights Vishesh Abeyratne ("Standoff"), Ellen McGinn ("Antarctica Welcomes International Women’s Year 1975"), Judith Castle ("The Call"), and Terry Oliver ("Whistleblowers").

You are invited to “SCENE & HEARD”, Island Playwrights' public play-reading evenings where actors read scenes from playwrights' new works. Open to the public. Free admission. Next event: April 10th, 6:30 pm, James Bay New Horizons Activity Centre, 234 Menzies St., Victoria BC.

Playwrights, don't just keep your characters' voices in your head but listen to them from the mouths of actors with a live audience. Deadline for submissions to our next "Scene & Heard" play-reading evening is March 27. Send up to 10-12 page script excerpts to [email protected]

Send us 10-12 pages of your new play-script-in-progress. First four submissions will be read aloud by actors at our next "Scene & Head" event, April 10. island-playwrights.weebly.com

Island Playwrights presented its first Scene & Heard" event in four years, Feb. 6th. This evening of play readings featured excerpts from new works of Vancouver Island writers Raphael Burdman, Margo Goodhand, Gary Forget, Jessica Schacht and Sam Young.

Actors/readers at the Feb. 6th "Scene & Heard" evening of play-readings were Jan Streader, Kelly Hudson, Alison Boston, Cam Culham, Peter McNab, Bindon Kinghorn. Thanks to our readers and audience for participating with many perceptive and constructive comments.

"Scene & Heard" – actors read excerpts from 4 new stage plays, Wed, Feb 6th, 6:30 pm at James Bay New Horizons, 234 Menzies St., Victoria BC. Free event. island-playwrights.weebly.com

Wonderful new play scripts. We still need a couple of good young actors to read short scenes at James Bay New Horizons activity centre, 234 Menzies Street. Wednesday, Feb. 6th, 6:30-8:45 pm. Info: 250-999-0306

"Scene & Heard,” an evening of on-stage readings from new works by Island playwrights, voiced by theatre actors. Following each presentation, audience feedback is encouraged. Free event. Wednesday, Feb 6th, 2019 at 6:30 pm James Bay New Horizons, 234 Menzies Street, Victoria BC

Listen to actors read a scene of your play-in-progress... Free to local writers! island-playwrights.weebly.com

Submit 10-12 pages of your new play script to be read aloud by actors at our next "Scene & Head" event, Feb 6, 2019. island-playwrights.weebly.com