First Fridays continues online this fall!
Works in Progress
Theme: LGBTQIA+ Writers
Guest Host: Samantha Evans
October 1st
Online via Zoom
6pm EDT – Casting Starts
7pm EST – Readings begin
For our October event we honor LGBT history month are looking for submissions written by and centering LGBTQIA+.
This can include stories of:
– hope
– resilience
– courage
– silliness
– celebration
– acceptance
– risk
– love
This can include stories of:
– hope
– resilience
– courage
– silliness
– celebration
– acceptance
– risk
– love
WANT TO GET INVOLVED?
Writers
We are accepting up to 10 pages of scripts-in-progress from plays, screenplays, web series, or one-acts. Email your 10 pages or less to firstfridays@barrowgroup.org by Tuesday, September 28, 5pm EDT.
We are accepting up to 10 pages of scripts-in-progress from plays, screenplays, web series, or one-acts. Email your 10 pages or less to firstfridays@barrowgroup.org by Tuesday, September 28, 5pm EDT.
Actors
The plays will be cast the night of the event. To be considered for casting, reserve your free ticket and login by 6pm EDT on September 10th.Audience
If you want to watch the readings, reserve your free ticket and login at 7pm EDT on October 1.First Fridays is a free monthly curated event that offers artists the opportunity to share their work, practice their craft, and connect with fellow creators. Writers are pre-selected to share up to 10 pages of their script-in-progress and actors are cast on the spot to participate. Learn more and reserve your free tickets Please note, all writers selected each month will be considered for the First Fridays Festival— our culminating event in June 2022. Writers will be paired with TBG directors to cast and workshop the pieces, which will be shared in front of an audience. All artists involved receive a stipend.About this month’s host:
Samantha Evans(she/her/hers) is an actor, writer, improviser and creator. She teaches at The Barrow Group and has also trained at the UCB, the Groundlings and Emerson College (BFA Acting). Select theater credits include Williamstown, TheaterworksUSA, 54 Below, Lyric Stage Company of Boston and Central Square Theater. Sam has done film, television, commercial and voice-over work in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. She is the creator and star of the award winning pilot Ghost Girl (NYTVF). Connect with Sam @saaamevans.
The plays will be cast the night of the event. To be considered for casting, reserve your free ticket and login by 6pm EDT on September 10th.Audience
If you want to watch the readings, reserve your free ticket and login at 7pm EDT on October 1.First Fridays is a free monthly curated event that offers artists the opportunity to share their work, practice their craft, and connect with fellow creators. Writers are pre-selected to share up to 10 pages of their script-in-progress and actors are cast on the spot to participate. Learn more and reserve your free tickets Please note, all writers selected each month will be considered for the First Fridays Festival— our culminating event in June 2022. Writers will be paired with TBG directors to cast and workshop the pieces, which will be shared in front of an audience. All artists involved receive a stipend.About this month’s host:
Samantha Evans(she/her/hers) is an actor, writer, improviser and creator. She teaches at The Barrow Group and has also trained at the UCB, the Groundlings and Emerson College (BFA Acting). Select theater credits include Williamstown, TheaterworksUSA, 54 Below, Lyric Stage Company of Boston and Central Square Theater. Sam has done film, television, commercial and voice-over work in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. She is the creator and star of the award winning pilot Ghost Girl (NYTVF). Connect with Sam @saaamevans.
**If the event is sold out on our calendar, email firstfridays@barrowgroup.org to be put on the waitlist.