Friday-Sunday, Feb. 7-9—WHITE RIVER JUNCTION—Every February for the past four, JAG Productions has invited African-American theatre artists to spend a week in White River Junction to further the development of a new play or solo performance. Over the course of the one-week residency, three to five projects receive an intensive workshop, constructive feedback, and a staged reading for the public at Briggs Opera House.
The weekend-long festival of staged readings brings 30 black theatre artists to the Upper Valley from across the nation for a week-long JAG experience.
JAGfest 4.0 will include five staged readings over the course of three days, each featuring a post-show conversation with the artists.
Vermont’s Isaiah Hines Joins New York’s Jeremy O’Brian, Johnny G. Lloyd, Sheldon Shaw and Keelay Gipson.
JAGfest 4.0 will include five staged readings of their works, over the course of three days, each featuring a post-show conversation following each event.
There will also be a celebration of the festival after the first play on Friday, Feb. 7. Champagne toast and snacks are free of charge for JAGfest ticket holders.
The five plays will be:
“(Re)surface: A Poetics of Fish/Flesh”
Written by Isaiah A. Hines
Friday, Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m.
“A Curious Thing; or Superheroes K’ain’t Fly”
Written by Jeremy O’Brian
Directed by Tyler English-Beckwith
Friday, Feb. 7, 8 p.m.
“The Problem with Magic, Is:”
Written by Johnny G. Lloyd
Directed by NJ Agwuna
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2 p.m.
“Cntrl+Alt(Right)Del”
Written by Sheldon Shaw
Directed by Kambi Gathesha
Saturday, Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m.
“Demons”
Written by Keelay Gipson
Directed by Keelay Gipson
Sunday, Feb. 9, 5 p.m.
Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts
Admission costs $25 per person per performance.
For more information and/or to purchase tickets to the plays visit jagproductionsvt.com/jagfest-4-0.
