August 13, 2016

The best way to sum up day four — so little time, so many wonderful plays! For last night’s first session we saw Keith Burton’s The Journey, Jonathan Josephson Grandpa and The Gay Rabbi, Sunita Deshpande’s A Sari for Pallavi, and Seamus Sullivan’s Valkyrie in the Roller Disco. After a quick break we then Lindsey Kraft’s and Andrew Leed’s Wedding Bash, Carey Crim’s Room 313, Mustafa Kaymak’s Green Card, and Angela Stern’s Mama’s Eggnog. Also, we were introduced to last night’s three judges: Samuel French playwright Crystal Skillman, City Theatre’s Literary Director Susan Westfall, and American Theatre‘s editor-in-chief Rob Weinert-Kendt. The work to choose from was so strong that our judges chose four to advance, and they are:

June 10, 2016

"As a theater booster of long-standing, we are lucky to have this company in Pasadena. Go see History Lit as soon as you can... In a summer of bad news — from presidential election politics to the Orlando massacre and the murders in Baton Rouge, St. Paul and Dallas — the pain can be soothed, or at least examined, via the arts. Happily, Unbound Productions and its 2016 production of “History Lit: A Festival of Timeless Stories” has a perfect theatrical springboard for contemporary conversations about class, gender and the tapestry of race. The plays are highly entertaining; if you choose to have them inspire thought and action toward deeper understanding that is up to you."