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Kelly's New 10-Minute Play, Everything Blows Away in New Ideas Festival, TORONTO, March 28-April 1, 2012

WEEK THREE: Wednesday, March 28 to Sunday, April 1, 2012

• WORMS FOR SALE by Stacy Gardner
• IT ALL LEADS TO THE LEMON SCENE by Pamela Winfrey
• EVERYTHING BLOWS AWAY by Kelly DuMar, Directed by Chelsea Ferrando
• GLORIA'S GUY (ACT II) by Joan Burrows

TICKETS

ADMISSION PRICES
Wednesday to Saturday: $15
Saturday Reading: PWYC
Saturday/Sunday Matinée: $15
Festival Pass: $35

BOX OFFICE: 416-364-4170
For reservations or questions, please leave a message at:
Phone: 416-364-4170, Box 1, or
Email: [email protected]

Everything Blows Away to be produced in Toronto at New Ideas Festival, March 2012

Kelly's new 10-minute play, Everything Blows Away, will be produced by the New Ideas Festival, Alumnae Theatre, Toronto, in March 2012. This is Kelly's second opportunity to collaborate with Alumnae Theatre in their annual festival. In 2010 they produced three of Kelly's ENVIA! monologues.

The New Ideas Festival began in 1989 as one of the few juried theatre festivals in Toronto.  It was founded by Molly Thom and Kerri MacDonald. It was originally designed to provide Alumnae Theatre members with more opportunities to perform, direct, and stage manage.  It was also intended to provide a venue for experimentation with non-traditional theatrical forms.

The upcoming production of Everything Blows Away will be directed by Chelsea Ferrando. Auditions will take place in January. Each play in the festival will have 6 performances.

Here's a great article on my upcoming play at the Boston Actors Theater by Sarah Blood: http://hometownweekly.net/boston-actors-theater-presents-local-sherborn-playwright-in-summer-festival-p6501-139.htm

A One-Act Version of Kelly's Gifts for the Goddess of Illusion will be produced by the Boston Actors Theater, July, 2011

Continuing in its mission of supporting local playwrights and artists, Boston Actors Theater will conclude its seventh season with its Summer Play Festival 2011, featuring a one-act version of Kelly's new play, Gifts for the Goddess of Illusion, directed by Jeremy Goodman. The festival will be presented, July 29th through August 7th, Fridays - Saturdays at 8pm & Sundays at 2pm, at the Boston Playwright's Theater, 949 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA. Tickets are $20 General Admission, $10 with student ID.

Also featuring original works by local authors Catherine Durickas and Elizabeth DuPre, Summer Play Festival 2011 continues this season's exploration of faith, religion and spirituality, all the while weaving together the stories of a young girl inspired by a photo of a Hindu Goddess; re-incarnated souls dreaming of past selves; and young intellectuals looking for love amidst faith and mitosis. Full of faith, imagination, wisdom and wit, Summer Play Festival is a celebration of original local work, and a bridge to a new season, "Torn from the Headlines,” an exploration of subjects relevant to Bostonians.

Established in 2004, Boston Actors Theater has firmly established itself as a company for local artists, writers and directors. In 2010 Boston Actors Theater supported 25 local playwrights, 15 local directors and countless local artists. In 2007, Boston Actors Theater also produced a one-act play in the summer festival by Kelly DuMar, What We Save. In 2011, Boston Actors Theater has already produced Soul Fight by local Playwright Catherine O'Neill and will continue its work to strengthen and support Boston's theatre community for this season and beyond. For more information, go to www.bostonactorstheater.com.

Playwrights' Intensive Participant Plays will be Presented June 25, 2011 at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, KS, MO

Kelly is thrilled to be participating in the 7th Playwrights' Intensive at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, Kansas City, MO, June 23-25, 2011. Twelve Playwrights will come together for an Intensive Workshop with Master Playwright Stuart Spencer, author of The Playwright's Guidebook.

Over the course of the three-day workshop, playwrights will explore their craft under the tutelage of Mr. Spencer.  Actors are on-hand throughout to augment the writing process and all scripts are performed script-in-hand on Saturday evening at 7:30 at the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre. Tickets are $15.

The Adventures of Rocky & Skye produced at Alexandria Country Day School

Kelly's one-act comedy for youth, The Adventures of Rocky & Skye, published by Youth Plays, was produced by the fifth and sixth grade at Alexandria Country Day School in Alexandria, VA., in May, 2011.

About  The Adventures of Rocky & Skye:  Comedy. 2-16 males, 2-21 females (4-37 performers total). 30-35 minutes. Suitable for all ages. Four characters grow up before our eyes as they journey from elementary to middle school in this fast-paced series of scenes that inspire us to appreciate the extraordinary moments of ordinary life.

The Adventures of Rocky & Skye may be performed equally effectively by age-appropriate actors (varying by scene from elementary through middle school age), or by older (high school, college or adult) actors.  It is also ideal for scene study and classroom use, and individual scenes and monologues are well-suited for competition.  Professional rights should be negotiated directly with YouthPLAYS at [email protected]. You may read an excerpt for free at Youth Plays.

The Adventures of Rocky & Skye premiered at Summer Shorts 4:  Celebration, produced by Youth Education on Stage (Williston, ND), where it won second place.  "Cloud Jumping" and "The Baby Artists" (scenes in the play) are published in the Smith & Kraus anthology Winners Competition Series Vol. 2:  Award-Winning 90-Second Comic Scenes Ages 4-12 (ed. Janet Milstein). 

Amber & Air in Best of Fest, Double XX Fest, Seattle, April 21-23, 2011

 

How do you kill a dead end relationship without harming anyone?

 

A scene from the staged reading of the new play 'Amber & Air', by Kelly Dumar, in April 2011 at Stone Soup. Photo by K. Lindsay 

Following a staged reading on April 7, Kelly's  one-act romantic comedy, Amber & Air, has been selected for the Best of the The Double (XX) Fest produced by Stone Soup Theatre, Seattle, directed by Catherine Smith.

Week 3 Best of the Fest!
April 21-23 - DownStage - Th-Sat at 8pm
Audience and adjudicator favorites selected from Weeks 1 & 2, both stages:

Landis and the Bear by Catherine Berg, directed by Margie Slovan
Amber & Air by Kelly DuMar, directed by Catherine Smith
Chiquita by Deb Harbin, directed by Renee Cyr
Strike by Aoise Stratford, directed by Katherine Karaus
How To Play the Game by Diane Sampson, directed by Lenore Bensinger
The Wedding Ring by Rebecca Haber, directed by Lenore Bensinger
Porn for Women by Kristin M. Scatton, directed by Kristina Hauptfeuhrer

Also featuring the talents of Tabitha Bastien, Tammy Batey, Reece Bredl, Kelly Combs, Susan Connors, Ralph Fontaine, Meaghan Halverson, Bailey Heims, Petra Huntington, Erin Ison, Ariel Lauryn, Chris Macdonald, Fox Matthews, Lindsay Morck, Chris Scofield, Cole Stevens, Butch Stevenson, Evan Tucker, McKenna Turner and Carolynne Wilcox.

To purchase tickets, go on-line to Brown Paper Tickets, or phone the box office at 206.633.1883.  First-timers to the 2011 Fest pay only $12 – but tickets cost half-price for those who attended week one or two!

Stone Soup will offer a final playwriting workshop, to instruct those interested in exploring the medium, or those with experience who want to hone their craft. On Saturday, April 21^st, from 2p – 5p, at the UpStage, writer/director/performer Rebecca Goldberg will present Write A Play, Right Now – a three hour class that incorporates improvisational games, writing prompts and experimentation to help realize your own script.  No genius, or even ideas, needed.  Bring a laptop or pen & paper, and be dressed for movement – and preregister with Carolynne Wilcox (by e-mail or at 206/633-1883) because space is limited.  Cost is a donation of $10, payable at the door.

ENVIA! A One-Woman Show will be Presented in Clearwater, FL, April 29, 2011

  

As part of the 2011 annual professional psychodrama conference, Kelly will present her one-woman comedy, Gifts for the Goddess of Illusion, featuring Aimee Rose Ranger as ENVIA!, during a conference session on April 29, in Clearwater Florida.

In this comedic coming of age story, ENVIA!, a spirited, aspiring actor, has just been cast in Her Very Own Show. In a series of hilarious and poignant episodes, ENVIA! exposes the twists and tricks of living her life in the spirit of an artist who hopes it's never too late to have a satisfying childhood. ENVIA! enacts each episode of Her Very Own Show from a stage of surplus reality  where it's always possible to have a do-over, exploring what  actually happened - and - what she wishes had happened. Prompted by questions she "solicits" from the audience, ENVIA! reenacts pivotal encounters from her childhood and young adulthood, including:

• What provokes her to flip her 1st grade teacher the bird
• How her mother's infidelity inspires her to become an actor
• Winning the Custody Battle during her parent's "untame" divorce
• How she comes by her unusual name
• The roles she is willing to play in other people's dreams
• Creating a Special Ed Plan to solve her learning challenges
• Her failure to support herself as an actor in many unsuitable jobs
• And many more!

Conjuring humor, improvisation, and theatrical magic, ENVIA! inspires her audience to embrace creativity, spontaneity and imagination as forces for change and growth in their own lives.

 Tonya Quillen, TEP and Kelly will facilitate a post-show exploration illustrating the psychodramatic origin of the play’s themes. Kelly is a certified psychodramatist, a Fellow in ASGPP, a member of Playback Northamerica, and a member of the Dramatists Guild whose plays have been published and produced around the US and Toronto. Kelly is also the founder and co-producer of the Our Voices Celebration of Boston Area Women's Playwrights, now in its 6th year.

ENVIA! Episodes at Our Voices Festival, Regis College, Weston, March 26, 2011

Two of Kelly's ENVIA! Episodes, Your Gullibility and Your Free Sample, will be performed by Aimee Rose Ranger as part of the 5th Annual Our Voices Festival at Regis College Fine Arts Center Black Box, Weston, MA, on March 26, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.

This annual festival of staged readings of Boston area women playwrights is produced by festival founder, Kelly DuMar, Ann Garvin of Image Theater, and Wendy Lement, playwright and Regis College Theatre Department Chair. The festival is fortunate to have found a new home at Regis College where it will be held for its second year in the beautiful Fine Arts Center.

This year, guest playwright and dramaturge, Sybil Roberts Williams, who teaches playwrighting at American University in Washington, D.C., returns to the festival with a reading of one of her own plays, Zimbabwe: Or She Talks To Bob Marley. Sybil will facilitate discussion of the plays in the morning and evening workshops.

The playwrights are grateful for the many talented Boston area actors who will be featured in the play readings which will be directed by a variety of skillful, imaginative Boston area directors. The festival is free & open to the public and the evening audience is also invited to join the playwrights at a pre-show cheese & chocolate reception at 6:30 in the Fine Arts Center lobby. 

One of the unique features of the Our Voices Festival is that each partipating playwright presents the audience with her Artist Statement prior to the performance of her play, offering insight into her inspiration, vision and creative process. The following playwrights and plays will be presented (order of plays TBD):

Workshop Readings: 10:30-12:15

Leanne Calderone, Does Fate Exist? (Short play) 

Sandra Weintraub, Coffee Shop Romance, (Short play)

Phyllis Rittner, Cheryl Ann, (Monologue)

Audience~Playwright Cheese & Fruit Reception 6:30-7:00 p.m.

Staged Readings with Audience Talk-back: 7:00-9:45 p.m.

Kelly DuMar, ENVIA! Episodes (Selected Monologues)

Deirdre Girard, Defensive Wounds, (10-minute play)

G.L. Horton, Kiss the Twins, (10-minute play)

Madge Kaplan, The Last Appointment, (Excerpt)

Wendy Lement, Wedding Dreams, (Excerpt)

Lida McGirr, Poker God, (Monologue)

Phyllis Rittner, Going Down, (10-minute Play)

Sybil Roberts, Zimbabwe: Or She Talks To Bob Marley, (10-minute Play)

Ellen Davis Sullivan, Here’s the Deal, (10-Minute Play)

We hope to see you at Our Voices V at the Fine Arts Center at Regis College, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA, in the Black Box! For more information, contact Kelly DuMar at (508) 647-0596 or go to Our Voices.

Fem Noire Play Festival Features Mass. Women Playwrights in Lowell, March 11 & 12, 2011

Fem Noire, The Festival of Women Playwrights, will conclude the weeklong festivities of Lowell Womens Week  with plays  performed in downtown Lowell, the new home fo the Artists League of Lowell. Show is at 8:00 p.m.

Image Theater is proud to present short plays and monologues by: June Bowser- Barrett, Kelly DuMar, Melinda Lopez, Karla Sorenson, Leslie Powell, Hortense Gerardo, Gail Phaneuf, Anne Furtado & Sarah Coakley, Monica Bauer, and Debbie Roy.The plays will be performed at the (Artist
League of Lowell) ALL Arts Gallery, literally surrounded by the original visual artwork by local women artists. ALL Arts Gallery is located at 22 Shattuck Street, Lowell.

All tickets are $15, or $10 with a “Lowell Women’s Week” button.

For more information about Fem Noire, or tickets, call 978-441-0102.