An original production that will consist of "coming out stories", from Houston's GLBT community. The stories will cover all emotions from heart stopping to heart warming. There will be 10-12 stories, each about 10 minutes in length. Stories must be written out and submitted to Joe Watts, who will determine whether they will be read at the Workshop. The production will include a song with each story. Members from Houston's GLBT musical community will pick which story they fell they can best write for.
Story writers are ask to email their coming out story to theatrenewwest@att.net The production will be worked on for many months and will have it's world premiere as part of Gay Pride week in 2012, it not sooner.
OCTOBER 15, 2011 DETAILS COMING SOON! STAY TUNED!
AFTER A SUCCESSFUL READING IN 2010 for WORLD AIDS DAY ANOTHER STAGED READING WILL BE PRESENTED ON NOVEMBER 28, 2011
BENEFIT STAGED READING of THE NORMAL HEART by Larry Kramer
The Normal Heart, by Larry Kramer, is an explosive drama about our most troubled medical crisis: the AIDS epidemic. It tells the story of very private lives caught up in the heartrending ordeal of suffering and doom-an ordeal that was largely ignored for reasons of polities and majority morality. The play's central character Ned Weeks, written as Kramer's image of himself, becomes a leader in the AIDS awareness movement after witnessing the horrific plague deteriorate the gay community. The play is also a love story, between Ned and Felix, his first and only love.
Reviews of the 2006 production:
"Theatre New West's production, under the stylish and prudent direction of Joe Watts, is everything Kramer's drama aims to be, and then some. The play builds inexorably, so that the final scene becomes overwhelming-the distillation of all that's come before. It has show stopping (and heart stopping) impact. The production is marvelously cast with an acting dream team." D. L. Groover-Houston Press
"With a stellar cast and superb direction, Theatre New West's production of THE NORMAL HEART is compelling and chilling. Watts is realizing his dream with his masterful direction. He like Kramer, is a leader in the AIDS awareness movement. The year (1985), Kramer's play made it's debut in New Your, Watts produced and directed the first AIDS themed play in Houston." Isabel Rougeau, ArtsHouston
