Upcoming: Steal Away, read by author John M. Lively, Austin Scriptworks at State Theatre, February 28

Found on-line:

SALON -- A Public Reading

STEAL AWAY
by John Lively
Sunday, Feb. 28 at 6:30 pm
State Theatre, 719 Congress Ave.

Steal Away tells the story of a young couple intrinsically connected but separated by East Texas race relations. Charlamaine and Tommy fall in love and live out their secret tryst under the cover of a hidden bayou. As the narrative unfolds, the outside world, with all their social mores encroaches upon their relationship with tragic consequences. Part Our Town and part Romeo and Juliet, Steal Away expresses fundamental truths measured beyond the known distinctions of race, color and creed.

Originally from Arlington, Texas, John Lively is a Texas Tech University Graduate with degrees in English and Theatre. His play Tear Down was featured in the 2009 FronteraFest Long Fringe.


The Salon

The backbone of Austin Script Works, the Salon provides a place for playwrights to hear their work in an informal setting. Monthly salons feature unrehearsed readings of finished plays or fragments from plays-in-progress by members and are followed by writer-driven discussions with ASW members. Salons usually occur on the last Sunday of the month at 6:30 PM. Members must have attended two salons before they can have on scheduled for their work. Prospective members are welcome to attend a Salon before joining.

Upcoming: Reading of Homegrown Tomatoes by Micah McCoy, State Theatre, March 29

From the website:

an unrehearsed reading of

Homegrown Tomatoes by Micah McCoy

Sunday, March 29, 2009 @ 6:30 PM
State Theatre, 719 Congress Ave.

Fundamentalist seminary student Evan Beech can find no other shelter in all of Austin, TX but a shared living cooperative run by a “nest of backyard-pooping hippies.” When Evan’s famous televangelist father is caught up in a sex scandal, Evan and his new roommates are forced to face head-on the complexities and absurdities at both extremes of America’s ‘culture war.’

Micah McCoy is an Austin based freelance writer, playwright, and activist, recently returned from a year in Nairobi, Kenya where he worked as the communications officer for a non-profit relief and development organization. This is Micah’s first play.

About The Salon
The backbone of Austin Script Works, the Salon provides a place for playwrights to hear their work in an informal setting. Monthly salons feature unrehearsed readings of finished plays or fragments from plays-in-progress by members and are followed by writer-driven discussions with ASW members. Salons usually occur on the last Sunday of the month at 6:30 PM. Members must have attended two salons before they can have their own work on the schedule. Prospective members are welcome to attend a Salon before joining.