LAUNCH PAD Amplify Reading Series Festival

Event Date: 

Friday, January 13, 2023 - 4:00pm
Friday, January 13, 2023 - 8:00pm
Saturday, January 14, 2023 - 1:00pm
Saturday, January 14, 2023 - 5:00pm

Event Date Details: 

JAN 13, 2023 | 4pm & 8pm

JAN 14, 2023 | 1pm & 5pm

Event Price: 

Free Admission, RSVP Required

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3rd Annual Festival
Friday & Saturday | January 13 - 14, 2023

Friday, January 13 | 4:00pm
Wife of Headless Man
 Investigates Her
Own Disappearance

by Yussef El Guindi

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Friday, January 13 | 8:00pm
Freedom Hill

by Jacqueline Lawton

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Saturday, January 14 | 1:00pm
Dalia is Dead and Her Dad
 Keeps Making Dumplings

by Stephanie Kyung
Sun Walters

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Saturday, January 14 | 5:00pm
Replaced

by Eric Reyes Loo

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(all above times are in PST)

Admission is Free! RSVP is required through the button to the left.

These readings are being streamed live to Facebook! Click the links above to access the event. 

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Four new plays receive 20-hour workshops and are presented to the public. This year's festival is in collaboration with National New Play Network (NNPN) and UCSB's AMPLIFY.

The LAUNCH PAD Amplify Reading Series Festival (formerly known as the BIPOC Reading Series) was seeded in the BLM movement, cultivated during a pandemic, and brought to life through a dedication to centering equity, diversity, inclusion, and access in all our work.
 
"LAUNCH PAD is dedicated to the creation of new plays through a collaborative and nurturing process. The LAUNCH PAD Amplify Reading Series Festival is a fantastic exchange of ideas between emerging and veteran artists." ~ Risa Brainin, Artistic Director, LAUNCH PAD
 
Over the course of the two-day festival, we will present staged readings of four brand new plays. Following each reading, will be talk-back conversations with the cast, crew, playwright, and director, to allow our audiences to learn more, and allow the plays' creative team to discover how their pieces connect to audience members. 
 
 

Take a look at our conversations with the playrights from our festival in January 2022!

 

October 28, 2022 - 11:14am

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Season schedule subject to change.