EMERGENCE 2006 Our 4th Annual Celebration of Women NEW PLAYS WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY WOMEN! Strong Women. Strong Plays. WHERE: CoHo Theatre at 2257 NW Raleigh Street, Portland, OR WHEN: July 15-19, 2006 WHY: To celebrate women in the Theatre Arts HOW: With a generous grant from Portland’s Regional Art & Culture Council COST: Free! July 15, 2 pm – "Crawling Out of Her Skin" Created by Karen Law (One-Act) JEAN-PAUL SARTRE EXPLODES ONE GIRL’S PERSPECTIVE, BREAKING APART & ANALYZING THE MULTIPLICITY OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE. AND "The Naming of Things" by Sandra Hosking, directed by Sarah Tuck (One-Act) WHY IS IT THAT PREGNANT WOMEN SEEM CRAZY? FIND THE ANSWERS HERE. July 16, 2 pm – "Perfection" by Helen Hill, directed by Amy Gray (Full Length) A HISTORICAL DRAMA WHICH DEALS WITH CORE RACIAL ISSUES AND IS SET DURING AMERICA’S LITTLE KNOWN ERA OF FORCED STERILIZATIONS. July 17, 7:30 pm – "Beau Ideal" by Elena Naskova, directed by Zorwyn Madrone (One-Act) A COMEDY WHERE A COFFEE COMMERICAL BECOMES THE MODEL FOR LIFE. AND Melinda Pittman and new work BROADARTS July 18, 7:30 pm – "Treed" by Dori Appel, directed by Sara Rudolph (Full Length) DEEP IN THE FORESTS OF OREGON, A FERAL CHILD IS FOUND. July 19, 7:30 pm – "Painless" by Kamarie Chapman, directed by Helena de Crespo (One-Act) IN WHICH A WOMAN DEBATES HER CONSCIOUS AND HER THEOLOGY ABOUT HER PERSONAL CHOICE OF SUICIDE. AND "10-Minute Makeover" by Sandra de Helen, directed by Anna Soderberg (One-Act) THE MOST EXTREME, MOST ULTIMATE REALITY TALK-SHOW IN THE YEAR 2030 In our first festival in 2003, we featured local playwrights. In 2004 we expanded to include playwrights from the West Coast. In 2005 plays were by playwrights nationwide. In 2006, we want to go back to the local playwrights to center on community and outreach, with a plan in 2007 to offer workshops to young women in Portland interested in learning to write plays. The Directors and playwrights of Emergence IV Co-Sponsored by: & GUAPO COMICS Past Festivals: Emergence I Emergence II Emergence III Emergence 2006 is funded in part by: