Theatre Palisades presents the first annual Palisades Playwrights Festival’ four evenings of plays by award-winning local playwrights. Readings will take place Tuesday evenings, March 9, 16, 23 and April 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Pierson Playhouse, 941 Temescal Canyon Rd. The schedule for the Festival is as follows: March 9 ‘ ‘The Last of the Daytons’ by Diane Grant The universal human longing for family informs this play about how one incident can define and change a person’s life forever. At first glance, family members Melina and Bob, Jodie and Devon might not be seen as ‘normal.’ Not that many people talk to invisible friends, escape from hospitals in pajamas, or collect epitaphs. But this is how they cope. March 16 ‘ ‘Apogee + 26’ by Richard Martin Hirsch In the summer of 1969, three friends from L.A.’s Westside began a tour of the U.S. in a VW van. Now, 26 years later, one of them has been stricken with a terminal illness, and his former best friend is thrown into a quandary about why their friendship dissolved. April 13 ‘ ‘Haunted Masters: The Ghosts of War’ by Gene Franklin Smith Three short plays adapted from stories by D.H. Lawrence, Ambrose Bierce and Algernon Blackwood. April 20 ‘ ‘The Spark ‘ Hannah Senesh,’ a musical with book and lyrics by Noelle Donfeld, music by Sandra Shanin. The action takes place in Hannah’s cell in a Hungarian prison, 1943. Stark reality and memories surround Hannah, a strong-willed young Hungarian Jew captured by Nazis after parachuting behind enemy lines in an attempt to save her Jewish countrymen. Donations are welcome. Parking is free. Contact: 310-454-1970.
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