Date and Time
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
7:00 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm)
In The Spotlight:
Actors, Poets, & Playwrights
This unique event, produced by Karrie Szatek of The Shepherd Center for the Performing Arts, will showcase original literary and dramatic creative work by multi-talented writers from Fairhaven and surrounding areas!
Among those presenting pieces that will focus on real-life matters will be New Bedford’s poet laureate; a short film artist; poetry slam champions; an author of short stories, a novel, and nationwide-produced short plays; an internationally known poet; published scholars and professors; a NYC-trained actor and one of his short plays; and both a playwright of Tulsa ’21: Black Wall Street and an award-winning director. Artists are listed below!
In association with The Shepherd Center, the Marion Arts Center Reader’s Theater actors will interpret and read classical to contemporary short works by native American authors.
The entire program will end with a question-and-answer period where audience members will inquire about the process of writing literature and/or performing it!
Meet the Artists!
Presenting: Poetry
Elle Sylvia
Current People's Poetry Slam Champion of New Bedford, Commissioned Poet - New Bedford Pride Block Party in 2023, Queer Non-Binary Poet, Holistic Mental Health Therapist at LICSW, Buddhist
Presenting: Story “Katharine Hepburn and Plimouth Plantation”
Tara Brooke Watkins
Award-winning Theatre Director, Playwright, Activist, Asst Prof/Theatre Program Coordinator at Salve Regina University
Presenting: Poems “The Tour of Your Life”, “I Wrestle The Truth “, & “Pronouns”
Eddie Dillon
Poet, Singer/Songwriter, & Musician
Presenting: Poetry
Kae Winter
Published Poet, MFA in Poetry from Goddard College
Presenting: Non-fiction “Peanut Drive”
Maureen Coleman
Poet and Prose Writer, Librarian
Presenting: Originals “Not a Sonnet” and “Ecclesiastical”
& Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”
Sarah Jane Mulvey
Current Poet Laureate of New Bedford, Self-proclaimed Editor, Poet & Nerd
Presenting: Poetry
Teryn O’Brien
Multi-talented, Published poet, Masters Degree from Salve Regina - Holistic Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Presenting: Short Play “Pigeonhood”
James Marlowe
Playwright & Novelist
Presenting: Short Play “Hot in LA”
Harvey Ussach
Actor, Journalist, Playwright, Professor
