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Unplugged

April 6–April 20

Unplugged
 New Play Festival

Unplugged, Asolo Rep’s third annual festival of new plays, showcases the freshest new talents writing for the theatre today. Presented in a bare-bones staged reading format, audiences have a chance to experience fascinating new works in the earliest stages of their development. Led by Associate Artistic Director and Festival Curator Greg Leaming, Unplugged has given Asolo Rep the opportunity to supplement its season with new works. “We startedUnplugged as a means to bring new playwrights into the artistic fold of Asolo Rep and to give playwrights the opportunity to take their work to the next level,” said Leaming. “There are so many stages that a script has to go through before it even arrives at production; and one of those really important stages is for the script to be heard by an audience so that the playwright can assess it.”

All readings take place in the Asolo Rep Rehearsal Hall in the FSU Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $10 per show, or $30 for all four shows and are available through the Asolo Rep Box Office.


Three Voyages of the Lobotomobile
By George Brandt
Directed by Jesse Ontiveros
April 6 at 8 p.m.

The inventor of the American lobotomy, Dr. Walter J. Freeman, takes on a tireless, deluded, and ultimately tragic quest to spread the good news of his medical procedure across America. The play explores the dark side of the American myth of the confident genius and brilliant inventor who will stop at nothing to achieve his dream. Get Tickets
 

The Good Soldier
By Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by Greg Leaming
April 12 at 8 p.m.

Jeffrey Hatcher’s stage adaptation of the novel by Ford Madox Ford involves two couples who meet in a 19th century spa, where the fragile veneer of civilized behavior is shattered. In this deceptively simple and mysterious story, a man discovers how naïve his view of friendship, family and love has been. Get Tickets
 

23.5 Hours
By Carey Crim
Directed by Brendon Fox
April 13 at 8 p.m.

Tom Hodges was that teacher. The one a student adores. The one a parent admires. The one who went above and beyond and actually made a difference. But when a student accuses Tom of crossing a line, the community suddenly questions who this man really is. Get Tickets
 

Death of the Author
By Steven Drukman
Directed by Sean Daniels
April 20 at 8 p.m.

At a university for the privileged, an adjunct professor detects something unusual about a paper submitted by a student. The discovery sets in motion a series of events that challenges each man's assumptions about the other. A smart and probing new drama about academia, class, and conscience. Get Tickets