Check out this awesome project Scott Horstein has been working on during his sabbatical

November 23, 2020

Theatre Studies Director and Professor Scott Horstein has been on sabbatical this Fall. While on sabbatical he has been working on the project, IF I SHOULD WAKE (he is the dramaturg), which opened last night and is streaming online through Dec.10 (in two parts of 45 minutes each, exact stream schedule below). IF I SHOULD WAKE is a series of monologues fusing theater and film, featuring an ensemble of amazing writers, presented by the wonderful Greenway Court Theatre in LA.

Scott messaged us to say: "I'm really proud to share the work, and really grateful to everyone at school for the time and space to work on it."

Hope you're able to check it out. And check out the wonderful Spectrum News clip covering the show!

A NEW WORLD PREMIERE PLAY IN TWO PARTS

Caught in the rupture between past and future, an ensemble of characters search desperately for rebirth: in dreams, in hash tags, in childhood diaries, in sidewalks that lead to nowhere. Greenway Court Theater began its existence in the year 2000 with the world premiere of Sonnets for an Old Century by José Rivera, a series of monologues set in the afterlife which, on the verge of the new millennium, asked us to look backwards and make our case about the lives we had led. For Greenway Court Theatre's 20th anniversary, If I Should Wake fuses theater and film to continue that exploration and reframe it for the tectonic shifts of the present moment.

Part 1: Friday, November 20 @ 7 PM PST

Part 2: Friday, November 27 @ 7 PM PST

Free to watch on Twitch.tv/GreenwayCourtTheatre

Each part is approximately 45 minutes long

Can’t make the live stream? The show will be available for free on Twitch.tv/GreenwayCourtTheatre on demand:

Part 1: Nov 20 – 27

Part 2: Nov 27 – Dec 3

Parts 1 & 2: Dec 4 – 10

greenwaycourttheatre.org/wake

https://www.facebook.com/events/394795678383416/

Part 1

THE WAITING ROOM by Grace McLeod

Stuck for months in her childhood bedroom, an Instagram celebrity braves her teenage diary.

BODY QUAKES by Arianna Basco

Can a woman reclaim her body when her former lover returns?

THE RECLAMATION OF MY BLACK ASS IMAGINATION by Larry Powell

Can someone actually steal your imagination? Can you imagine it back?

FRANCIS by Boni B. Alvarez

An 18-year old surfs the electronic sea only to find that it’s alive.

Part 2

THEY SAY MY NAME by Inda Craig-Galván

A woman clings desperately to a pole over an abyss – or should she let go?

CASSANDRA by Alex Alpharoah

What sacrifice does it take for a daughter to love her father, and for her father to let her go?

QUICKSAND by Diana Burbano

An aging punk chases salvation on the haunted streets of downtown LA.

THE LET GO by Yehuda Hyman

As their bodies turn to vapor, two strangers attempt a new kind of dance.

Creative Team

Director: Reena Dutt
Dramaturg: Scott Horstein
Production Designer: Corwin Evans
Stage Managers: Jasmine Kalra and Aaron Saldaña