“PLAYS OUT LOUD” CTC’s and Deschutes Public Library’s Collaboration!
Cascades Theatre is collaborating with Deschutes Public Library for a new program called “Plays Out Loud” that is available to the entire community of Central Oregon!
Cascades Theatre is happy to announce that we will be joining forces with the Deschutes Public Library to begin our PLAYS OUT LOUD program! We will read upcoming scripts from CTC’s 2024-2025 season as well as ideas from you, as participants and playwrights. These readings will be a part of the Deschutes Library’s monthly theme. Scripts will be provided.
Below is the schedule of meeting times. Important note: All of the following events are 5:30pm – 7:30pm at the Downtown Bend Library at 601 NW Wall St (**except December’s!)
DATE | LOCATION | PLAY | NOTES |
Sun Dec 15* 5:30pm – 7:30pm | SCP Hotel 521 SW 6th Street Ste 100, Redmond, OR 97756 | A Christmas Carol | What better play to read than the classic! We’ll read in their cozy lobby. Drinks and food available for purchase. Hot cocoa provided. |
Mon Jan 6 5:30pm – 7:30pm | Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall St | Helen on Wheels | We are happy to have local playwright, Cricket Daniel to read and discuss her play, all about a woman having to change her lifestyle due to circumstances that may happen to any of us. |
Wed Feb 5 5:30pm – 7:30pm | Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall St | Grand Horizons | We will read CTC’s upcoming show GRAND HORIZONS which will open on February 14. We read the play then, you can go see the performance! |
Tues Mar 4 5:30pm – 7:30pm | Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall St | The Mousetrap | What better play to read than Agatha Christie’s THE MOUSETRAP, which will open at CTC on March 28. We will read this longest running play and you can go see this show at CTC! |
Mon Apr 7 5:30pm – 7:30pm | Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall St | TBD | We’ll wait to announce this one because it’ll be in conjunction with the Library’s community reading program, A Novel Idea. |
Tues May 6 5:30pm – 7:30pm | Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall St | TBD | The Library theme is Magic and we will decide on our script in the coming months. Maybe some ideas from you as reading enthusiasts or playwrights wanting to hear your play read aloud? |
Tues June 3 5:30pm – 7:30pm | Downtown Bend Library 601 NW Wall St | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | We will read Tennessee Williams classic, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. This show will open June 13th at CTC. |
July/August | ——————— | ——————— | We will NOT meet for the summer |