how it works.

Redeye Theatre Project (RTP) is a 24-hour play club. What that means is that, for every performance you attend, RTP has spent the past 24 hours writing & rehearsing a festival of brand-new plays for you to enjoy.

The clock starts when the playwrights' pens hit paper (or their fingers hit the keyboard). We take a bit of time before the actual 24 hours begins to allow the playwrights & directors assigned to a particular performance to get acquainted, & to cast the shows, but that's all the extra time we get. 8pm Friday to 8pm Saturday: the show really must go on.

The work we produce is all original, all written on the spot. Many of our playwrights don't write outside the confines of this club; many of the plays we produce will never be seen onstage again (& if they are, they'll almost certainly be heavily revised). That means attending an RTP performance is a one-of-a-kind experience. Worth the $5 admission, no?

typical schedule.

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6:45pm Friday. Playwrights/directors convene in audition space.
7pm. Auditions.
7:50pm. Playwrights choose shows under guidance of casting director.
8pm. clock starts. Playwrights receive prompts & begin writing.
7:30am Saturday. Directors return, read/choose plays. Artistic director sets order of shows.
8am. Add actors & convene in space. First read-thrus. Revisions as needed.
9am. Breakfast.
9:45am. Playwrights released. Rehearsal begins.
4pm. Final dress.
7:30pm. House opens.
8pm. Performance.

links.

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Some links of interest, including local theatres dedicated to producing new works:

join us!

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All this sound interesting? Contact the current president (Cory Tamler, redeye.theatre.project@gmail.com) to get on the mailing list. Or attend one of our shows.