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woodpile

Fully staged premiere of an original play by Sara Anne Scribner |
Directed by Steven Fogell |

DNA doesn't lie...but some Southern ladies do

March 27 - 29
Thursday – Saturday @ 7:30 p.m.

Chat Back
Join the playwright, director and actors for a lively Q+A session on Friday and Saturday evenings following the show

Tickets
$15 per person

2006-2007 Media Sponsor: Bainbridge Island Review
Woodpile is supported, in part, by the City of Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Fund, administered by Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council.

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Inspired by her childhood experiences at family gatherings in the south and her adult observation that even the most well-intentioned whites often showed vestiges of racism, Sara Anne Scribner wrote Woodpile to examine the real uncensored race and class views of three generations of white Americans. Steven Fogell directs the fully staged premiere of this original play this March at BPA.

In Woodpile, curiosity leads Bunny to explore the new racial DNA tests by sending in samples from her mother, sister and herself. But when their results arrive and are not what they all expected, her family reunion begins to dissolve. Three, and soon to be four, generations of this old, old Southern family confront their deeply held views on race, class, family and identity as one by one their long hidden secrets are publicly revealed.

Sara’s first play, Bye Baby Bunting, a historical one-act, was given top honors in the first Field's End/BPA playwriting class in 2005. Woodpile, her first full length play, won the Freehold Theatre New Play Festival in Seattle, where Act One was presented as a staged reading. Sara developed a first draft of Woodpile in her women’s playwriting group, Kick Ass Women Playwrights.

Bainbridge Performing Arts extends special thanks to its 2007 - 2008 Season Media Sponsor, Bainbridge Island Review. BPA is supported, in part, by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council, the City of Bainbridge Island, and Washington State Arts Commission. Woodpile is supported, in part, by the City of Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Fund, administered by Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council.

The 90-minute production includes one intermission and contains adult situations and language. Patrons are invited to join the playwright, director and actors for a "Chat Back" - a lively Q+A session on Friday and Saturday evenings following the show.