Beginnings and Endings

Moving Arts 14th Annual Premiere One-Act Festival

June 7-June 29, 2008

For the last fourteen years, Moving Arts has held a competition to find the best Los Angeles premieres of one-act plays. The winner is produced alongside commissioned plays.

This year's winner, selected out of 250 submissions, is Kevin Doyle's Compression of a Casualty. Compression of a Casualty is taken from actual CNN transcripts that highlight the death of the 138th casualty of the Iraq war- Private Joel L. Bertoldie- officially surpassing the casualty count of Desert Storm. The piece uniquely examines the media's lack of attention to the war and its casualties. "At the war's five-year mark with the casualty count now in excess of 4,000 U.S. soldiers, Mr. Doyle's play resonates profoundly," said Stephanie Walker, the festival co-producer. "It's especially appropriate in light of the new year-long project kicked off last month in the Los Angeles theatre community and initiated by Moving Arts member, E.M. Lewis- The War Plays Project."

The festival will additionally feature the first and second runners up of the competition- Hip-Skidoo by Kevin Christopher Snipes and Rising Hot Air by Jonathan Caren. Rounding out the evening will be plays commissioned by Moving Arts member playwrights.

Beginnings and Endings

About the Deep Woods Killer by Lee Wochner**
Directed by Mark Kinsey Stephenson

The Big Ride by Stephanie Alison Walker*
Directed by Cece Tio*

Compression of a Casualty by Kevin Doyle
Directed by Andrew Traister

Hip-Skidoo by Kevin Christopher Snipes
Directed by Michael Shutt*

Rising Hot Air by Jonathan Caren
Directed by Laura Buckles*

Tangled by Terence Anthony*
Directed by Mark Louis Palkoner*

*Moving Arts Company Member **Moving Arts founding member

What: Beginnings and Endings

Who: Moving Arts

When: June 6 - preview

June 7 (Opening Gala) - June 29, Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00PM

Where: Studio/Stage, 520 N. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004

How much: June 6 preview: pay what you can. All others:$20

Tickets: purchase online at www.theatermania.com or by calling 866-811-4111

About Moving Arts: MOVING ARTS is committed to producing high quality presentations of original dramas and comedies that are bold, challenging, edgy, and relevant to the community - powerful stories that speak to the human condition in fresh and startling ways. We are not limited to any particular style or genre. We are confined only by the inherent truth of the material.

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