‘What Matters Now’
gives voice to playwrights across the U.S

WHAT:
What Matters Now?/! (Another Political Pop-Up of the Theatrical Kind) — Open Fist’s annual “political pop-up” features a rotating roster of short plays by writers from across the country that explore our nation’s current social and political climate and how the past year has affected us. Finding it hard to get off the couch and get to the theater? Open Fist has brought the couches to Atwater Village Theatre, creating a cozy, speakeasy setting where patrons can arrive early or stay late to have a drink and a chat with the cast and fellow audience members.

WHO:
• The Playwrights: Jaisey Bates, James William Evans, Dorothea Cahan, Cary Gitter,Brett Hursey, Timothy Mooney, Jessica Moss, Bonnie Ratner, Eric Henry Sanders, Bara Swain, Amanda Weier, Natalie Zutter
• The Directors: Christopher Cappiello, Christopher Cedeño, Art Hall, Laura James, Lane Allison, Rod Menzies,Jan Munroe, Michael Steinbach, Amanda Weier, Derek Manson
• The Actors: Lane Allison, Becca Cousineau, Sherry Larson, Rod Menzies, Chloe Berlinger, Bryan Bertone, Phillip William Brock, Brittany Lauren Brown, Stephanie Crothers, Lori Gambero, Caroline Klidonas,Dylan Maddalena, Neil Oktay, Katie May Porter, Beth Robbins, Kenia Romero, Steven Royce, Judith Scarpone, David Shofner, Megumi Smisson, Dionna Veremis, Ann Marie Wilding
• Presented by Open Fist Theatre Company, Martha Demson, artistic director

ADDED PERDORMANCES:
• Sunday April 7 at 7 pm
• Friday April 12 at 8 pm and Saturday April 13 at 8 pm

(Doors open one hour prior to show time so you can enjoy our relaxed, speakeasy setting.)