Park Theatre, July 2019
Following the success of Scene Gym Shorts last year, we were very excited to launch Scene Gym’s Research and Development ‘R&D’ week 2019, working with a new crop of fresh talent alongside current collaborators.
Two full length plays were selected from over 200 submissions for a week of workshopping and rehearsed readings at the Park Theatre.
Our team thoroughly enjoyed working closely with the selected playwrights, directors and actors to help shape and evolve the plays over the course of the week.
Congratulations to Sophia, James and all the short and long listed writers and a huge thank you to everyone who submitted their work!
Selected Plays
‘Lightly Scattered Dreams’ by James Rushbrooke, directed by Oscar Toeman.
‘Leaving Eden’ by Sophia Chetin-Leuner, directed by Sarah Meadows.
The R&D Team
Julia Parlato, Producer and Dramaturg
Rachel Heyburn, Co-Producer
Kimberley Gabriel, Co-Producer
Kamal Kaan, Script Reader & Dramaturg
Tamara Camacho, Script Reader
Natassa Deparis, Script Reader
Sarah Meadows, Director
Oscar Toeman, Director
Short List
Everything Must Go’ by Caitlin McEwan
‘Butterfly’ by Tife Kusoro’
‘Lightly Scattered Dreams’ by James Rushbrooke
‘Leaving Eden’ by Sophia Leuner
‘Dreams of a Scholar’ by Emma Dennis-Edwards
‘Watch List’ by Fran Bushe
Long List
‘Everything Must Go’ by Caitlin McEwan
‘Butterfly’ by Tife Kusoro
‘Plasma’ by Eleanor Ross
‘Target Man’ by Mark Starling
‘Watch List’ by Fran Bushe
‘Lightly Scattered Dreams’ by James Rushbrooke
‘These Minging Streets’ by Abraham Adeyemi
‘Leaving Eden’ by Sophia Leuner
‘Dreams of a Scholar’ by Emma Dennis-Edwards
‘Rhino’ by Leila Nashef
‘The Glory Road’ by Martin Edwards
We would like to thank the Fenton Arts Trust for their funding and support which made this project possible.
