You can watch local theater in the making during the 48 Hour Virtual Playfest Feb. 26-28, hosted on Zoom by Bare Backstage Productions.
The festival will feature Kalamazoo-based playwrights writing new pieces over 24 hours to fit the festival’s theme: Surviving 2020. Directors and actors will be given the scripts to rehearse until 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27. The plays will be livestreamed via Zoom in a 7 p.m. show that will open with music by Miranda Lee and a brief magic show by The Amazing Magic of Joe Bennett. The festival wraps up Feb. 28 with a new play by Tucker Rafferty, selected scenes from PS Lorio’s new screenplay, and a question-and-answer session with festival playwrights and directors. The second day’s events begin at 11 a.m.
The 48-hour festival is free to the public but limited to the first 100 households to join via Zoom. The Zoom meeting ID, Zoom passcode and a direct link to the event will be posted the first morning of the event at barebackstage.com The same link will be used for each day of the festival.
For more information, visit barebackstage.com .