MOUNTAIN VALLEY

PLAYWRIGHTS' SHOWCASE

In conjunction with the Performing Arts of Woodstock

Parish Lounge, Fair Street Church

209 Fair Street, Kingston NY

6:30-9:30 PM Friday, April 24th, 2026

This is a group for playwrights to receive feedback on works in progress or under revision. Scripts are provided by writers. Readings are cast by writers or presented as cold reads. Showcases are free of charge; donations are accepted.

*KENOZA LAKE* (Revision, Act One) By Margie Semilof

Joe is summoned in a dream to return to Kenoza Lake, where he spent his childhood summers. To outsiders its an idyllic hamlet forever imbued with the innocence of youth, but Joe knows better (with Marg Heinze, Bruce Pileggi, Leif Grund, Kate Yeager & TBA)

*AS LONG AS WE BOTH SHALL LIVE (Revision) (By K Rich

Estelle is being stalked, but neither her doctor nor her husband believe her. Is she a victim of her aging body, the Medical Industrial Complex, psychosis, or abuse? You decide (with Mike Belfiore, Amos Newcombe, Phil Levine, Terri Mateer, Adele Calcavecchio.)

* WHAT IS GOOD* (Expansion) By Catherine Berg

A professor returns home to care for her brother during a mental health crisis, forcing the siblings to confront lasting scars of childhood trauma (with Terri Mateer, Eugene Ruoff, Margaret Heinze & Dannah Chaifetz).

*HEX IN BLOOM* (Expansion) By Lisa Kimball

In Lola's mind a tsunami brews that's powerful enough to destroy her relationship and everyone she hates. Should she reveal her dark magic if it's the one thing that keeps her safe? (with Marina Penz & Phillip Levine).

------------------------- What Makes a Good Play?----------------------------------

* Stakes/ Payoff* Characters * Narrative Arc * Language/ Genre *Showing, Not Telling