NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, March 11.
PORT TOWNSEND — “An Evening with Darrah Cloud” will be presented tonight during the second weekend of Key City Public Theatre’s PlayFest 20.
Cloud is the featured guest playwright this year for the festival that began last weekend. Festival passes are $35.
Cloud’s play “The Posthumous Democrat” is the story of a composer, Catherine Starr, whose famous, connected conservative father leaves her a legacy both enormous and crippling.
“An Evening with Darrah Cloud” will be from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the playhouse at 419 Washington St. Tickets are $20.
The festival begins at 11 a.m. today with a reading from “War Stories” at the Pope Marine Building at Water and Madison streets. Tickets are $10.
In Richard Dresser’s “War Stories,” Master Sgt. Boyd Cassidy, a Vietnam War vet, is in a high-end Phoenix hotel to finally receive the recognition he deserves after years of turmoil — until a knock at the door sends him into a horror more profound than anything he faced on the battlefield.
At 1:30 p.m., there will be a reading from “Port Townsend’s Christmas Carol: A Ghostly Musical” at the playhouse. Tickets are $10.
The play is an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic written by KCPT Musical Director Linda Dowdell and Artistic Director Denise Winter.
“Port Townsend’s Christmas Carol” will premiere at Key City Public Theatre in December.
From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., there will be open rehearsal for “War Stories” at the Pope Marine Building. Admission is free.
From 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., there will be a Working Drafts session for locals. Tickets are $10.
From 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., there will be one-act readings at the Pope Marine Building. Tickets are $10.
Readings will be from the winning plays of the 2015 Port Townsend Arts Commission’s One-Act Play Competition. Authors are Christopher Clow, Doug Given, D.D. Wigley, Judith Glass Collins and new playwright Hewitt Brooks.
Saturday events
On Saturday, a free playwriting workshop is planned from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Pope Marine Building.
At 1 p.m., there will be a free open rehearsal for “Port Townsend’s Christmas Carol” at the playhouse, followed at 2 p.m. by one-act play readings at the Pope Marine Building for $10.
At 3:30 p.m., there will be free open rehearsal for “Posthumous Democrat” at the playhouse.
A free Insta-Play is planned at the Pope Marine Building at 4 p.m.
At 6 p.m., a free panel discussion with Cloud, Dresser and Dowdell moderated by PlayFest Director Jeni Mahoney is planned at the playhouse.
From 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., one-act plays will be presented at the playhouse. Tickets are $15.
From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. will be a “War Stories” reading at the Pope Marine Building. Tickets are $10.
Sunday
An advanced playwriting workshop is set from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the Pope Marine Building. Tickets are $75.
One-act plays will be presented from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the playhouse. Tickets are $15.
From 3 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Working Drafts will be presented with Seattle playwright Duane Kelly, who will feature his new script, “Escorting Tom,” in which a woman’s plan to help her inept and isolated husband survive after she leaves goes off the rails. Tickets are $10.
Another reading of “Port Townsend’s Christmas Carol” is set from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the playhouse. Tickets are $10.
A pass-holders party is planned from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the playhouse. Admission is free to pass holders.
A reading of “Posthumous Democrat” is set from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the playhouse. Tickets are $10.
For the full schedule and more details, see http://tinyurl.com/PDN-playfest.
