VAA New Works: BillyBoy

Billyboy, a staged reading of a new play by Islander Bill Wood, is the featured VAA New Works performance in November. The drama, adapted from Wood’s novel of the same name, is directed 
by Charlotte Tiencken, Islander and managing director of Seattle’s Book-It Repertory Theatre.
 
The popular VAA New Works series showcases premier performances of original creations by Vashon artists. A staged reading of a new piece provides the audience with a chance to experience the first showing of a new play that could be fully produced at a later time, while also giving the playwright some feedback.
 
Writer Bill Wood moved to Vashon in 1995 after a long and distinguished career in L.A. as a screenwriter. In 2005, the New Works series mounted another of his plays, Emily, Emily, about Emily Dickinson.
 
Traveling from L.A. to play the lead character will be actor, writer and historian Jim Beaver, recognizable from his roles in Deadwood and Supernatural, and as Lawson the gun dealer in Breaking Bad. The cast includes many well-known local performers, including Jeff and Cindy Hoyt, Susan McCabe, Jeanne 
Dougherty, Marshall Murray, Jon Whalen, Paul Shapiro, Chaim Rosemarin, Michael Barker and Bill West, with music by Luke McQuillin.
 
Billyboy is beautifully written, and in this setting with this remarkable team of artists, it is certain to be an unforgettable and moving experience.
 
Friday & Saturday, November 22 & 23, 7:30 pm. Vashon Allied Arts
Tickets: Member $12/General $16