365 Days/365 Plays

ZACH is serving as the Austin hub for a marvelous new national theatre festival!

In November 2002, Pulitzer prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks (pictured at right) sat down and committed to writing a play a day for the next 365 days. The world premiere of this play cycle, 365 Days/365 Plays, will be performed as a yearlong national festival simultaneously in major cities and communities around the country. From November 13, 2006 to November 12, 2007, over 600 theaters in Austin, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Chicago, Minneapolis, the Carolinas, Mississippi River towns, and university campuses will create the largest theater collaboration in U.S. History.

As the Austin hub, ZACH is responsible for coordinating the production of the 52 "weeks" in the show. Theatre companies from around the Austin area will each be responsible for producing the seven short plays making up one week in the series. Already there have been some memorable productions, including the launch of the festival that took place on the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge overlooking the river.

Please attend the next production:
Week #37 of 365 DAYS/PLAY
Renaissance Theatre Company
Directed by Paula Gilbert
Thurs.-Sat., July 26-28, 7:30 pm. The Dougherty Arts Center Gallery/Lobby (1110 Barton Springs Road)

Check our website often for information on the remaining productions left in the cycle.