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| SOAP Fest Playwrights Yussef El Guindi, Juliet Waller Pruzan, K. Brian Neel and Brian Healey (photo Ann-Margaret Johnson/Sassafras Photos) |
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| Yussef El Guindi and cat (photo Amal Toleimat) |
First there was Sandbox Artist Collective where a bunch of theater “professionals” (does that mean they make money that
way?) got together to create work and support each other. Then they expanded
into a radio show Sandbox Radio and after that, they decided to create a play festival, Sandbox One Act Play Festival which this year has performances (tickets) June 4-8 at West of Lenin. Who knows? Is Sandbox Coffee (?) next?
SOAP Fest includes four new plays by four local playwrights:
Yussef El Guindi, Brendan Healey, K. Brian Neel and Juliet Waller Pruzan. I
spoke with Yussef El Guindi about his participation in the Collective and life
in general as a playwright in Seattle.