Friend Art Program

The Arizona Young Actors’ Alliance proudly presents…

FRIEND ART

By Sofia Alvarez

Directed & Designed by Grey Smith

Kyle Watkins as Nate

Aubrey Hoffer as Molly

Payten McLeod at Kevin

India Rose Chudnow as Lil

Produced by Mackenna Goodrich

Music by Hector Rodriguez-Rivera

~Thursday July 26th, 2018 and Saturday July 28th, 2018~

7:30pm

This is the Arizona Young Actors' Alliance. The idea is to knock down barriers between youth theaters and young actors! This will make everyone feel at home in the community and give young actors a voice.

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Friend Art is presented through a special arrangement with Samuel French. 

AYAA PRESENTS... FRIEND ART

The Arizona Young Actors' Alliance proudly presents Friend Art, a play by Sofia Alvarez and directed by Grey Smith!!

Come support Arizona Young Actors' Alliance's second full length production, Friend Art by Sofia Alvarez.

"Molly and Kevin are engaged. They have “normal” jobs. Kevin and Nate have known each other since they were kids. Nate used to be famous once. He just broke up with Lil, who does performance art, and she used to work with Molly, who wanted to be an actress a long time ago. These relationships come to a head when Kevin decides he no longer wants the regular life he convinced Molly to live with him. Friend Art asks how late is too late to give up on your dreams, when are you really a grown-up, and what the hell are you supposed to say when walking out of a friend’s truly terrible performance?"

Directed by Grey Smith

Starring Aubrey Hoffer, India Rose Chudnow, Kyle Watkins, and Payten McLeod.

July 26th and 28th at 7:30 pm at Lone Tree Golf Course

Theatre!!! Youth!! Female playwrights!!!

The bar at the venue will also be open and drinks will be available for purchase. 

**Probably best suited for ages 15 and up

Tickets are $12 both online and at the door. At the door, tickets can be paid for with cash or through Venmo @Mackenna-Goodrich. (Please do NOT Venmo ahead of time; only at the door night of.) TO BUY ONLINE, CLICK HERE FOR THE TICKET LEAP.

ALSO, guys, plays cost m o n e y. So if you can't see the show but wanna support or just wanna throw some dollars at me from the goodness of your heart, we also have a link for Paypal donations. 

Finally, whoa, is this making you nostalgic for last summer's She Kills Monsters? Or for any of the awesome theatre that has happened this past year? Maybe consider throwing down some nominations for The 3rd Annual AYAA Awards. Here's that linky poo so you can do that

She's Back, Baby... AYAA Awards 2018!!

WHOA.

So... it's been almost a year since I've posted anything on AYAA website. College is dope, but also means you're busy and don't often have time for passion projects that exist 2000 miles away. However, street signs are melting in Arizona and everyone is announcing their seasons (which all include Newsies) so that must mean that...

IT'S TIME FOR THE AYAA AWARDS, BABY!!!

Even though the website has been on hiatus as I've been forming deeper roots outside of AZ, it was still important to me that we kept up with this. We had more than 800 votes last year, which is incredible. There are a lot of great awards programs in our area, but I wanted to create an awards program where the people nominate and select winners just for young actors -- not necessarily just youth theatre. Youth rewarding youth.

Nominations are now open and will remain open until July 20th at NOON. 

Link to make nominations: https://goo.gl/forms/vl0qCloNiYO1lnRl1

Happy nominating!!!

While I have you here...

AYAA is doing another play this summer! Grey Smith is directing Friend Art by Sofia Alvarez. The cast includes Aubrey Hoffer, India Rose Chudnow, Payten McLeod, and Kyle Watkins. I really encourage you to go see this funny and awesome play. There are two performances: July 26 at 7:30pm and July 28 at 7:30pm. They are at the Lone Tree Golf Club in Chandler, AZ. More info can be found at the links below.

Tickets are $12 and can be purchased here.  Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door via cash or Venmo.

Also, if you're feeling really charitable (or can't make the show, are one of my friends from Ohio who just love me a lot I guess, etc.) or you missed me making these obnoxiously colored posts, you can support the production by donating at this link.