December 2016 In the Crib "The Chosen Ones" by Ashley Partin
A tender monologue through the eyes of an orange at market day in the Trastevere Area in Rome, Italy
Hosted By Trish Ayers
Bio: Trish Ayers is an award winning playwright with play readings and productions across the United States and Japan including at Live Girls!, Hedgerow Theatre, Iowa State University, Berea College, and Manhattan Theatre Source. She is resident playwright for Mountain Spirit Puppets and Berea Arena Theater. Her plays have been published in the anthology “Scenes From the Common Wealth: Short Plays and Monologues by Kentucky Women” and the online journal, “Wordgathering.” Ayers has received three Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) grants, placed four time in the Appalachian Writers Association Josefina Niggli Playwriting contest, Best Play of “Ten Minute Madness VII” at North Park Vaudeville Theatre, and is the recipient of the 2011 Sallie Bingham Award from the KFW. She is a member of Dramatists Guild, participant in 365 Women in a Year* and is the founder and director of Kentucky Women Playwrights Seminar**.