East Alabama Arts is pleased to announce a new programming initiative OPEN BOOK, a grassroots play exploration group led by Melaine Bennett and Steve Bice.

OPEN BOOK is a group of local community theater artists and enthusiasts who have come together in shared interest to read plays and spend time discussing them. From their first meetings in January of 2023, they have explored plays from ancient to contemporary, and plays in progress, discovering how they relate to current everyday experiences and cheering on the creation of new works for the stage, staged readings, performances by visiting artists and hosting new play workshops.

ABOUT JUST A GIANT CINDERELLA:

Described as, “a dark comedy about dying (almost) to fit in,” Martina Shabron’s play explores the challenges of mental illness with an abundance of humor.  Fresh from performances in Toronto and the Denver Fringe Festival, Martina is bringing JUST A GIANT CINDERELLA to Opelika.