2008 Weekend Schedule


May 16-18, 2008



Weekend Package - $144


Friday


1:00 PM   Tour of ASF


2:00 PM   Event: Paul "Bear" Bryant, Nothing but a Winner


3:30 PM   Reading: Bear Country by Michael Vigilant


6:00 PM   Dinner Reception


7:30 PM   Reading: My Last Days as Roy Rogers by Pat Cunningham Devoto with Joanne Cunningham Walker


9:30 PM   SlamJam!


Saturday


9:00 AM   Reading: Young Southern Writers' Project (YSWP) One Act Play Competition winners


10:30 AM Reading: The Furniture of Home by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder


1:00 PM   Lunch


2:00 PM   Event: Pearl Cleage Talk & Book-Signing


3:30 PM   Reading: Preparations, by Jeffry L. Chastang


6:00 PM   Dinner


7:30 PM   SWP World Premiere: Rocket City, by Mark Saltzman


9:30 PM  Respect the Mic! Poetry Slam hosted by Sharrif Simmons of HBO/Russell Simmons presents DefPoetryJam


Sunday


10:30 AM  Musical Reading: Nobody by Richard Aellen


1:00 PM   Talk Back Session & End of Festival (lunch available for purchase at Swan Cafe)



EXTREME Weekend Package - $216


Friday


1:00 PM   Tour of ASF


2:00 PM   Event: Paul "Bear" Bryant, Nothing but a Winner


3:30 PM   Reading: Bear Country by Michael Vigilant


6:00 PM   Reception


7:30 PM   Performance: Rocket City by Mark Saltzman or Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare


9:30 PM   SlamJam!


Saturday


9:00 AM   Reading: Young Southern Writers' Project (YSWP) One Act Play Competition winners


10:30 AM   Reading: Preparations by Jeffry L. Chastang


1:00 PM   Lunch


2:00 PM    Event: Pearl Cleage Talk & Book-Signing


3:30 PM   Reading: The Furniture of Home by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder


6:00 PM    Dinner


7:30 PM Performance: Rocket City by Mark Saltzman or Cymbeline by William Shakespeare


9:30 PM  Respect the Mic! Poetry Slam hosted by Sharrif Simmons of HBO/Russell Simmons presents DefPoetryJam


Sunday


10:30 AM   Musical Reading: Nobody by Richard Aellen


1:00 PM     Lunch


2:00 PM    Performance: Rocket City by Mark Saltzman or The Count of Monte Cristo adapted by Charles Morey





Can't commit to the entire weekend?


Day packages are available:



Friday, May 16th:      $42 

($70 if adding Rocket City or Romeo & Juliet)


Saturday, May 17th:  $88

(includes performance of Rocket City)


Sunday, May 18th:    $52 

(includes performance of Rocket City or The Count of Monte Cristo)

SWP is endowed by an anonymous donor and sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

and the Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel.