(Photo by Patrick Sand for WSB)
From left, Judy Jacobs, Scot Bastian, and Jeff Mandels are three of the four West Seattle playwrights (with Suzanne Bailie) involved with this weekend’s Seattle Playwrights Studio 9th Annual Showcase of New Works at ArtsWest in The Junction. The showcase features five one-act, or excerpts if longer, new works each night (10 total); the plays by Judy, Scot, and Suzanne were part of tonight’s event, while Jeff’s play will be one of the five presented tomorrow night (showtime 7 pm Sunday; tickets available online). As explained by ArtsWest, the Playwrights Studio “provides playwrights the opportunity to hear plays in-progress read aloud and to receive moderated feedback from fellow writers in a supportive environment.”