In honor of our nation’s veterans and Veterans Day 2016, the USVAA Veterans Writing Workshop New Works Presentation was staged at the extraordinary Burt Lancaster Theater on the Sony Pictures Entertainment lot at 7 p.m., Wednesday, November 9th, 2016.

USVAA New Works Presentation

The USVAA New Works program was a staged presentation of eight scenes and selected readings from television and movie scripts, novels and memoirs written by veterans participating in our monthly writers’ workshop. They were be performed and directed by many accomplished actors and directors within the entertainment industry.

The performance was followed by an audience Q&A and a reception at the theater.

The 2016 Veterans Day Program featured works by:

Sati Kaur
Dave Lara
Rick McGovern
Chase Millsap
Aimee Morgan
Richard Ponce
Melissa Ritz
Duane Samples

Program Directed by David Fofi with Gary Blumsack, Sam Wolfson and Timothy Wurtz.

Cast members included Richard Chaves, Gary Cole, Lorna Duyn, Heidi Brook Myers, Skip Pipo, Christopher Sweeney, Mark Valley and others.

For additional information about the event and the USVAA Veterans Writing Workshop please call 310 559 2116.

Presented by United States Veterans’ Artists Alliance

Sponsored by Sony Pictures Entertainment and the Writers Guild Foundation

Additional support provided by Final Draft and California Lawyers for the Arts