Friday, June 14, 2024
“When My Sleeping Dragon Woke”
Film screening and discussion
PAST EVENT
$25; general admission
Running Time: 90 minute film screening, followed by a Q&A

“When My Sleeping Dragon Woke”

A little girl grows up in a custodial apartment hidden inside a New York City Public Library, where her father stokes its coal furnace 24/7. Four decades later, the little girl-turned-actor Sharon Washington chooses the theater to write her modern-day fairytale childhood filled with real and imagined dragons, family secrets, forgiveness, and a life filled with books.  But revisiting her past comes with an unforeseen cost.

It is in her solitary late-night revisions to pen an ending to her solo show days before opening night that the cost appears. She must descend and dwell in her scared little girl place from long ago to finally tell the flipside of her childhood story. It’s a time filled with uncertainty as her father battles with addiction and her mother copes with a life deferred. It is in that dark place that she discovers “I am the story.”

Following the screening of the film will be a discussion in the theatre with Sharon Washington herself and director/producer Chuck Schultz.

watch the trailer

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INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES

5 ?s with... Sharon Washington
WCP exclusive!
Enjoy this exclusive interview between artistic directior Mark Shanahan and TONY AWARD nominated actress Sharon Washington of "When My Sleeping Dragon Woke."
BONNIE'S BLOG: THE BALCONY AND BEYOND
by Bonnie Goldberg
WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE INVITES YOU TO "WHEN THE SLEEPING DRAGON WOKE" JUNE 14

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meet the speakers

Meet the film cast HERE!

Meet the film team HERE!

 

Recognition for “When My Sleeping Dragon Woke”

Official Selection
City of Angels Women’s Film Festival 2023

Official Selection
The Women’s Film Festival Philadelphia 2023

Best Documentary Feature Premiere
Heartland International Film Festival

Official Selection 2023
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival 2023

Official Selection
Sedona International Film Festival

Official Selection 2023
RKY Women’s Mtn Film Festival

THANK YOU

Event Sponsor: TEAM Westport

2024 Programming & Season Sponsorship is generously provided by Barbara Streicker.

Media Sponsorship for the 2024 season is generously provided by Moffly Media and  WSHU Public Radio.

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Friday, June 14, 2024
“When My Sleeping Dragon Woke”
Film screening and discussion
PAST EVENT
$25; general admission
Running Time: 90 minute film screening, followed by a Q&A
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