 August
19 - September 4, 2005
Producers: Käthe Park & Neil Edgell
Silver Spring Stage presents its 2005 One-Act Festival,
a poignant and stimulating collection of mostly original one-act
plays, many by local playwrights. Each weekend will feature three
different plays that prove in their own ways that humor and passions
are what make us human. One play in the festival will be entered
in the state festival later this season.
Weekend 1 August 19-21
Perfectly Good Airplanes by Steve LaRocque
Directed by Leta Hall
A father trying to reconcile with his daughter years after his divorce
from her mother.
Award winner at this year's NVTA festival. (Drama)
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
The Emporium by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Michelle Brooks
Wilder's play influenced by Kierkegaard and Stein, combining the
atmosphere of Kafka's "The Castle" with a Horatio Alger theme. "A
typical American success story and a spine-chilling melodrama" -
Wilder (Drama)
Presented by special arrangement with the Robert A. Freedman Dramatic
Agency, Inc.
Arlene Cuts Loose by Nancy Jaquish
Directed by Brian Powers
Bored with the predictability of life, the stereotypical expectations,
and the shrinking list of options, three elderly ladies 'borrow'
a car and take it for a joy ride. They long to do something unusual
and unforgettable. Their impromptu afternoon adventure runs into
trouble when the police catch up with them. (Comedy)
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
Weekend 2 August 26-28
My Norman by Jack Goodstein
Directed by Jim Robertson
Momma meets her son's new girl friend and all the stereo-types run
rampent. A study in jumping to confusions. (Comedy)
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
Cottonwood by Audrey Cefaly
Directed by Bob Bartlett
What's not to love about a pasture party? Four high school friends
celebrate their 20-year reunion around a bonfire in Stucky's back
forty. The tales get taller, the ATV gets a work-out and the girls
wonder where in the world it all went wrong. (Comedy/Drama)
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
The Dangers of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov,
translated by Paul Schmidt
Directed by Käthe Park
What’s supposed to be a lecture turns into much more when
a twitchy eyed housekeeping husband details his misery at the hands
of a “cheap and vulgar wife.” (Comedy)
Presented by special arrangement with Dramatist Play Service, Inc.
Weekend 3 September 2-4
*Missing the Train by Geoff Weinman
Directed by Ira Haber
A look at Sol's life, his women, his best friend (gay) and did he
miss the train.(Comedy)
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
*Good Night by Jim W. Cary
Directed by Misty Demory
A long married, elderly couple remember and rekindle their youthful
ardor. (Drama/Comedy)
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
*Cornered by Rosemary Frisino Toohey
Directed by Michael Sandner
Fencing was Laura’s passion, but now that disease has turned
her body into stone, the only matches she can win are the nightly
verbal battles with her husband. If a woman can no longer touch
the man she loves, is it right to push him into someone else’s
arms? (Drama)
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
* Mature themes and/or language
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