 August
16 - September 2, 2007
Producer: Richard Ley
Production Assistant: Ashley Byrd
A stimulating collection of mostly original
one-act plays, many by local playwrights. Each weekend will feature
different plays that prove in their own ways that humor and passions
are what make us human.
Evening Performances:
August 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, Sept.
1 and 2 at 8
Sunday Matinees:
August 19, 26 and Sept. 3 at 2
Weekend 1 August 16 - 19
Memory Sticks
by Kristin Holodak [DRAMA]
Director, Andrea Spitz
Memory sticks enable one to capture a memory; but in this couple's
relationship, is he so busy rercording the memories he is not actually
experiencing them?
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
The Record [DRAMA]
by Matt Casarino
Director, Michael Gilmore
A journalist wants to publish the remarks of an insider who thought
he was making the comments "off the record."
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
Significant Others [DRAMEDY]
by Steve LaRocque
Director, Sharon Dodd
A separated couple exchange words at their daughter's wedding reception
and reminisce about their years together.
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
No Vacancy [COMEDY]
by Joe Dennison
Director, Jo Rake
After a car crash while leaving a party in Baltimore, Jake and May
find themselves at the gates of paradise. Bad news : There's only
room for one. Yikes!
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
Weekend 2 August 23 - 26
Butch and Beauregard [COMEDY]
by Susanne Caviness
Director, Susanne Caviness
Two dogs discuss their past and the choices about putting up a stern
front or showing some vulnerability.
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
The Big Green Door [DRAMA]
by Dan Mont
Director, Dan Mont
A beautifully moving play about memory, love, and loss and a family's
struggles with a father suffering from depression.
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
Frank Johnson [MYSTERY]
by Tom Block
Director, Rick Starkweather
Frank Johnson arrives home to find a stranger in the house claiming
he is Frank Johnson. What really determines a person's identity?
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
The Actor’s Nightmare [COMEDY]
by Christopher Durang
Director, Jacy D’Aiutolo
This comedy details the plight of a stranger suddenly pushed onstage
to replace an ailing actor. The stranger starts spouting lines recalled
from Shakespeare with hilarious results.
Presented with the permission of Dramatist Play Service, Inc.
Weekend 3 August 30 - September 2
Butch and Beauregard [COMEDY]
by Susanne Caviness
Director, Susanne Caviness
Two dogs discuss their past and the choices about putting up a stern
front or showing some vulnerability.
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
Pretty Good Year [DRAMA]
by Brandon Mitchell
Director, Tim Seltzer
Alone on New Year's Eve Billy recalls his relationships with friends
over the past year as the countdown to midnight proceeds.
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
Shinel or The Overcoat [DRAMA]
by Nikolay Gogol
Translated by Ivan Kovachev
Director, Ivan Kovachev
Do clothes make the man? In this adaptation a man's reputation and
social standing rise and fall with the quality of his overcoat.
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
Over and Over Again [DRAMA]
by Russell Aiuto
Director, Pauline Griller-Mitchell
A man wanders in to the police station claiming his wife has been
missing since 1948. In his confusion he still speaks affectionately
of her.
Presented with the permission of the playwright.
Lizard Brains [DRAMA]
by Mark Scharf
Director: Kendra Simmons
Lisa's former live-in lover returns as he basks in the early stages
of rock stardom. She decides to give him a scare for dropping her.
Presented with the permission of the playwright. |
