ACCOUNTABILITY
by Nathan Anderith of Ethiopia
Directed by Mackenzie Doss
Mind Painting © agsandrew / Adobe StocK
THE THREE FATES
Birth, Life and Death -- work in an ethereal accounting office, until some all-too-human frustrations and desires upend their timeless routine.
"... sometimes I wish I could spend one night the way you spend your whole life. Then I think that night would probably leave me passed out and pregnant in a Taco Bell bathroom."
CAST
Lachesis: Elizabeth Hawkins
Atropos: Maggie Mae (Oct 11+13)
Courtney Sturm (Oct 12+14)
Clotho: Janet Alexander
Fates’ Assistants: Matthew C. Taylor, Matthew Draper, Jordan Pieper
Underwritten by Calvin Clary of Salon Seven & Paul Wilson of Ermilio’s
UNTIL THE EARTH BREAKS OPEN
by Lindsay Partain of Portland, Oregon
Directed by Kenn Woodard
Intuition © agsandrew / Adobe Stock
Women across time and culture grow together as a tree in the desert and call out to their lost children.
“I used to tell my children a story ... about a tree that sprouted in the desert … and to all who wandered the desert it gave shelter.”
Cast
Vine: Maricarmen Rose
Limb: Pearl Brick
Root: Elise Buchman
Branch: Justine Ryan
Tree: Miranda Smith
Ensemble: Soldiers - Matthew Draper, Jordan Pieper, Chris Ritthaler, Mattew C. Taylor; Children - Joa Murray, Ian Evans, Oen Evans, Bradshaw Hendershot, Layla Langhover, J. P. Langhover, Scarlett Shreve
Underwritten by Tom & Debbie Reay of The Woods Cabins
TWO MARTINIS
by Ashley Arai of Seattle, Washington
Directed by Elise Buchman
The Age of Learning © Gino Santa Maria / Adobe Stock
A missile alert sounds in Honolulu and a couple must decide what to do with their remaining ten minutes.
“Ballistic missile threat in-bound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.”
“Told you it wasn't Missy.”
Cast
Nancy: Liz Kimberlin
Marcia: Carmen Caldwell
Ensemble: Announcer - Chuck Landis; Lamp - Courtney Sturm; Art - Caia Claire
Underwritten by the members of Pride Power:
Mary Carter & Betsy Taylor, Jan Laughlin & Kathy Piotruszwicz,
Cindy & Gid Morrison, Mary Phyl Dwight & Donita Davenport,
Susie Norton & Ann Sivyer, Larry Horn & Edward Bibber,
Ann Hopkins & Tom Gorsuch
THE COMBUSTIBLES
by Mackenzie Doss of Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Directed by Michael Carey
Virtual Self Fragmentation © agsandrew / Adobe Stock
An absurdist play in which two characters meet on a roadside and discuss a growing epidemic of human spontaneous combustion.
“People don't want to know about the world, they want to SEE it!”
“In 30 second segments.”
Cast
Mal: Jim Holt
Given: Heather Huber
Patrons: Equity Bank , Kristine Bradt Kendrick, Esq., and Jocelyn Morelli & Kenn Woodard Local Tub
ANGELS OF THE MANSIONS OF THE MOON
by Randy Gross of Enola, Pennsylvania
Directed by Justine Ryan
Lonely Man Original Painting by © Mikhail Zahranichny / Adobe Stock
Reinterpretation by Jocelyn Morelli
Two women and the phantom images of their war-veteran husbands struggle to come to terms with the unfulfilled promises of love, marriage, and country.
“Tell her … that you miss the way things used to be but are terrified that they never will be again … Tell her!”
Cast
Requiel: Gail Medley Booker
Chubba: Kenn Woodard
Mike: Matt Draper
Mikal: Matthew C. Taylor
Sammi: Maggie Mae (Oct 11 + 13)
Courtney Sturm (Oct 12 + 14)
Kylie: Caia Claire (Oct 11 + 13)
Liz Hawkins (Oct 12 + 14)
Underwritten by Judy & Jom Statton of The Statton Gallery
PULSE & POWER
by Amy Tofte of Los Angeles, California
Directed by Matthew C. Taylor
Faces © Rolffimages/ Adobe Stock
Three separate character poems reveal critical points in three desperate lives.
“Why can't you listen? With your heart? And hear my Song? Why do you mumble grumbled wishes ... I were gone?”
Cast
Boxer: Michael Carey
Roadmap of the Jilted Lover: Joa Murray
Echo in the Street: Steve “Yip” Vorbeck
Patrons: David Biossat; Frankie Green & Scott Moore of
Anglers Grill & The Grand Treehouse Resort
BONKERS
by Michael Carey of Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Directed by Chris Ritthaler
abstract digital painting of human face © Kara-Kotsya / Adobe Stock
A man must deal with his roommate's annoying imaginary friend.
“That's not true, Jen! Just because I'm imaginary doesn't mean I'm not real.”
Cast
Jen: Justine Ryan
Bonkers: Courtney Sturm
James: Michael Carey
Underwritten by Jim Holt of Brews
