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SCOTCH & A SNOWSTORM

* by Andrew Medeiros * * * * WEDNESDAY November 22, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 26, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb This one act play takes a hard look at two moral dilemmas based on modern day societal norms with the underlying theme as stated by the …

Maddie

MADDIE

* by Stephen Keeling, Shaun McKenna and Steven Dexter  * * * * WEDNESDAY November 22, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 4:30 PM SUNDAY November 26, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Nick and Jan Cheyney have recently moved into a dilapidated attic apartment in downtown New York City. …

THE WRITE OFF

* by Devin Lee * * * * TUESDAY November 21, 2023 @ 9:00 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY November 26, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb For the past six years, a successful novelist has been writing a series about an aspiring actress who spirals into drug abuse and prostitution. On …

IN TOO DEEP

* by Kristina Libby * * * * TUESDAY November 21, 2023 @ 9:00 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY November 26, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb An unexpected encounter with a baby whale forces Glenn Lyddon to reckon with her own life choices.   THIS SHOW IS 12 MINUTES …

Princess & The Pauper

PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER

*  by Maeve Kelley Baker * * * * TUESDAY November 21, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb A Princess, Anneliese, and a pauper, Erika, cross paths and realize they look identical. When Anneliese gets captured Erika fills in as …

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SIT FOR ME

* by Ariella Carmell * * * * TUESDAY November 21, 2023 @ 9:00 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY November 26, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Ten years after the abrupt end of their arrangement, a billionaire art collector makes an unusual request of the sex worker he's never …

SUBTITLES

* by Heather McDonald * * * * MONDAY November 20, 2023 @ 9:00 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb A woman's inner thoughts get the better of her.   THIS SHOW IS 7 MINUTES LONG   THIS SHORT PLAY WILL BE PERFORMED WITH 4 …

GAYSL

* by Ben Batchelder * * * * MONDAY November 20, 2023 @ 9:00 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Victor's mom is Deaf and proud. And terrifying. Victor is about to come out to her, and introduce his boyfriend, when his brother Ben makes an …

EDGAR AND MARIE

* by Juliet Wolfe * * * * MONDAY November 20, 2023 @ 9:00 PM FRIDAY November 24, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb As Edgar Degas sketches Marie van Goethem--the inspiration for his only exhibited sculpture, The Little Dancer of 14 Years--they banter and …

Boiling Point

BOILING POINT

* by Pierce Bunch * * * * MONDAY November 20, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY November 25, 2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY November 26, 2023 @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb Old wounds fester and new bonds form as 17 year-old Christian leaves New York City to work on a tobacco farm in Southern Virginia. “Boiling …

DANSE MACABRE OR THE DANSE OF TWO LOVERS ABOUT TO DIE

* by  Paula Olavarria * * * * THURSDAY November 16, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 18, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb "Comedy" or whatever you want to call it about two lovers in one apartment. Both of them want to kill themselves but not each other, and …

ZIG ZAG

* by Dahlia Ross * * * * THURSDAY November 16, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 18, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Oh no, I bet I know where your records went. In your arm. JACK Hey, you got me there. Everyone comes to Sounds for the records or the money. …

LOOK HOW FAR YOU’VE COME

* by Ziyan Yang * * * * THURSDAY November 16, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 18, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A normal day like every day of a restaurant in Chinatown, three characters of two generations are talking and doing the most basic things: young …

A PART OF IT

* by Peyton Strong * * * * THURSDAY November 16, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 18, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb While returning to her hometown for the holidays, Charlotte is forced to confront not only her past, but her conflicting feelings about her …

YOU, MIMI & ME

* by Isabel Criado Barrios * * * * THURSDAY November 16, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY November 18, 2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb "You, Mimi & Me" is an emerging love story about three queer young adults in New York City exploring the boundaries between …

Paradise

PARADISE

* by Michael David Stoddard * * * * WEDNESDAY November 15, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY November 17, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb A young newlywed couple arrives at Paradise Cove Resort in Cancun to celebrate their honeymoon. Sara and John have eloped, and John’s …

THE COLLECTOR

* by Jeff Burkes * * * * WEDNESDAY November 15, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY November 17, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Cormac is a Collector who likes to "play with his food before he eats". He encounters Philip, the bar owner, to collect what's due, and …

EARTH TO VENUS

* by Rachel Collignon * * * * MONDAY November 13, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY November 15, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 18, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb At Venus Villas, a women-only mental health clinic, a documentary project arises unexpectedly, initially creating a transformative sense …

OLD FOX’S JUSTICE

* by Tahiana Larissa and Marco Augusto Ferreira  * * * * MONDAY November 13, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY November 17, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY November 19, 2023 @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb A DEA agent is found dead in mysterious circumstances in Paraguay. To protect his wife, a retiring prosecutor tries …

ATTENTION CREW MEMBERS

* by Kathryn (KC) Connors * * * * THURSDAY November 9, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 11, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 12, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Two cruise ship workers, Fiona, and Peter, maintain a text message relationship from the shutdown of ships to restart. Fiona's mind …

LEGEND OF BASS REEVES

* by David D. Wright * * * * THURSDAY November 9, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 11, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 12, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb The play is about a Black US Deputy Marshal, Bass Reeves, who disguises himself to apprehend two brothers, who are wanted bank robbers and …

REDEMPTION

* by Joyce Jacobs * * * * THURSDAY November 9, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY November 11, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY November 12, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb The main characters are the Protagonist and Antagonist. The inciting moments build because Damon is in a hurry and to his surprise things are …

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INCELS AND OTHER MYTHS

* by Ally Sass * * * * THURSDAY November 9, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY November 11, 2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY November 12, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Incels and Other Myths follows a mother and son’s epic journey into the online realms of gender, power and mythology. Elaine grows concerned when …

HI, MY NAME IS…

* by Katy White * * * * WEDNESDAY November 8, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY November 10, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY November 12, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb “Hi, My Name Is….” is an anthropomorphic exploration of the internal self-talk we all do, and what it means to be truly ourselves, when we have no …

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