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A CHRISTINE CAROL

* by Christine Hauer * * * * THURSDAY April 27, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY April 29, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY April 30, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb What happens when you have to meet all of yourself again? A Christine Carol. You’re invited to a story about remembering / re-meeting all my …

LA BELLE EPOQUE

* by Edoardo Tesio * Music by Olivia Amicangioli * * * * THURSDAY Dec. 15, 2022 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY Dec. 17, 2022 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY Dec. 18, 2022 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Spring has arrived at La Belle Époque, a sumptuous villa. Four Queendoms of flowers are rising in its yard. Each Queen wants …

HURRY HOME: A COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCE

* Created by Sarah Katherine Lawless * * * * TUESDAY Dec. 13, 2022 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY Dec. 14, 2022 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY Dec. 17, 2022 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb Hurry Home is an ever-changing collaborative experience. The gist of it is a piece being created before your very eyes based on a …

PANUELOS

* by David Allard * * * * THURSDAY Dec. 8, 2022 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY Dec. 10, 2022 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY Dec. 11, 2022 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Verónica, a conservative widow from Buenos Aires, discovers what truly matters in life when she discovers that her son Daniel is queer during Argentina’s …

WAR DANCE!

* by Marshall Evan McGuire * * * * MONDAY Dec. 5, 2022 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY Dec. 7, 2022 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY Dec. 10, 2022 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb On Mikki and Addie’s 10th anniversary, Addie invites her siblings and their respective partners over for drinks. Wounds grow deeper as one person …

FOR THE LOVE OF ROSA

* by R.G. Rader * * * * THURSDAY Dec. 1, 2022 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY Dec. 3, 2022 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY Dec. 4, 2022 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb In this short play the life of a couple, Michael and Angela, Expanding a period of over 50 years and their relationship with their close friend, Rosa. THIS …

THE PRETTY ORANGE DRESS

* by Candy O'Connor * * * * WEDNESDAY Nov. 30, 2022 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY Dec. 2, 2022 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY Dec 4, 2022 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb A mystery surrounding a death. A detective determined to find the answers. A woman may have the key if he's willing to play her game. THIS SHOW IS 30 …

ABCDEPRESSION

* by Catie Kobland * * * * TUESDAY Nov. 29, 2022 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY Dec. 2, 2022 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY Dec 3, 2022 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb Grade school teachers Cate and Rob struggle to put together an assembly addressing the sudden death of the art teacher, Delilah. They wrestle with how to …

Holmestead

HOLMESTEAD

* by James Broderick * * * * WEDNESDAY Nov. 9, 2022 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY Nov. 11, 2022 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY Nov. 13, 2022 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb The play focuses on a meeting between American poet Emily Dickinson and British author Arthur Conan Doyle, who visits Dickinson in her Amherst home while …

OUT OF BODY/ON A TRAIN

* by Erin Moughon* * * * MONDAY Oct. 17, 2022 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY Oct. 19, 2022 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY Oct. 22, 2022 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Leah wakes up on a subway car with a hangover with a stranger Holly. However, Holly tells Leah that they aren't really on a train, and she's not …

2:15

* by Latifa Hinds * * * * MONDAY Oct. 17, 2022 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY Oct. 19, 2022 @ 9 PM SATURDAY Oct 22, 2022 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Nia confronts her conflicted feelings for Ian THIS SHOW IS 7  MINUTES LONG THIS IS A SHORT PLAY THAT WILL BE PERFORMED WITH OTHER SHORT PLAYS WITHIN A 90 …

I WISH IT WAS FUNNIER

* by Calla Selicious * * * * MONDAY Oct. 17, 2022 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY Oct. 19, 2022 @ 9 PM SATURDAY Oct 22, 2022 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Two twentysomething friends meet at a loft apartment for a day of collaborative Adderall-fueled songwriting. They pursue creative inspiration to little …

UNA NOCHE EN TEJAS: WHEN BEYONCE’ MET SELENA

THURSDAY Dec. 9, 2021 @ 9 PM SATURDAY Dec. 11, 2021 @ 12 PM SUNDAY Dec. 12, 2021 @ 8:30 PM * by Kevin Ray Johnson * For Selena, the Tejano music superstar always on the go, finding five minutes for herself is a true accomplishment.  Only in a rare moment of solitude after a show, does Selena …

MANGO OR PEACHES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY – SHOULD THEY BE CANNED

THURSDAY Dec. 9, 2021 @ 9 PM SATURDAY Dec. 11, 2021 @ 12 PM SUNDAY Dec. 12, 2021 @ 8:30 PM * by Emma Jones * An elderly woman has leased her land to a young hipster woman to take over and farm her own crop - which the assumption is will be peaches. The young hipster woman has a different idea …

WHERE YOU AND I GO WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT

THURSDAY Dec. 9, 2021 @ 9 PM SATURDAY Dec. 11, 2021 @ 12 PM SUNDAY Dec. 12, 2021 @ 8:30 PM * by  Belle Shea * Chris and Erika are happily married (probably). Sex with Elsie is just a dream (likely). And Erika might be in love with the Monster Under the Bed, who goes by Amanda John (as far as …

DROUGHT

THURSDAY Dec. 9, 2021 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY Dec. 11, 2021 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY Dec. 12, 2021 @ 6 PM * by Angel J. Rivas * A play about two teenagers on the brink of adulthood trying to find the power, respect, and money they deserve. In the inner city, where these things are measured by the drugs in …

THE WISH

THURSDAY Dec. 9, 2021 @ 9 PM SATURDAY Dec. 11, 2021 @ 12 PM SUNDAY Dec. 12, 2021 @ 8:30 PM * by Zach Wobensmith * A confrontation between two women caught in an ongoing cycle of desire, betrayal, and the search for absolution. THE PLAY IS 17 MINUTES LONG AND WILL BE PRESENTED IN SEQUENCE …

LIFE THROUGH MY EYES

WENESDAY Dec. 8, 2021 @ 4 PM FRIDAY Dec. 10, 2021 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY Dec. 12, 2021 @ 1 PM * by Lawrence Dandridge * The play follows Tony, a young teen riddled with depression and anxiety through a series of journal entries. A group of his peers read through his experiences set to music and …

COMPULSION

WEDNESDAY Dec. 8, 2021 @ 4 PM FRIDAY Dec. 10, 2021 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY Dec. 12, 2021 @ 1 PM * by Courtney Seyl * Alex has struggled with OCD her whole life and she had thought she finally had it under control; but when a memory resurfaces her compulsions start again. Therapy can only help so …

THE BOX

TUESDAY Dec. 7, 2021 @ 9 PM WENESDAY Dec. 8, 2021 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY Dec. 11, 2021 @ 4:30 PM * by  Patrick Hamilton* On the night Stephen plans to propose to his girlfriend Alice, her father Cal shows up ahead of her to talk him out of it. He gives Stephen one chance to prove himself, but …

FORGET I SAID ANYTHING

TUESDAY Dec. 7, 2021 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY Dec. 10, 2021 @ 4 PM SATURDAY Dec. 11, 2021 @ 9 PM * by Samantha Roberts * Following five different characters, this musical is a commentary on unhealthy relationships and how they warp our perception of reality. We will follow them as they navigate these …

EDIN

MONDAY Dec. 6, 2021 @ 9 PM WENESDAY Dec. 8, 2021 @ 9 PM SATURDAY Dec. 11, 2021 @ 4:30 PM * by Marcus Harmon * How far would one go to keep their sense of comfort? Sometimes it may require you to hurt the ones you love the most. EDIN tells the story of a family man with many skeletons in his …

SHOW ME ETERNITY

MONDAY Dec. 6, 2021 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY Dec. 10, 2021 @ 9 PM SUNDAY Dec. 12, 2021 @ 3:30 PM * by Samantha Caps * This Musical tells a story hidden for over a century: the romance between Emily Dickinson and Sue Gilbert, her brother Austin’s wife. Austin’s lover, Mabel Todd, edited Emily’s poems …

KIWI

THURSDAY Dec. 2, 2021 @ 9 PM SATURDAY Dec. 4, 2021 @ 12 PM SUNDAY Dec. 5, 2021 @ 8:30 PM by Theresa Coleman Manny is a young African American poet struggling to fly with her lack of wings. In a world in which she feels like a kiwi, an ugly flightless bird, she strives to win a poetry slam …

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