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A SNOWFLAKE ON THE OCEAN

* by Charles Redding * FRIDAY May 30, 2025 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY May 31, 2025 @ 6:45 PM SUNDAY June 1, 2025 @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb Set in a corporatized afterlife, the perfectionist Chief Executive (God of the Dead) clashes with her slacker Delivery Boy (Grim Reaper), leading them to trade jobs …

THE LEGEND OF RACHEL

* Book by Aliza Rabin & Clay Herzberg Music by Clay Herzberg Lyrics by Aliza Rabin * * * * THURSDAY May 29, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY May 31, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY June 1, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb In a late 18th-century village, Rachel’s kindness transforms two ruthless pirates who …

UNTOLD HORRORS AND THE END OF THE WORLD

* by J.S. Howard * * * * THURSDAY May 29, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY May 31, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY June 1, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Joe is afraid of the end of the world. What happens when they are faced with the imminent eruption of the Yellowstone super volcano? A bizarre, rapid fire, …

VENGEFUL INTERACTIONS

* by Nat Bell & Cali G * * * * THURSDAY May 29, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY May 31, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY June 1, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A deeply rooted hatred for Jay’cen living as a transgender man, resulted in an untimely death and an array of questions and concerns started to …

GREEN BEANZ

* Brandi Nicole McLeain * * * * THURSDAY May 29, 2025 @ 9:00PM SATURDAY May 31, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY June 1, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A solo performance about the worst day of my life as a little Black girl growing up in the suburbs. From learning about racism to being “stuck at the …

TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN

* by Lizzie Osmeña O'Rourke * WEDNESDAY May 28, 2025 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY May 30, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY June 1, 2025 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb It's 1929, and for the first time in American history, sisters Stella and Ethel can kiss, drink, and vote just as easily as men. But when the stock market …

ALL THE WORLD WONDERED

* by Gabriel McDerment * * * * TUESDAY May 27, 2025 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY May 28, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY May 31, 2025 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb All The World Wondered is an experimental music seeking to address how lonely this life can be, and how those who understand disaster are at higher …

PEN PALS

* by Matthew Daley * * * * TUESDAY May 27, 2025 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY May 30, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY May 31, 2025 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb Alex and Grace are pen pals who become best friends. In their letters, they brag about their exploits and abilities. Problem is, everything they say is a lie. …

LINE OF INQUIRY

* by Laurence Schwartz * * * * WEDNESDAY May 21, 2025 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY May 24, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY May 25, 2025 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb A young interfaith and interracial female gay couple who have recently exchanged vows are experiencing friction in their new marriage. Lyan is an …

COMMON WALL

*  by Pat Galante and Kaitlin Hlywa * * * * WEDNESDAY May 21, 2025 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY May 24, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY May 25, 2025 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Common Wall follows June and Sky, an eccentric and a troubled new neighbor, whose apartments share a common wall. The impact they have on …

BENNETT V. BOARD AGAINST MAGICAL FRAUD

* by Trinity Giddings * * * * TUESDAY May 20, 2025 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY May 24, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY May 25, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Audacious Entrepreneur or Con-artist? In a world where magic is as common as a blue sky, sometimes it’s hard to tell, especially in the case of Bhama …

THE GREAT PISTACHIO

* by Nicholas Cummings * THURSDAY March 6, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY March 8, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY March 9, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Two brothers exist in a room. One has buried himself underground for most of his life to write the greatest play ever written. The other brother has spent …

A KISS LIKE NO OTHER

* by Steve Monroe * * * * THURSDAY March 6, 2025 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY March 8, 2025 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY March 9, 2025 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb A young woman experiences the most romantic moment of her life. Only she's not sure if the man she experienced it with felt anything at all. A year has …

LESBIAN BIGFOOT

* by Anna Margevich * WEDNESDAY March 5, 2025 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY March 7, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY March 9, 2025 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Shannon and Bianca have a standing gay-fling every summer when their respective families journey into the woods for seasonal bigfoot hunting. While the heads of …

THE SHELTER

* by Corey Reiter * * * * TUESDAY March 4, 2025 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY March 5, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY March 8, 2025 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb Two pairs of bickering men and women given seclusive shelter in an underground, luxurious bunker, find their comfortable life disturbed by a burrowing …

LITTLE PILLOWS

* by Bob Tilton * * * * TUESDAY March 4, 2025 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY March 7, 2025 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY March 8, 2025 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb Little Pillows is a single-act comedy that takes place at lunchtime  on a hot July day in Forcione's Cafe in New Milford, CT. Jeff enters to have lunch with …

WE HAVE TO HURRY

* by Dorothy Lyman * * * * MONDAY March 3, 2025 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY March 5, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY March 8, 2025 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Two people meet across their balconies in Florida during the Pandemic.  Love may be in the air! THIS SHOW IS 75 MINUTES LONG THIS IS A SHORT PLAY THAT …

AMENDS

* by Julia Genoveva * * * * THURSDAY February 27, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY March 1, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY March 2, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Estelle went back to rehab…again. Part of her recovery is to go through The Twelve Steps.  Her important step right now: Meeting with her son, …

FAMILY INHERITANCE

* by Anthony Fusco * * * * THURSDAY February 27, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY March 1, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY March 2, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb As Nile's finds out a secret from his parents about the past, he discovers an inheritance that was passed on to him at birth. THIS SHOW IS 20 …

I KILLED PENELOPE CRUZ: AN UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY

* by Alex Ferris * * * * THURSDAY February 27, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY March 1, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY March 2, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb It’s midnight and the Husband is still watching TV. He raises his remote and hits rewind. 1AM: rewind. 2AM: rewind. rewind. rewind. Come morning the …

YOU CAN’T TEACH A FISH TO WHISTLE

* by Joey Novick * * * * THURSDAY February 27, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY March 1, 2025 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY March 2, 2025 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Several women playing mahjong, discussing world issues and local happenings. THIS SHOW IS 16 MINUTES LONG THIS IS A SHORT PLAY THAT WILL BE PERFORMED …

THE JOCK

* by Casper Burgos * WEDNESDAY February 26, 2025 @ 4:00PM FRIDAY February 28, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY March 2, 2025 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Everyone labels "The Jock" as the big dumb sports bully but no one bothers to take a step back and ask what is really going on? Why is he this way? This …

42ND STREET MONODRAMA

* by Diar Xani * WEDNESDAY February 26, 2025 @ 4:00PM FRIDAY February 28, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY March 2, 2025 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb A young man arrives in New York City with hope. On 42nd Street. he waits for someone who never arrives. Stranded and alone, he tries calling relatives from a …

THE ACE OF SWORDS

*  by Javier Mederos * * * * TUESDAY February 25, 2025 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY February 26, 2025 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY March 1, 2025 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb The classic tale of King Arthur is turned on its head when the audience decides who plays which role. With a mixed-up cast, emphasis on …

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