FALL/WINTER THEATER FESTIVAL

* by Benjamin D. Smith * * * * TUESDAY January 14, 2025 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY January 17, 2025 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY January 18, 2025 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb The Obituary is a one act play about a father and son's relationship as they deal the son's sexual identity and deep family secrets. While …

* by Mattie Tindall * * * * MONDAY January 13, 2025 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY January 15, 2025 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY January 18, 2025 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Al and Charlie have returned to summer camp after a year apart – a little bit older and not at all wiser. On their first day back, Al meets a …

* by Jake Tammara * * * * THURSDAY December 14, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb The Squeal follows the journey of Leo and Maria, an immigrant couple from Mexico pursuing a better life in the United States. Leo works at …

* by Ella Talerico * * * * THURSDAY December 14, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Alma is a soul struggling to understand and cope with the evil inside of herself, and the evil surrounding her. An abstract, poetic, and …

* by Josh Romeo * * * * MONDAY December 11, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Seven students are in a college psychology class. On the day of the final, instead of a blue book exam they are posed with a challenge. The …

* by Carmen Davis Hall * * * * THURSDAY December 14, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY December 16,  2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Modern day for colored girls. A depiction of colored women . Written from my personal life, but every woman can see her in the story. …

* by Dean Tyler K * * * * WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 15, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb A writer and podcaster comes home from a party. A few drinks in, we watch as they continue to drink and spiral as they take us through their …

* by Jabari Elzie * * * * WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 15, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 17, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Minstrel, a skit-based play rooted in satire observes how common-day black media is told from the white person's perspective. Inspired by the …

*  by Julia Wosiak * * * * TUESDAY December 12, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 13, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb After her cancer diagnosis, Grace invites her children back to their family home, to decide which one of them deserves to inherit the …

* Barry Jay Kaplan * * * * TUESDAY December 12, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY December 15, 2023 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY December 16, 2023 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb With an undercurrent of triangulation & the rhythm & dialogue of a brisk comedy, THE LIMITS OF ADMIRATION asks if friendship can stand …

* by Kerry Jules * * * * THURSDAY December 7, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb The H Word, is a play where the audience is placed directly in the center of what is known as "the final seven minutes” of brain activity, prior …

* by Tony Barone * * * * THURSDAY December 7, 2023 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY December 9,  2023 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb A comedy about a struggling theater owner attempting to recruit a famous retired Broadway star to a gala to save his theater. When he visits her, …

* by Amy Lynn Parmar * * * * WEDNESDAY December 6, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 8, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Being a creative living in NYC isn't always the American Dream it's made out to be. Four friends working in creative fields share how they …

* by Kamiah Vickers * * * * WEDNESDAY December 6, 2023 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY December 8, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY December 10, 2023 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb In Conversation of Love is a one act that discusses the good and evils of "thee Love herself" Imani, who recently just got out of a toxic …

*  by Collin Hendley * * * * TUESDAY December 5, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 6, 2023 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb The play follows the life and legacy of Bobbie O’Quinn, a woman from a decrepit little town with lofty dreams for herself. The piece is told …

* Faye J. Taylor * * * * TUESDAY December 5, 2023 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY December 8, 2023 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb Three sisters and their spouses reunite with their strained relationships for a family weekend to settle their family estate, uncover familial …

* by Alex Story  * * * * MONDAY December 4, 2023 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY December 6, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 9, 2023 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Three New York couples secretly get together during lockdown for what ends up being a revealing dinner party.   THIS SHOW IS 70 MINUTES …

* by Dan Brown * * * * THURSDAY November 30, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 2, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 3, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb The play is a series of three short scenes taking place at a park bench. The theme of the entire play is how the reality of human nature robs out …

* by William Dobbins * * * * THURSDAY November 30, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 2, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 3, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A wry satire of Corporate Orientation Seminars, for the unwitting audience of "new employees" of a company that no one would want to work for …

* by Michael Chabler * * * * THURSDAY November 30, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 2, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 3, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Two co-workers share a meal after the nuclear apocalypse.   THIS SHOW IS 10 MINUTES LONG   THIS SHORT PLAY WILL BE PERFORMED …

* by Monica Cancian * * * * THURSDAY November 30, 2023 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY December 2, 2023 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY December 3, 2023 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb An adaptation of The Decameron Day 8 Story 8.  Four neighbors who are best friends.  Ali finds out that Ian is having intercourse with his …