Directing Class One Acts

Thursday and Friday

April 29 and 30,  7:30 pm

Wells Theater

admission $2

 

Poof!

 by LYNN NOTTAGE


What's that heap of smoking ash where her husband used to be...a magic trick, the wrath of God or evil mojo maybe? As two friends work out the boundaries of personal rights and social consequence, this surprising comedy raises a novel question: Is spontaneous combustion illegal? POOF! is co-winner of the 1992 Heideman Award for ATL's National Ten-Minute Play Contest

Laureen: Holly Trotter  
Florence: Lindsey Markel

Directed by Emily Mitsdarffer

Finger Food

 by NINA SHENGOLD


Sparks fly when an up-and-coming hand model meets a professional photographer. The comedy tackles unique expressions of love and heartbreak.

 

 

Denny: Mat Toussaint
Mona: Kelly Winfrey

Directed by Lauren Warner

Last Leaf

Adapted by THOMAS HISCHAK
From O. Henry's short story


The bittersweet story involves Johnsy, a young artist who is suffering from a severe case of pneumonia and has lost her will to live. However, a friend provides the ultimate gift to Johnsy, and in doing so, saves her life. Utilizing O. Henry's wise and poignant manner, Thomas Hischak shows what friendship is all about. Whether used as a contest piece or performed with another one act, this show is guaranteed to add depth and emotion to any production.

Mr. Behrman: Adam Riegle
Doctor: Anthony Zepeda
Sue: Sarah Zanger
Johnsy: Shannon Fitzjarrald

Directed by Anne Olson

Playwriting 101: a rooftop lesson

by RICH ORLOFF


Up on a roof, a jumper and a Good Samaritan illustrate a professor's lecture on playwriting, with a lesson way beyond the professor's expectations. This play is an examination of the art of playwriting. When the characters from a student playwright’s sample scene come to life, the results are instructive…and disastrous!

 

 

Teacher: Adam Drake
Jumper: Rebekah Danaher
Good Samaritan: Kat Koelbl

Directed by Carrie Casper

First Date

by JOSH SONNENBURG


 

Host: Adam Riegle
Jack: Brian Wilcoxon
Jill: Kim Hurley
Waiter 1: Sharon David
Waiter 2: Kaitlin Horst

Directed by Josh Sonnenburg

Fourteen

by ALICE GERSTENBERG



If you are all set for a dinner party
but there's a blizzard outside,
you have to be prepared for
ANY kind of surprises...

The action is set in NYC in the time of Prohibition

 

Mr. Pringle: Charley Pippenger
Elaine: Stephanie Haas
Mrs. Dunham: Lisa Adams

Directed by Brandon Grear

Philadelphia

by DAVID IVES


David Ive's play about  a young man in a restaurant who has fallen into "a Philadelphia," a Twilight-Zone-like state in which he cannot get anything he asks for. His only way out of the dilemma? To ask for the opposite of what he wants

Waitress: Amanda Freeman
Mark: Rafael Mojden
Al: Michelle Anstett

Direct by Phil Johnson

 

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