Directing Class One
Acts Thursday and Friday April 29 and 30, 7:30 pm Wells Theater admission $2
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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
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.
Directed by Lauren Warner |
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Last Leaf
Adapted by THOMAS HISCHAK 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.
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!
Directed by Carrie Casper |
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First Date by JOSH SONNENBURG
Directed by Josh Sonnenburg |
Fourteen by ALICE GERSTENBERG
Directed by Brandon Grear |
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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
Direct by Phil Johnson |