The Tell-Tale Farce
By: Don Zolidis
September (2023) 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23
Directed by: Steven J. Niles
Genre: Farce
Synopsis:
It’s 1848, and Edgar Allan Poe is just coming off the spectacular success of The Raven. Unfortunately, it’s only earned him a grand total of nine dollars. So, when a wealthy dowager commissions him to write her a poem for the vast sum of one hundred dollars, he leaps at the chance. Only problem: the man who shows up to write the poem isn’t Poe, he’s Poe’s mailman, and he’s on a quest to woo the dowager’s spinster niece.
Auditions:
- Sunday, May 21st
- Monday, May 22nd
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Manuscript
By: Paul Grellong
November (2023) 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18
Directed by: Ashley Lora-Lee
Genre: Dark Comedy
Synopsis:
In the bedroom of a Brooklyn Heights brownstone, three ambitious college freshmen confront the discovery of an unpublished manuscript that can guarantee success. As the bright young things scrap over what to do with the manuscript, their plotting is by turns hilarious and startlingly cruel. They spin out of control on their manipulative quest for fame and, ultimately, revenge.
Auditions:
- Sunday, June 11th
- Wednesday, June 14th
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Days of Wine and Roses
By: J.P. Miller
January (2024) 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27
Directed by: Kara Stephens
Genre: Drama
Synopsis:
In the fast-moving milieu of Madison Avenue, social drinking is almost an occupational necessity, and one that fast-rising young Joe Clay adopts with too ready ease. Unfortunately, the girl he meets and marries shares his proclivity, and while they continue to tell themselves that they drink because they choose to, it is soon apparent that their habit has become a serious problem.
Auditions:
- TBD
Equivocation
By: Bill Cain
March (2024) 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23
Directed by: Keith Maliszewski
Genre: Dramatic Comedy
Synopsis:
England, 1605: A terrorist plot to assassinate King James I and blow Parliament to kingdom come with 36 barrels of devilish gunpowder! Shagspeare (after a contemporary spelling of the Bard’s name) is commissioned by Robert Cecil, the prime minister, to write the “true historie” of the plot. And it must have witches!
Auditions:
- TBD
Psycho Night at the Paradise Lounge
By: Kitty Burns
May (2024) 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18
Directed By: Kevin Christian
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis:
Four people have come to the Paradise Lounge on the same night for the same reason – to kill the singer. The four do not know each other, and therefore, do not know that the others are there for the same purpose. As the singer, Cindy, is onstage for her first set, the villains discuss with their accomplices the reason and method they’ve devised for Cindy’s death. One by one, they each set a trap in Cindy’s dressing room.
Auditions:
- TBD