IN JANUARY, 2021 |
THE IMPOSSIBLE PLAY CYCLE
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JANUARY 14-17
Water Doesn't Kill by Alaina Messineo
Directed by Craig Baldwin
With Beth Hylton, KenYatta Rogers, Joe Mucciolo and Ariel Russell
A mother yearns to communicate with her dead daughter through dreams and dives deep -- maybe too deep.
*Warning: This play deals with death and suicide
*Warning: This play deals with death and suicide
JANUARY 21-24
The Devil Exclusive by Jeff Dunne
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Welcome to Hell!: An Orientation by Bridget Grace Sheaff
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JANUARY 28-31
The World Is Sand by Jacob T. Zack
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History of Love by Robert Bowen Smith
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IN NOVEMBER, 2020
NOVEMBER 19-22
By A Lady by Laura Shamas
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The Very Furious Kugel by Clare Bierman
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Jane Austen delivers an oration on the dangers of vampirism, complete with free garlic cloves.
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Your grandfather was visited by a malevolent demon yesterday, and they really did not hit it off. Worst of all, now you don't get to have any leftover kugel.
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NOVEMBER 27-30
Run Out of Sky by Leslie Bramm
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A Dog Is a Creature of a Nose by Emma Gibson
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A poem for theater. Like an air traffic controller, a woman navigates her married love. A jetliner in sudden danger becomes a marriage on course to crash and burn.
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Beth has a dog. A fantastic casserole of a dog. The spaniel makes her loyal. The pit bull makes her fierce, and the bloodhound makes her hunt.
And today she’s onto a passionate scent. |
IN OCTOBER, 2020
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October 29 - November 1, 2020
TO THE EARTH by Brett Abelman Director: Kelly Colburn Cast: Kyosin Kang, Lolita Marie, Mary Myers, Tuyet Thi Pham, Alejandro Ruiz, and Jacob Yeh. A large crew drawn from all the peoples of the Earth embarks on a unity mission, reaching far into space. Then, in an instant, one catastrophic encounter sends five survivors reeling, escaping in a desperate struggle together to reach home. Please be advised, this production contains references to self harm. |
IN AUGUST, 2020

August 16-19
ZERO by Ian August
Director: Craig Baldwin
Cast: Em Grosland, Dylan Fleming, Shubhangi Kutchibotia, Alejandro Ruiz, and featuring Rick Hammerly.
Three miscreant students discover a rift in the floor of the forest surrounding their reform school. Beyond the chain link pale, a bottomless pit promises danger and deliverance. Whatever goes in can never come out -- with one possibly impossible exception.
ZERO by Ian August
Director: Craig Baldwin
Cast: Em Grosland, Dylan Fleming, Shubhangi Kutchibotia, Alejandro Ruiz, and featuring Rick Hammerly.
Three miscreant students discover a rift in the floor of the forest surrounding their reform school. Beyond the chain link pale, a bottomless pit promises danger and deliverance. Whatever goes in can never come out -- with one possibly impossible exception.
MAY/JUNE 2020
MODERATION by Kevin Kautzman
Director: Brandon McCoy Cast: Robert Bowen Smith and Amanda Forstrom A darkly comic drama about social media content moderators losing their minds at work as they deal with the very worst content humanity throws online, while they struggle for advancement within an inscrutable technocratic bureaucracy. May 24 at 3:00 PM |
WE VICTORIANS by Matthew Kelly
Director: Tyler Herman Cast: Octavia Chavez-Richmond, Gwen Grastorf, Jordanna Hernandez, Aidan Hughes, Matt Pauli, Rosemary Regan and Noga Wind. A 21-year-old assistant brings a sexual harassment suit against a respected white-glove attorney. Queer empowerment and old-school privilege collide in this radical interrogation of power in the Me Too Era, blurring distinctions between reality and myth, past and present, victimization and liberation. May 31 at 3:00 PM |
CIRCULAR by Laura Shamas
Director: Kathryn Chase Bryer Cast: Jonathan Holmes and Lisa Hodsoll Circe's island. A strange warrior approaches. Or is it modern day Afghanistan, and an officer approaches? A young army doctor becomes entangled in the world of "The Odyssey" on her first tour in Afghanistan. What is real? What actually happened in combat between a soldier and her commanding officer is gradually revealed, on the road to healing. June 14 at 3:00 PM |
TRANSFERAL by Jack Novak
Director: Bridget Grace Sheaff Cast: Linda Bard, Terrance Fleming, Bob Pike, Toni Rae Salmi, Jon Reynolds and Aron Spellance Kora is a young woman with a strong connection with death. When her partner, Cato, dies in a plane crash, Kora tries to bring him back. While her mother is trying to reconnect with her, Kora's father returns unexpectedly and they have to face their fears about moving on. But is it possible to make the transferal from one phase of our lives to the next? June 21 at 3:00 PM |
2019-2020
Reading Series Success!
Nov 12, 2019 We would like to extend a huge thank-you to everyone in our Spooky Family for coming out to support our Staged Reading Series this past month! The New Works in Action program's main mission is to provide playwrights with a testing ground for their works while they're in their final stretch, which would be impossible without your support! Thanks to everyone who submitted a script for Round 12! We are reviewing the scripts for our upcoming stage readings. |
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The Lady from the Village of Falling Flowers
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