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Pocket Playfest
December 1, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - December 2, 2023 @ 10:00 pm
$5.00 - $15.00Over the past two months, 6 emerging playwrights and directors have been making new work together, come see what they’ve made!
December 1st
Red Devil – written by Andrea Berting and directed by Allie Robinson
Cast – Bobbie Hart, Jamie Newell, Valerie Gorman
Recess – written by Mikayla De Guzman and directed by Erin Sheets
Cast – Brandon Wright, Amal Salem, Luz Espinoza
Cozy – written by Daphne Gussler and directed by Patrick Starner
Cast – Eph Page, Joyce Porter, Melissa Harrison
December 2nd
Dirt Girls – written by Grace Reasoner and directed by Oskar Westbridge
Cast – Emily Dean, Jessie Shaw, Alana Gordon Levine,
Crossing – written by Morris Mclennan and directed by Tyler Struble
Cast – Rafael Lopez, Nick Trengrove
She Can Declare a Hurricane – written by Melanie Coffey and directed by Rashaad Bond
Cast – Carmia Imani, Crystal Claros, Ruth Kaufman
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Play Reading Club: Cardboard Piano
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Play Reading Club: Cardboard Piano
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DIE, MOMMIE, DIE! by Charles Busch
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DIE, MOMMIE, DIE! by Charles Busch
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A Taste of RED with A Red Orchid Theatre
August 6 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Hang out with our friends from A Red Orchid Theatre on Aug 6th for the latest installment of their series A Taste of Red. A Red Orchid Theatre invites you to take a peek behind the curtain and see how their team goes about exploring a play. What gets their ensemble excited about a script? How do actors, directors, playwrights, and designers all approach the same text differently? What defines a quintessential A Red Orchid production? Stay tuned for more…
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Midsommer Flight presents The Favourite
August 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The Favourite by Marie-Catherine Desjardins de Villedieu New translation by James Hyett In partnership with Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre’s Expand the Canon series Directed by LaKecia Harris Featuring Chad Bay, Amy Malcom, Stephanie Mattos, Jack Morsovillo, Koshie Mills, Ebby Offord, and Joshua Pennington Written in 1664, The Favourite (Le Favori) is a French verse play about the transactional nature of relationships. It was the first play by a woman performed for King Louis XIV. Brimming with social commentary and humor,…
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