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FULL ONE ACT INFO

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BLOCK A:  THEATRICAL PRODUCTION CLASS

HONEST HOWIE
Comedy
DIRECTOR:  John Rentoria 
PLAYWRIGHT:  Jon Rentoria
CAST: Madeline McInnis, LaJuan Miller​, Cortney Radtke 
​
SYNOPSIS: On first a date, it doesn't always pay to be too honest.
Madeline McInnis
LaJuan Miller
Cortney Radtke
THE PITCH
Comedy
DIRECTOR:  Cortney Radtke
PLAYWRIGHT:  Chris Tergliafera
CAST: Elisa Richards, Chris Tergliafera 
​
SYNOPSIS: A frustrated writing student devises a plan to one-up his teachers.
Elisa Richards
Chris Tergliafera
I Thought You Were Cool
Comedy
DIRECTOR:  Chris Tergliafera 
PLAYWRIGHT:  Chris Tergliafera
CAST: Madeline McInnis, John Rentora,
Chris Tergliafera 
​
SYNOPSIS: A man has an unusually tough time giving up his smoking habit.
Madeline McInnis
John Rentora
Chris Tergliafera
TIME OUT
Comedy
DIRECTOR: LaJuan Miller 
PLAYWRIGHT:  Joey Isabel McLellan
CAST: LaJuan Miller, Cortney Radtke,
​Elisa Richards, Chris Tergliafera
​
SYNOPSIS: In a war between which movie to see, only one side can win.
LaJuan Miller
Cortney Radtke
Chris Tergliafera
Elisa Richards
SETTING BOUNDARIES
Comedy
DIRECTOR:  Madeline McInnis 
PLAYWRIGHT:  Elisa Richards
CAST: Marley Freygang, Elisa Richards 
​
SYNOPSIS: A woman in a bad relationship needs her best gal pal to help her get out.
Marley Freygang
Elisa Richards
XO EX-OH
Comedy
DIRECTOR:  Cortney Radke
PLAYWRIGHT:  Cortney Radke
CAST: Madeline McInnis, John Rentoria 
​
SYNOPSIS: Some people just don't know when a relationship is over. 
Madeline McInnis
John Rentoria
YES, WE CAN'T
Comedy
DIRECTOR:  Chris Tergliafera
PLAYWRIGHT:  Madeline McInnis
CAST: Marley Freygang,
​Joey Isabel McLellen, LaJuan Miller 
​
SYNOPSIS: A woman deals with the dark side of running a small town political campaign. 
Marley Freygang
Joey Isabel McLellen
LaJuan Miller

BLOCK B:

VARIALS
Drama
DIRECTOR: Wolfgang Bodison

PLAYWRIGHT: Tyler James White
​CAST:  LaJuan Miller, Tyler James White
​

SYNOPSIS: In his last semester of college, a troubled frat boy is back home and desperate to reconnect with the estranged drug-dealing best friend he left behind.
LaJuan Miller
Tyler James White
JESSIE MALONE
Comedy
DIRECTOR: Holly Gagnier

PLAYWRIGHT:  Andrew Grace
CAST:  Frank Gallo, Andrew Grace,
​Ryan Larsen, Katelyn MacMullen, 
Jamie Redmon, 
​

SYNOPSIS:  Two adopted siblings and their best friend/roomate make an unexpected discovery that threatens to tear them apart.  
Frank Gallo
Andrew Grace
Ryan Larsen
Jamie Redmon
Katelyn MacMullen
ZOO STORY
Drama
DIRECTOR:  Susan Han
PLAYWRIGHT:  Edward Albee
CAST:  Richard Muller, Julian Peled
​

SYNOPSIS: A lonely and disheartened man desperately tries to connect with another human being by telling a stranger at a park bench stories from his life and how it all led to his trip to the zoo that day. 
Richard Muller
Julian Peled

BLOCK C:
GREEN EYES,
OR NO SIGHT WOULD BE WORTH SEEING 

Drama
DIRECTOR: Robert Carnegie

PLAYWRIGHT:  Tennessee Williams
CAST:  Leah Caruana, Joseph Michael Harris
​

SYNOPSIS: A young couple spending their honeymoon in a hotel in New Orleans‘ French Quarter wake up one morning to find a girls body covered with mysterious bruises.
Leah Caruana
Joseph Michael Harris
BIG AL
Comedy
DIRECTOR: Holly Gagnier
PLAYWRIGHT: Brian Goluboff
CAST: Tommy Schneiders, Nathan Wright
​

SYNOPSIS: A young screenwriter obsessed with actor Al Pacino fixation fuels his plan to author a movie for the thespian to the point of insanity.
Nathan Wright
Tommy Schneiders
NORTH OF PROVIDENCE
Drama
DIRECTOR: Wolfgang Bodison

PLAYWRIGHT::  Edward Allan Baker
​
CAST:  Cametria Hill, Richard Muller,
​Tahirah Nyanin, Ayana Taylor


​SYNOPSIS:  A painful domestic crisis between brother and sister who are uncovering old wounds on the last day of their father's life. 
Cametria Hill
Richard Muller
Tahirah Nyanin
Ayana Taylor

BLOCK D - SKETCH COMEDY 


BLOCK OF COMEDY SKETCHES
Matt Bundy
Ava Dinovitz
Andrew Golden
Brian McGowan
Ashley Singleton
Megan Williams

BLOCK E

MOONSHINE
Drama/Comedy
DIRECTOR: Wolfgang Bodison

PLAYWRIGHT: Arthur Hopkins
CAST: Sam Dever, Ford Fanter

SYNOPSIS: In the mountain wilds of North Carolina during the time of prohibition, Moonshiner Luke Hazy, has captured what appears to be a revenue officer snooping around his property and plans to kill him. 
Sam Dever
Ford Fanter
THE AMERICAN CENTURY
​
Comedy
DIRECTOR: Holly Gagnier
PLAYWRIGHT: Murphy Guyer
CAST: Irina Kompa, Ryan Larsen,
​Carlos Lazzaritt
​
SYNOPSIS: Tom, just discharged from the Army after WW2, returns to his wife, Margaret, full of hopes and dreams for a bounteous future, but is taken aback by a sudden surprise. 
Ryan Larsen
Carlos Lazzaritt
A SOCIAL EVENT
Comedy
​DIRECTOR: Doug Van Bebber

PLAYWRIGHT: William Inge
CAST:  
Matt Bundy, Leah Caruana,
​
Edgar Caballero-Velázquez
​ 
SYNOPSIS: Two up and coming actors are faced with emotional crisis when they discover they haven't been invited to the biggest event in Hollywood.
Matt Bundy
Leah Caruana
Edgar Caballero-Velázquez
A LONELY IMPULSE OF DELIGHT
Comedy
DIRECTOR: Holly Gagnier
PLAYWRIGHT:  John Patrick Shanley  
CAST:  Maor M. Barsano, Ryan Larsen
​ 
SYNOPSIS:  A young man attempts to introduce the love of his life to his best friend
Maor M. Barsano
Ryan Larsen

BLOCK F

INSTINCTS
Drama
DIRECTOR: Wolfgang Bodison
PLAYWRIGHT: Jason Milligan
CAST: Joe Burns, Charlie Statires

SYNOPSIS:  It's 3:00 a.m. on New Year's Day in a jail cell in a small Southern town. Frank and Andy are being held on drunk driving - and possibly manslaughter - charges.
Joe Burns
Charlie Statires
THE SECRET ORIGIN OF MOJO MAN
Comedy
DIRECTOR: Holly Gagnier

PLAYWRIGHT: Walter Wykes
CAST:
Ell, Sean Andrews, Dexter Elkin

SYNOPSIS: A playground skirmish develops into a superhero showdown between childhood besties; who will get the girl?
Ell
Sean Andrews
Dexter Elkin
A NEW YORK MINUTE
Comedy
DIRECTOR: Gabriel Grier
PLAYWRIGHT: Michelle Palermo
CAST: Grayson Low,  JJ Obee
​

SYNOPSIS: Harry was thirty two when he ended his life in front of a subway train. As Melissa packs up his apartment, his ghost helps her make an important discovery.
Grayson Low
JJ Obee
NORTH OF PROVIDENCE
Drama
DIRECTOR: Robert Carnegie

PLAYWRIGHT: Edward Allen Baker
CAST: Jon Pratt, Mia Pollini
​

SYNOPSIS:  A painful domestic crisis between brother and sister who are uncovering old wounds on the last day of their father's life. 
Jon Pratt
Mia Pollini

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