Staged Reading Series 2005 / 2006 (Season 3)
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BOXES - May.15,2005
Written by Mike Folie
Directed by John Thurner
It’s 1986 and Dave, a Vietnam War veteran and former heroin addict, has finally found peace. He lives quietly in a cabin, on his in-laws’ Summer estate in the far reaches of northern Vermont, tending the grounds and crafting evocative box collages in the manner of Joseph Cornell. His ordered and solitary life is thrown into turmoil when Tess, his seventeen year-old niece, almost dies of a heroin overdose and her father, a mob lawyer, disappears after entrusting Dave with a secret, locked briefcase. CAST:
Steve Figg, Brad Gallagher, Kate Galluzzo, Hilary Hensler, Shannon Moutinho.
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PARADE DAY - June.26,2005
Written by Terry Roueche Directed by John Thurner A character driven story about the emotional collision of three ordinary lives. While the play is set amidst the absurdity of Roswell, New Mexico's "flying saucer" celebration, it is the story of three people desperate to find a way to connect with humanity. CAST: Jeff Jones, Robin Eve Kacyn, Robert McKenzie, Maria Pallas, Charles Riffenburg IV, & Josh Ryder.
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ZOMBIE PANIC ROOM - August.07,2005
Charlie is convinced an army of the undead is out to get him. His wife Nicole is convinced he’s retarded. In a last-ditch effort to save their marriage, Nicole and Charlie prepare themselves for a weekend of intensive marriage counseling. But before they can escape from their marital strife, Nicole will have to escape from the Zombie Panic Room. CAST Robert McKenzie, Chuck Riffenburg IV Manny Shenk, Katherine Vogel
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November.13,2005 - "Werthheimer is Dead, Long live Werthheimer!!"
written by Steven Schutzman
directed by John Thurner
A tree stump where Josh once did puppet shows for Jeanne when they were young.Now after both move back to their childhood homes, Josh finds he still loves her. Enter their neighbor Werthheimer, shy, awkwardly charming, suffering from a strange neurological illness, who after spying on the two, suggests the three of them marry for the short time he has left to live.Werthheimer dies. Or does he? A magical realistic comedy about our secret imaginings.
FEATURING:
*Joe Mazza
*Dean Peerman
*Tricia Rogers
*Ed Schultz
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December.11,2005 - "Whisper down the Lane"
written by Liz Amberly
directed by John Thurner
Claire is on the brink of throwing herself over a rocky cliff into the ocean when she is interrupted by Zoe, a quirky stranger with a bullhorn, who later reveals herself to be a hidden side of Claire. When Zoe asks questions regarding the facts surrounding the death of Claire's father, Claire tries to get rid of Zoe before she opens a Pandora's box of secrets. Claire soon realizes she must do some digging of her own into the tragic event, and she begins to suspect that she was somehow involved in causing her father's death. The answer could be devastating, but she has no choice but to follow the clues and discover the truth.
CAST:
Rebecca Coren, Jason K.Martin, Jessica Mondres, and Nikki Neumann
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January.29,2006 - "ColdKill"
Written by Terry Roueche
Directed by John Thurner
A drama set in the Wyoming mountain wilderness, two couples journey to Wyoming for a winter vacation. Stephen, the leader grew up in Wyoming, the other three, Laura, Paul, and Julie are totally dependent on Stephen for survival. The four are trapped, their lives teeter in the frigid weather and jealousy.
CAST:
Megan Green, Justin Hand,
Aine Rock, and Andrew Yearick
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February.13,2006 - "Hinterlands"
Written by Chris Minichino
Directed by John Thurner
“The problem is happiness,” says Jeff Elgin over dinner: most people don’t know what it is, and those who have some inkling of it may well wreck their lives trying to achieve it. Jeff has come home to the Hinterlands to find that his family is breaking apart in a bizarre dash for happiness as it faces the threat of looming poverty. As the characters dodge and argue and make excuses and invent rationales for their behavior, they emerge finally as mirror images of each other: people who can feel the elusive specter of happiness receding with each passing day, and with a sense “ as morning approaches “ that all is exactly as it was meant to be.
CAST:
Justin Hand, Allison Harvey, Robert McKenzie, Dean Pearman, & Kaye Rodney.
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