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Winter One Act Festival |
The Winter One Act Festival features the works of established playwrights as Christopher Durang and David Ives, along with Stevens faculty member Dr. Anthony Pennino. All plays are performed by Stevens students and directed by Stevens faculty/staff members. |
January 29 & 30, 2010 at 8 p.m. General Admission: $5 Stevens Students: $2 Tickets available in advance through our online Box Office. Tickets also available at the door. To download a flyer, click here. One acts being presented are as follows: |
Sure Thing Written by David Ives Directed by Robert Gonzales Jr. Performed by Declan Candela and Katie Ricculli Sure Thing is a comic play featuring a chance meeting of two characters, Betty and Bill, whose conversation is continually reset by the use of a ringing bell, starting over when one of them responds negatively to the other. Howard Hopped the A-Train Written and directed by Anthony P. Pennino Performed by Edward Delaney and Tom Oliphant Howard Hopped the A-Train is a comedic look at a blue-collar worker, Howard, who happens to meet Jesus Christ on board the A-Train after being fired. Variations on the Death of Trotsky Written by David Ives Directed by Anthony P. Pennino Performed by Will Estes, Hilary Schrauth and Dylan Lupo Variations on the Death of Trotsky depicts the death of Leon Trotsky in varying ways, diving into eight "variations" which depict the last day of Trosky's life. Trotsky dies at the end of each "variation" and then continues on from near where the last "variation" left off, progressing the story a bit further each time. The Actor's Nightmare Written by Christopher Durang Directed by Robert Gonzales Jr. Performed by Frank Riccobono, Caroline Amaba, Molly Molino, Stefanie Moret and Tom Oliphant The Actor's Nightmare involves an accountant named George Spelvin who is mistaken for an actor's understudy and forced to perform in plays for which he can't actually remember attending any rehearsals or being a part of the production and doesn't know any of the lines. Sure Thing, Variations on the Death of Trotsky and The Actor's Nightmare are presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. New York. Howard Hopped the A-Train is produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com) |