Aug 1

50th Anniversary Samuel French Concord Theatricals Off Off Broadway Festival

That Hike to Hart Lake, a play about friendship and mortality that premiered last year at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson, NY will be featured at the 50th Anniversary Off Off Broadway Festival presented by Samuel French Concord Theatricals. The original cast returns under Theatre Three’s executive artistic director, Jeffrey Sanzel.

CAST: Julia Albino, Sean Amato, Jae Hughes, Cassidy Rose O’Brien, Steven Uihlein

PREMIERE

SEPT 27-28

Redhouse Arts Center in Syracuse, NY

A new festival of all new work!

An innovative and creative celebration of plays & playwriting. Full productions, staged readings & seminars.

SEPT 11

The Village Playbox in Haddon Heights, NJ

MADCAP MARITAL REVENGE ON LAWN-GUY-LAND (Long Island)

Edna arrives home with Chinese take-out and a sneaky plan to get rid of her gambling-addicted real-estate husband Manny, whose greed makes it impossible for him to sniff out her scheme. But Manny has a plan too.

SEPT 27

Free Fall Theatre in Folsom, CA

In this comedy short, Riley Armstrong has been invited as the Senior Playwright to the Writers’ Conference, which comes with residence in the coveted Turret Room. But Riley Ziegler got the same invitation! The mix-up ignites old rivalries between the writers who are trying to ingratiate themselves to the young intern, Blake. But Blake has entirely new ideas about the process of writing a play. (3 actors, any gender, any ethnicity)

NOV 15

The Acorn in Three Oaks, MI

AMICABLY, KINDA SORTA

MADCAP MARITAL REVENGE ON LAWN-GUY-LAND (Long Island)

Edna arrives home with Chinese take-out and a sneaky plan to get rid of her gambling-addicted real-estate husband Manny, whose greed makes it impossible for him to sniff out her scheme. But Manny has a plan too.

JULY 22

in Redlands, CA

Why Did They Get Me A Roomba? : Monologue for Actor & Robo-Vac

Starring Kirstie Elizabeth, Directed by Stevie Taken

Selected for this festival out of more than 600 submissions and awarded BEST MONOLOGUE—COMEDY, the monologue is about our tendency to bond with our appliances —- especially when we are lonely!

NEWS — Film Festivals

NYC READING

June 27. At the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society’s annual conference, which is devoted this year to the centennial of the publication of The Great Gatsby.

At The New School University

A READING of scenes from Daisy & Jordan (+Tom +Nick)

Evelyn Oliver & Lucy Purnine

In this radical re-imagining of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," Daisy Buchanan and her childhood friend, the celebrity golfer Jordan Baker have had a long-time love affair. When Daisy's husband Tom discovers the two women together, they concoct a plan to distract his attention toward the con man, Jay Gatsby, who is obsessed with Daisy. The naïve Nick Carraway, who idolizes Gatsby, is caught in the crossfire, but refuses to see the truth: that Gatsby is a con man, that Daisy loves Jordan, and that Gatsby is a pathological liar. (a 90-minute stage-play for four actors).

PREMIERE

June 20-22

in Nova Scotia, Canada

NEWS - Film Festival

May 17: The SOUTHERN SHORTS FILM AWARDS CEREMONY from Atlanta! The Perfect Match from Gatespring Productions won BEST COMEDY & BEST SCREENPLAY, as well as nominations for BEST ACTRESS, BEST ACTOR, BEST MUSIC & BEST SOUND DESIGN!

Congratulations to the cast and crew that made this all possible!

PLAY READING

In this radical re-imagining of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," Daisy Buchanan and her childhood friend, the celebrity golfer Jordan Baker have had a long-time love affair. When Daisy's husband Tom discovers the two women together, they concoct a plan to distract his attention toward the con man, Jay Gatsby, who is obsessed with Daisy. The naïve Nick Carraway, who idolizes Gatsby, is caught in the crossfire, but refuses to see the truth: that Gatsby is a con man, that Daisy loves Jordan, and that Gatsby is a pathological liar. (a 90-minute stage-play for four actors).