THE 2013 SHOWS
COWBOYS DON’T SING
Written by Dennis Flynn with music by Johnny Kelley and additional score by TJ Alcalá | Directed by Dennis Flynn
The lone cowboy rides into a singing town on his trusty steed. He meets danger, romance, Western archetypes, and way too many musical numbers, including “The Racist Song.” Will he abandon his cowboy ways and sing? Well yeah, but still.
NDBELE FUNERAL
Written by Zoey Marinson | Directed by Awoye Timpo
Come see South African story telling at its finest! This play explores the aspirations of three diverse characters whose lives intersect in a Soweto shantytown. Darkly funny and poignant, Ndebele Funeral features original music and gumboot dancing from the mines of Jo’burg.
PENINSULA
Written by Nathan Wright | Directed by Nadia Foskolou
He escaped the savage streets of Rio de Janeiro, but this placid Lake Michigan summer town has dangers of its own…
PERFECTLY NORMEL PEOPLE
Written and directed by Thomas and Judy Heath
What happens when an NYU freshman from Kansas moves in with a dysfunctional Italian family from Queens? It’s 1981. The Ramones rule the Village, Reagan rules the country and the only rule in the Normellino household is, whoever shouts loudest, gets heard.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
Written by Daria Tavana and Jenny Beth Snyder
Billy Pilgrim escapes death in WWII then wakes up with a pornstar on the planet Tralfamadore. After aliens show him the meaning of life, Billy returns home to NY and preaches their philosophy. Based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut.
SLUT
Written by Katie Cappiello | Directed by Katie Cappiello and Meg McInerney
Sixteen. Pre-gaming. Empty Absolut bottle. Back of a cab. Ripped underwear. Hands everywhere. No! Through the eyes of NYC teen girls, face the choices and experience the fallout from one life-altering Friday night.
THE GREAT III AM
Written by Matt Graham
Matt Graham (“a funnier Spalding Gray” – USA Today) is back on his soapbox with a Scrabble tutorial from on high. Or is it a theology class on a Scrabble board? Check it out. You have nothing to lose but your soul.
THE RUFUS EQUATION
Written by Ted Cubbin | Directed by Tom Ridgely
What’s love got to do with quantum physics? Professor Bert Rufus is awkward with women – especially with the alluring physicist Alys Smith. Bert invents a secret device that will shock the world…and might even get him laid. In The Rufus Equation, Nerd + Math = Sex.
WAITING FOR WAITING FOR GODOT
Written by Dave Hanson | Directed by Alex Harvey
Two understudies occupy their time backstage trying to understand art, life, and their absurd existence. Turns out, the only people who truly understand waiting for Godot are the two actors who are Waiting for Waiting for Godot.
WHY YOU BEASTING?
Written by David Don Miller | Directed by Marcus Potter
Take a darkly comic ride into an urban high school where undisciplined students and a bewildered faculty confront upheaval and strife while attempting to navigate a backwards bureaucracy.