2022 Play-By-Play Festival
This production is sponsored by:
Lee and Audrey Hollaar
Tickets: $10 per reading or $25 for the full festival
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Friday, June 17 @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, June 18 @ 7:30 PM
By Keith Josef Adkins
Director Timothy Douglas
The People Before the Park
In 1856, African-American and Irish immigrants lived peacefully and away from the corruption of downtown New York City in the area which eventually became Central Park. However, when the City decides to build the park their quiet hamlet becomes the target of demolition.
Cast Bios
*Member of the Actors’ Equity Association
Thursday, June 16 @ 7:00 PM
Saturday, June 18 @ 2:00 PM
By Matthew Libby
Directed by Julie Kramer
The Machine
An acclaimed poet-turned-professor with a severe case of writer’s block, is approached by the CEO of a tech company wanting to design an artificially intelligent computer program that will create works replicating her poetic voice – a machine that can write her poetry. This sends her through a journey of self-discovery, as she struggles with her identity as an artist and wonders what it means to lead a creative life?
Cast Bios
*Member of the Actors’ Equity Association
Friday, June 10 @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, June 11 @ 7:30 PM
By Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Directed by TBA
Looks Like Pretty
Charlie the photographer is in love with “Shirley,” the Kodak Color Girl, with her fair skin and auburn hair, who is the basis on which all photographs are color balanced. But when Gloria, an African-American employee, asks for his help after the disappearance of her daughter, they question the limitations of technology as they explore how we perceive light, color, and beauty.
Cast Bios
Friday, June 10 @ 7:30 PM
Saturday, June 11 @ 7:30 PM
By Sophie McIntosh
Directed by Alexandra Harbold
macbitches
At the end of audition week, the cast list for a theatre school’s production of Macbeth is posted, and the lead role of Lady Macbeth is given to a perky freshman newcomer—not to the star actor of the program who expected it. The night then follows five of the cast members “celebrating,” which leads to some dark and unfortunate consequences.
