Friday, December 8, 8:30 pm
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Youth Voices!
The Games We Play by Elizabeth Shannon - a Shannon & Stahl Production
Two young siblings have built a routine of playing card games together but what are they really protecting each other from?
Elizabeth Shannon (ELLIS) is a playwright whose works often address social issues and activism; her plays have been produced nationally and internationally. Katie Michelle Stahl is a 3rd year BFA Musical Theatre student at Marymount Manhattan College who has directed, produced and performed professionally. Kimmi Curcio is a third year BFA Acting major at Marymount Manhattan College. Sprite Sayre is delighted to work with her fellow MMC theatre artists on “The Games We Play" in her first off-broadway festival!
Wilcox Prom 2k13 by Cris Eli Blak
Based on a true story, Wilcox Prom 2k13 tells the story of an interracial couple - Keshawn, the Black school quarterback, and Martha, the white cheerleader - who are seniors in the year 2013. Students from Wilcox County High School in Wilcox County, Georgia, hosted their own integrated prom - not sponsored by parents or school, who at the time maintained their history of throwing a segregated prom.
Cris Eli Blak (Playwright) is currently an artist-in-residence with Abingdon Theatre Company and the winner of the Black Broadway Men Playwriting Initiative, who has had his work performed around the world with the goal of creating work that cultivates conversation and promotes diverse voices.
Autumn Angelettie (Director) is a theatrical director and producer dedicated to crafting mission-oriented work that is subversively joyful, spiritually fulfilling, and rich with the energy-giving force that fuels art for liberation: hope. Charles Fenner III (Keshawn) is an enthusiastic Actor hailing from the Bronx, New York. Teresa Langford (Martha) is a Boston native, Brooklyn transplant actor and writer passionate about telling stories that build community, ignite conversation, and cultivate empathy in an experience that brings us back to our collective humanity. www.teresalangford.com / instagram: @teresalangford_
Full Moon by Fleurette Modica
Four nine-year-old girls at summer camp stay up past their bedtime forging bonds over late-night gossip. When one of them returns from an encounter with a boy, the girls must rely on their limited information about sex and pregnancy to make sense of the situation. This play asks audiences to think about the impact on young girls when access to birth control, abortions, and sexual education programs is taken away.
Fleurette Modica (Playwright) is a writer, performer, composer, and graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the National Theater Institute whose work can be found at fleurettemodica.com. Caitlin Mayernik (Director) is a Detroit-born and New York-based director, writer, and arts producer whose work has been seen onstage with The Tank NYC, The Brick, First Kiss Theatre, and more at caitlinmayernik.com. Skylar Davidson (Molly) is passionate about human rights and the arts, culminating in her academic, professional, and personal aspirations at the intersection of both arenas. Sophia Harber (Camilla) is an actor and director living in Brooklyn, and is thrilled to be a part of this wonderful play and festival! Katie Friedemann (Avery) is an actor, playwright, filmmaker, and director. Daniela Cardarelli (JJ) is an actress, singer-songwriter, and resident Swiftie.
Blackpilled, A Blueprint by Alex Beige
Blackpilled, A Blueprint is a technique for reassuring a hopeless friend, a refutation of the nihilist worldview underpinning ‘black-pilled’ internet subculture, and an intimate account of digital racism’s lasting effects. We may think we’re immune to propaganda, but no one ever is.
Alex Beige (Playwright/Actor) is a casual cyborg, unserious website maker, & oat-enjoying creative nothing (they love eating raw oats & writing plays) @virtually.alex.beige. Xander Brown (Director) is a Black, queer, Brooklyn-based writer/director who specializes in dark comedy and is a member of the Breaking & Entering Theater Collective @xan_____der. Greg Lakhan (Actor) (Luh-con) is the GOAT 🐐 LOLOLOL @sirgregolas.
Co-Captains by Rhys Collins
In Co-Captains, Riley, a non-speaking kid, knows Morse Code to contact aliens — one needs to use Morse Code to contact someone so far away, obviously. Quinn, a speaking kid, knows Morse Code to live on the ocean one day — one needs to use Morse Code to send signals in case the Kraken attacks them, obviously. When they meet, Riley and Quinn bond over wanting to be captains for their respective vessels. But can they combine their interests to captain together?
Rhys Collins (Writer & Director): is currently an undergraduate at Pace University pursuing a BA in Writing for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media, and a BA in Film and Screen studies. Mia Vongsavang (Riley) has been acting almost non-stop since she was in fourth grade. Madeleine Yu-Phelps (Quinn) (they/them) is a writer, actor, and director currently pursuing a BA in Writing for Diversity and Equity in Theater and Media at Pace University. McKenna Logan (Quinn's Mom) is a BA Acting International Performance Ensemble major at Pace University, who has produced and performed in shows off-broadway.