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THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF
Turtle Shell Productions is proud to announce the New York premiere of its new Summer Play Festival SUMMER SHORTIES, SUMM -AR NOT. This potpourri of provocative, funny, timely plays will preview on July 16 & 17 and open on
July 18 & 19 at the Turtle Shell's Theater.
TSP 'S Summer Short Play Festival is serving up Summer Shorties with a bang, featuring four innovative, out-of-the-box directors, eleven fresh new comedies and dramas that are short and sweet, quick and dirty, fast and furious, performed by our very own in-house acting company, The Terrapin Troupe.
Preview:
July 16 Group Green 8PM
July 17, Group Blue 8PM
Opening:
July 18 Group Green 8PM
July 19 Groupe Blue 3PM & 8PM
Dates:
July 16 - August 5, 2008
Mon @ 7PM
Tues, Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat
Performances @ 8PM
Matinee Performnces:
July 19, 20, 26, 27, August 2, 3 @ 3PM
Tickets: $18 at TheaterMania.com or
Call 212-352-3101
Venue: The Turtle's Shell Theater (in the Times Square Arts Center)
300 W. 43 rd Street, New York, NY 10036
This year's festival will have two presentations. Each presentation will have two directors, and are color coded to match the above calendar.
Color coding is not only fun; it helps to differentiate one group's performance from the other!
GROUP GREEN
Directed by
David Letwin
Sex and Money
and
Money and Sex
An absurd take on the way couples have the same arguments over and over as relationships progress from the first blush of love through frustration and anger to violence.
Playwright Jack Karp
Martin………………. Patrick Cann
Clara……………….. Bellavia Mauro
Street Theater: A Chance Encounter
Street theater will never be quite the same as alliances, dalliances, the script and reality itself are challenged as the playwright throws a twist into the performance.
Playwright WALTER THINNES
Jake…………………. Christian O'Brien
Lynn…………………. Barbra Smilko
Fran…………………. Christie Booker
Barb…………………. Tamar Pelzig
Directed by
David Ledoux
Pinecone
One man. One woman. And the one-night stand from Hell.
Playwright David Ian Lee
Man…………………. Alex Adams
Woman……………. Alison Crane
Freedom
A stormy night, an unexpected caller and a seriously odd family are exposed to freedom. Some more resistant than others.
Playwright Jill Alexander
Mrs. Smith……….. Diana Stahl
Mr. Smith…………. Rob Welsh
Mrs. Martin……….. Christie Booker
The Origin of Consciousness
Around 2000 B.C., in what might be the first revolt against divine authority, two attendants in the crypt of a Mesopotamian king decide to ignore the demands of their dead ruler. Will the other attendants decide to join the rebellion party?
Playwright Robert Castle
Agnabi………………. Christian O'Brien
Hannubi……………. Johnson Chong
Gimel……………….Tamar Pelzig
Tarmuk.......................Diana Stahl
GROUP BLUE Directed by
David Wells
As Long as We Keep Talking
A serious rift develops in a secular Jewish family when one daughter becomes Orthodox.
Playwright Fran Handman
Sarah……………. Susan Wallack
Jeannie………….. Anna Savant
Henya……………. Elise Rovinsky
Dedication
A grief-stricken father belatedly pays his respects at his son's gravesite and soon finds himself drawn into an argument over the reason why he lost his child in the first place.
Playwright Andrew Biss
Father.................Arther French
Son.................Booker Washington
Black Doll
Two married couples hold a different perspective on a baby's gift.
Playwright Scott Tobin
Rachel…………….
Heather Silvio
Don………………... Daniel Wolfe
Joan………………. Kiyoko Hairston
Emily……………… Daniela
Liberini
Edward……………Russell Jordan
Directed by Peter Sander
The Funeral
Two estranged sisters, come together at a funeral home, unsure of whom they are burying and what the tone of a “proper” goodbye should be.
Beth……………. Lauren Robert
Jonnie…………… Kendall Zwillman
Mr. Company
When Dee Dee wanders into a store for a little break from the heat, she has no idea she will end up in a power struggle with Lorna, the perky saleslady from Hell, for the future of Sharper Gadget's new Robotic Companion.
Playwright Marc Castle
Mr. Company……. John Squire
Lorna……………… Robin Madel
Dee……………….. Traci Hovel
Three Little Words
A love story about treasuring every moment of a long marriage and learning to cope with the change of the relationship as it diminishes through the ravages of old age and disease.
Playwright Stephanie Keys
Charlotte…………. Kayce Glasse
Frank……………… John Knauss
Share in the excitement of discovering new material and performances of excellence offered by our SUMMER SHORTIES and experience it all in our comfortable air-conditioned theatre right in the heart of Times Square .
WHO WE ARE
Turtle Shell Productions creates theater with a focus on current issues, ethics, culture and history. We pride ourselves on creating a safe haven where artists may grow in their craft by collaborating on productions that celebrate the universal truths of human experience.
Turtle Shell Productions, which has produced over 90 plays including Five By Tenn, Blues for Mister Charlie, PUCK'd, Ourselves Alone, The 8 Minute Madness Playwright Festival, and The Aspern Papers . TSP is proud to be in our sixth year of producing plays in New York City.
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