Announcing the 2023 “New Play Festival”
New Play Festival
October 6th - 8th
Gallows Falls, by Bradden Mendelson
Professor Greg Waverman and his love interest, doctoral candidate Annie Talon, spend the winter in Gallows Falls, Vermont for the purpose of debunking 200 years of ghost stories associated with the 1825 cabin they have rented for the season. Soon, however, their skepticism is turned upside down, as embodied spirits reenact scenes right before their eyes, eventually pulling Annie and Greg into their stories. The Marquis de Lafayette, hero of the American Revolution, attempts to repatriate a stash of buried gold, all the while entangled in a centuries-old tryst gone wrong and the execution of an innocent woman. Historical events intertwine with supernatural mischief, as Greg and Annie learn the true history of the house.
Cast List:
THE LIVING
Greg Waverman – Kevin Pettit
Annie Talon – Maggie Whittum
Verda Wilkes – Kathleen Traylor
Leonard “Klink” Klinkenbroomer – Eddie J. Schumacher
THE GHOSTS
Marquis de Lafayette – Richard Traylor
Thomas Hallinsgrove – Ace Noland
Marybelle Hallinsgrove – Amber Marsh
Henry Fairweather & Stage Directions – Graham Bryant
Once Upon a Cocktail Party, by Michael McGovern
Suppose you gave a cocktail party, and nobody came?
Thus begins the evening for our host Joyce Jarvis. The guest list of fifteen has rapidly dwindled down to six--but the six who show up are the perfect ingredients for a charming, romantic, sexy, fun evening. As the alcohol flows, the partiers get more uninhibited and the flirtations, conversations, confrontations and seductions get more outrageous.
Cast List:
Joyce Jarvis – Jacqueline Garcia
Sharon Edwards – Cooper Rae
Scott Fleming – Todd Black
Macauley Monroe – Shane Delevan
Max Sullivan – Coleman Zeigen
Wendy Kirkland – Lorraine Carter-Laroque
Tracy Whitehouse – Veronica Straight-Lingo
Stage Directions – Troy Lakey
Della Doucet, Kirsten Collins
The gritty New York of 1981 is a garbage-strewn sanctuary to Della Doucet. On the run from her marriage to an officer on a Southern military base, the 39-year-old wife and mother embraces punk rock, the East Village art scene and romance without commitment. Then she meets Sam, a charming younger man with marching orders of his own.
Cast List:
Della Jaquith – Johanna Jaquith
Sam LeVine – Jeff Jesmer
Erin Coffey – Corrine Landy
Angie – Veronica Straight-Lingo
Donny LeGrand – Rick Bailey
Cabbie – Mike Moran (also Vasek, Axel, Punk Rocker, Bartender, Waiter, East Village Party Guest, Subway Conductor)
Stage Directions – Veronica Straight-Lingo and Mike Moran