Director: Bridget Leak
Setting: The 1940's.
Cast: Marco Agnolucci, Dario Torres, Treasure Davidson, Ashley Love, Trey Tatum, Melinda Graham Raj, Vin Kridakorn, Marcus Terrell Smith, Suzanne Darrell
NEEDLES: A CHRISTMAS PLAY
A new full-length play by Katie Buckels
Saturday, March 6 at 4 pm
An old family friend arrives at a Christmas Eve party with a suitcase and a buried secret that ignites a struggle between the past and future.
Director; Jamie Sellers
Setting: The Godfrey house on Christmas Eve.
Cast: Melinda Graham Raj, Maria Roman, Jason Green, Nicholas Piore, Abigail Treut
Stage Directions: Anthony Cotto
REFUTING MILGRAM
A new full-length play by Christopher Edward Moss
Sunday, March 7 at 1 pm
An Illinois psychologist whose job and marriage are hanging by a thread has to choose between his career and his morals as he is pressured to conduct an unethical study.
Director: Jamie Sellers
Setting: A small state school in a dying town, Central Illinois. The start of a new school year, 2009.
Cast: Michael Albert, Treasure Davidson, Yoni Ben-Yehuda, Ashley Love, Lawrence Sharp, Chelese Belmont, Abigail Treut
Stage Directions: Alla Ilysova
THE FIRST KISS
A new full-length play by Carston Turner
Sunday, March 7 at 4 pm
A brother and sister reunite to deal with the death of their father. One daughter is on the hunt for a child rapist. One son, a child prodigy pianist, comes home after 20 years. A mother, mute for 20 years, holds the answers to the questions they both need to know.
Director: Jee Hyun Jung
Setting: A funeral home. The present.
Cast: Karreem Washington, Shereen Macklin, Suzanne Darrell, Osas Ighodaro, Ruben Del Valle, Jr.
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