The Festival Report

On Friday night, August 11th, at 10:00 PM, seven playwrights (or playwriting teams) were be given three common prompts for plays (a starting line of “Um…You finished?”, an LP record, and a horn sound effect) and the gender/age compositions of their assigned cast. Their coffee cups were filled and they were be given the directive that they can leave the writing chambers only when handing over a completed 10-minute play — or the arrival of 6:00 AM, whichever comes first. This year the last playwright finished at 5:00am.

On Saturday morning, August 12th, at 8:00 AM, the directors arrived to discover their new scripts, roles, and assignments. At 8:30 AM the actors joined too. After a brief warmup and receiving their instructions, rehearsals began.

At 12:15pm, we began the tech process with 45 minutes for each play. At 7pm we held our opening show and at 9pm our closing show.

An awards ceremony was held at the conclusion of the festival. The awards were be selected by our panel of judges, The Secret Seven, who sat anonymously sitting in the audience. The audience, selected the winner of the Audience Choice Award through our pseudoscientific Applause-o-matic process. 

In addition, the awards, lovingly called “The Scampys” were be given for:

Best Actor - Dramatic
Best Actor - Comedic
Best Direction
Best Script
Most Creative Use of a Prompt

A Confrontation in Regards to a Curse

by Miles Chandler
Directed by Matt Denney
GUS………..………………………..……Joe Smith
DIANA…………………………….….…Liisa Rose
VALARIE….Samantha Severson

Relativity

by GD Wirges
Directed by Gabriella De Brequet
SARAH JANE…….Carol Osborne
PETER………..……….Mike Manolakes
COLE……………….……Dennis Tamblyn

On The Radio

by Zink (aka David Zinke)
Directed by Sean Patrick
JULIE………..Callie Hutchison
DANNY…….…Tyler Gastelum
DONNA…………….Anne Dalton 

Simple As That

by Dennis O’Dell
Directed by Zachary Austin
LANDIS/HUEY……Carlisle Ellis
LOIS……………………....…….…Ellie Vougt
SHARI………………..……Hailee Kayfes

The Sit-Down

by Evan Taylor
Directed by Rae Williams
GEORGIA……Karen Alexander
DIANE……………..…….Denise Blum
DANNY…………………………Tim Foran

I Could Have Danced

by Susan Arnold
Directed by Kevin Johnson
CLAUDIA….….Abigail Dunscomb
WALTER………...….Steven Dunham
LILLITH…….……………….…Halsy Taylor

The End of the World (As We Know It)

by Amanda Tennyson
Directed by Sam Rush
SHARON.…..….Kat McIntosh
WAYNE………Paul Hammack 
ALIEN…………..……Zach Wetzel