Peanuts and Cracker Jacks New Play Festival
Performances March 12, 19, and 20
- Co-Produced with PDC
- Featured plays: 1992 by David White (Directed by Mark Jesse Swanson), The Craving by Joy Cutler (Directed by Aaron Oster), Curveball by Daniel Student (Directed by Cara Blouin)
- Starring:
- 1992: Nick Fragale and Christina Theodoro
- The Craving: Liam Castellan and Megan Slater
- Curveball: Robb Hutter, Jenn MacMillan, and Cindy Spitko
Ticket Information:
- Tickets:: $10 with free drink coupon at Plays & Players Quig’s Pub or FREE with ticket to that evening’s performance of Take Me Out
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Description:
Can’t wait till opening day? Move upstairs after Take Me Out, and take in three more baseball themed short plays written by local playwrights. With a relaxed atmosphere that includes drinks being served from the neighboring Quig’s Pub, audiences get an opportunity to interact with the artists and talk sports. A rare feat!
Show Dates/Times:
- March 12 at 10:30pm
- March 19 at 10:30pm
- March 20 at 10:30pm
All tickets are available one half hour before the performance for which you have tickets. This event takes place at Plays & Players 3rd Floor, and there is limited seating. note that the 3rd Floor space does not have elevator or wheelchair accessibility.
About the Plays and Playwrights
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1992 by David White
Todd’s glory days playing baseball are well behind him. He is to begin his prison sentence today, and is saying goodbye to his wife. Poor Ida. She’s gonna miss him. How is she going to cope? David White's play, An Imperfect Sonnet, was produced in 2008 by The Cardboard Box Collaborative. His play, Simulations, was part of Plays and Players' First Friday New Reading Series. He is currently working on his MFA in playwriting at Temple University.
The Craving by Joy Cutler
Iris is pregnant and her husband, Denny is excessively attentive to her needs and bizarre cravings. So why is she so annoyed with him? He’s not the same man she used to know and love. Something happened to Denny during a baseball game and he changed beyond recognition. What should have been a easy catch became a life-altering event and Iris is now forced to take drastic measures to get her real husband back. Joy Cutler was a member of the performance ensemble, Elbow Akimbo in San Francisco and a co-founder of the theater company, Out to Lunch in Berlin, Germany. Her plays, radio plays and solo shows have been performed in San Francisco, New York, Berlin, and Amsterdam.
Curveball by Daniel Student
Three generations round life's bases with wisdom from unexpected sources at every turn. Innovatively using puppets and new media, Curveball mixes old and new to tell a timeless story of America's pastime. Daniel Student's play Alabama Alabama was selected to the 2009 Spark Showcase. He is a freelance director and serves on the Executive Committee at Plays & Players for who he has directed Take Me Out, Oleanna, and the World Premiere of Early in the Mourning by P. Seth Bauer over the past two seasons.
Plays were selected by a judge panel that included Andy Bloch, a Los Angeles based playwright, Cara Blouin, a Philadelphia based freelance director and P&P Education Co-Chair, and Martha Wade Steketee, PDC Dramaturg.
