Cut Edge Collective Ten Minute Play Festival
Feb 9, 10 at 7:00 PM
Feb 11 at 3:00 PM
Cut Edge is a collective of experimental theatre writers pushing the edge of what live performance does.
The Cut Edge Collective meets in New York City to develop original, non-traditional plays. We also meet once-a-month for a salon discussion around issues of concern to theater-writing, and experimental work, in particular. Past subjects have included mysticism in the theater; what makes a piece experimental; gender issues in theater; censorship in theater (both societal and self-censorship); catharsis; core desired feelings while creating etc. The ten-minute play festival gives a chance for our writers, who have been working together for a year, a chance to see their work on its feet. This year's Festival includes:
Thursday, Feb 9 at 7:00 PM
Greg Nanni
Album Liner
Written and Acted by Greg T. Nanni
Director: Ethan Fox
A musician that plays every night speaks in rectangles, attempting to say why he plays. From the full length vignette play, RECTANGLES.
Musician: Greg T. Nanni
Monte Monteleagre
Diner Booth Fracture
Written and Directed by: Monte Monteleagre
A middle-age man and a young girl are together at a diner booth while a short scene between them changes, mutates, and fractures revealing a dark destiny waiting for them.
Man: Chase Guthrie Knueven
Gurl: Raimy O. Washington
Tom Block
Mollie and Harry
Written and Directed by: Tom Block
At the end of their lives, Harry visits Mollie, his one and only true love from high school who he hasn’t seen in nearly 70 years, to see if he can rekindle what has been lost. But Mollie has slipped into dementia: Harry is too late.
Mollie: Laurie Sammeth
Harry: David Baker
James Bosley
Apple Picking with Buddha
Written and Directed by: James Bosley
A Buddhist husband and father strays from the Eightfold Path, jeopardizing his practice and his family. Enlightenment ensues.
Shawn: Steven Michael Martin
Mara: Stephanie Litchfield
Chelyn Cousar
Albert's Wedding
Written and Directed by: Chelyn Cousar
A dream about a wedding has a man second guessing his proposal.
Albert: Thomas Shuman
Miranda: Alexis Vinson
Miranda's Father: Tony Carridori
Store Owner/Minister: Daniel Victor
Miranda's Mother: Susan O’Doherty
Understudies: Johnny Culver and Petyon Strong
Kieran Cusack
Ruth And Bonnie and The Dancing Phantom
Directed by: Kieran Cusack
Two women run an estate sale in a home that has a life of its own.
Margaret Daly
Deborah Offner
Friday, Feb 10 at 7:00 PM
Libby Heily
Inspired By True Events
Written and Acted by: Libby Heily Directed by: Serena Norr
The best horror movies are based on true stories. But what happens to the real people involved?
Greg Nanni
Album Liner
Written and Acted by Greg T. Nanni
Director: Ethan Fox
A musician that plays every night speaks in rectangles, attempting to say why he plays. From the full length vignette play, RECTANGLES.
Musician: Greg T. Nanni
Tom Block
Mollie and Harry
Written and Directed by: Tom Block
At the end of their lives, Harry visits Mollie, his one and only true love from high school who he hasn’t seen in nearly 70 years, to see if he can rekindle what has been lost. But Mollie has slipped into dementia: Harry is too late.
Mollie: Laurie Sammeth
Harry: David Baker
Sophia Heinecke
What Makes Us Feel Alive
Written and Acted by: Sophia Valera Heinecke Directed by: Madeline Wall
This lively and interactive workshop helps us plan, connects us to choice, and asks us to honestly inventory our existence for the best future without us!
Serena Norr
Cut Out Fam
Written and Directed by: Serena Norr
Sue’s secret to creating the perfect family is simple: cut them out of magazines and pretend they are real. As she retreats to her world of play to escape the chaos of her real world, she loses a grasp of reality, finding it harder to tell her real family from the one she created.
Drew Kramer
Ted Andricos
Mark Viera
Libby Heily
Chelyn Cousar
Albert's Wedding
Written and Directed by: Chelyn Cousar
A dream about a wedding has a man second guessing his proposal.
Albert: Thomas Shuman
Miranda: Alexis Vinson
Miranda's Father: Tony Carridori
Store Owner/Minister: Daniel Victor
Miranda's Mother: Susan O’Doherty
Understudies: Johnny Culver and Petyon Strong
Saturday, Feb 11 at 3:00 PM
Libby Heily
Inspired By True Events
Written and Acted by: Libby Heily Directed by: Serena Norr
The best horror movies are based on true stories. But what happens to the real people involved?
Monte Monteleagre
Diner Booth Fracture
Written and Directed by: Monte Monteleagre
A middle-age man and a young girl are together at a diner booth while a short scene between them changes, mutates, and fractures revealing a dark destiny waiting for them.
Man: Chase Guthrie Knueven
Gurl: Raimy O. Washington
James Bosley
Apple Picking with Buddha
Written and Directed by: James Bosley
A Buddhist husband and father strays from the Eightfold Path, jeopardizing his practice and his family. Enlightenment ensues.
Shawn - Steven Michael Martin
Mara - Stephanie Litchfield
Sophia Heinecke
What Makes Us Feel Alive
Written and Acted by: Sophia Valera Heinecke Directed by: Madeline Wall
This lively and interactive workshop helps us plan, connects us to choice, and asks us to honestly inventory our existence for the best future without us!
Serena Nor
Cut Out Fam
Written and Directed by: Serena Norr
Sue’s secret to creating the perfect family is simple: cut them out of magazines and pretend they are real. As she retreats to her world of play to escape the chaos of her real world, she loses a grasp of reality, finding it harder to tell her real family from the one she created.
Drew Kramer
Ted Andricos
Mark Viera
Libby Heily
Kieran Cusack
Ruth And Bonnie and The Dancing Phantom
Directed by: Kieran Cusack
Two women run an estate sale in a home that has a life of its own.
Margaret Daly
Deborah Offner