SHORT PLAY FEST
Performance Schedule:
Monday, March 13th - 7:00 PM: Motherless & Fishing
Tuesday, March 14th - 7:00 PM: Based on a True Story and Tug
Saturday and Sunday, March 18th & 19th- 3:00 PM: All Four Short Plays
Dante Green, Founding Artistic Director/Festival Producer, Camille Pileggi, Associate Artistic Director/Curated Director/Festival Producer, Neeta Thadani, Production Manager, Jordan Laffrenier, Curated Director, Mayah Lourdes Burke, Curated Director, Suni B. Rose, Curated Director, Angel J. Rivas, Playwright, Dane Rooney, Playwright, Parade Stone, Playwright, Cherise Kimoy, Playwright
The Makers' Ensemble presents our 2nd Annual SHORT PLAY FEST. Four Curated Directors, Four Emerging Playwrights, Four Nights Only, One Dynamic Festival.
Curated Director Suni B. Rose Directs
Based on a True Story, by Dane Rooney
Have you ever had a conversation with strangers that changes your life? “Based on a True Story” is just that—a true life tête-à-tête on the film Call Me by Your Name. Ultimately, the play is about how art can unlock the secret desires of our past and seize our days while they last.
Ensemble Member Mayah Lourdes Burke Directs
Motherless... by Cherise Kimoy
Motherless… is a play about grief, healing, and love. Four women; surviving after their mother’s passing, take a step into vulnerability and arrive at an honest moment in their lives where it forces them to not only see their truth but to speak it. Some for the first time. This play is for anyone who has lost someone important to them and courageously lives on.
Ensemble Member Jordan Laffrenier Directs
Fishing by Parade Stone
Byron, an expert in all things fishing in New York City, forms an unlikely bond with the stoic visitor to the East River fishing site under the FDR Drive, Lucas. Despite a rough start to the relationship which consists of Lucas cursing Byron out in Portuguese, their conversations about fishing techniques devolve into meditations on father and son relationships, the inevitability of loss, and the intangible power of a New York City sunset.
Ensemble Member Camille Pileggi Directs
TUG by Angel J. Rivas
TUG is a story about two individuals who love each other deeply but can’t find a way to make it work. I drew from past relationships of mine, but also those I observed going through life. I've come to realize that love is a force that can bind even the most incompatible individuals. It can create this push and pull that inevitably leaves someone victorious and the other, on the ground, defeated.
*Please note that this performance will be presented at the Tank's in-person performance space at 312 W 36th St. All attendees and artists will be required to display proof of two doses of an approved covid vaccination before being admitted to the space. Patrons will also be required to wear masks while indoors at all times.