"Love ~ The Human Comedy"
August 7 -10, 2008
8 pm except Sunday @ 2 pm only
A Festival of 6 10-minute Plays
“Recuerdo” by Judith Estrine
Director: Anne Dillon, Waitsfield
Cast: Nina Brennan
Zebulon Towne
Accidental meeting in airport of former lovers who discover what the treachery of memory and the relentless passage of time can do.
“Sweet Potato Pie(s)” by Nancy Gall-Clayton
Director: Henry Erickson
Cast: Krista Cheney, St George
Francis Moran, Moretown
She calls it "a smell," he considers it "an aroma," but ultimately, their blind date isn't a total bust. Breaking bread with a blind date can be dicey.


“The Joy of Sex” by Kitty Dubin
Director: Linda Iannuzzi of Waitsfield
Cast: Andra Kisler, Northfield
Carly Boyle, Waitsfield
Aidan Nevin, Moretown
Married less than a year, a young couple seeks help from an upbeat marriage counselor who's in way over her head.


“The Kindling Effect” by Linda Holland Rathkopf..
Director: Vickie Trihy
Cast: Linda Iannuzzi, Waitsfield
Josh Krushenick, Warren
A young wife’s surprising agitation over the disappearance of a patio umbrella puzzles her husband and tries his patience. But as he and the audience soon discover, her distress has a more serious source.
“First Tier” by Linda Holland Rathkopf
Director: Mitchell Kontoff, Fayston
Cast: Mike McHugh, Waitsfield
Diana Nordahl, Waitsfield
A married couple test the limits of friendship.


“Blockbuster” by Kitty Dubin
Director: Martin Pincus, Montpelier
Cast: Nina Brennan
Josh Krushenick, Warren
Sparks fly when a man and woman, with very different taste in films, meet at a video store.