"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.