& 
Resident
Company at The Secret Theatre present
July 15
16 17 18 19 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 31 1 @
Tickets
$15 or $25 for two shows
The
play’s the thing, both on stage and on the page, and that’s why The Queens
Players and literary magazine The Ampersand Review have gotten together to put
on the White Box Theatre Festival. Over two hundred plays from all over the
world were submitted and twelve were selected for production by The Queens
Players at The Secret Theatre as well as publication in a special all-theater
edition of The Ampersand Review.
The twelve plays chosen for the White Box
Theatre Festival will be presented in two alternating programs of six plays.
Program 1 will be
performed on July 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 29, 31 at
And Aug 1 at
Cat,
Fish in the Bedroom - As a woman prepares for an impending flood, her husband
resists the evacuation and retreats to his recliner.
Written
by Kathy King
Directed
by Bridget Leak
With
‘night, motherfucker
- Hinky asks her friend Peteyman for a small favor: 'Just shoot me in
the head.'
Written
by Jonathan Wallace
Directed
by Ed Matthews
With
Candice Palladino and Abigail Treut
Mr.
Winnecker –
Wouldn’t it be great if your childhood imaginary friend returned? Maybe not.
Written
by Kirsten Anderson
Directed
by Bridget Leak
With
Daniel Smith, Ed Stelz, Celeste van Vroenhoven
The Get
Together –
With their first
get-together, a couple tests the strength of their relationship.
Written
by Ian Fines
Directed
by Jonathan Libman
With
Julia Collier, Alex Herrald, Zadie Walker, Christina Ward
Office
Girl –
Power shifts in a boss-employee relationship.
Written
by Barry Jay Kaplan
Directed
by James Stover
With
Jerielle Morwitz and Morgan Rosse
The
Pheasant - After surviving a
brutal animal attack, a young man seeks solace in the arms of an older woman.
Written
by Paul Cohen
Directed
by Ed Matthews
With
Krista Giffin, Joey Mintz, Lawrence Sharp, and Quinn Warren
Program 2 will be
performed on July 16, 18, 22, 24, 26, 30 and Aug 1 at
Sights
and Sounds at
Written
by Mary Laws
Directed by Rich Ferraioli
With Gustav Bodor, Chanel Bosh, and Lisa Dennett
Like
Trying to Count All of the Drops of The Falling Rain - Four young people
must face the perils of romance in a modern world where love is nothing but a
song lyric.
Written
by Dominic Finocchiaro
Directed
by Kyle Haggerty
With
Alan Kistler, Julie Nelson, Jacquie Militano and Justin Randolph
Runaway
Love –
A runaway teen waits for the boyfriend who has promised to take her off the
streets. Another friend has different plans, though.
Written
by Corey Ann Haydu
Directed
by Jessica Newton
With
Sarah Burns, Michael Coyne, and Melissa Ramon
Drinks
with Charles -
Charles Fleming envisions a profitable evening discussing his "can't
fail" investment strategies with Sara Goodbody's friends. Unfortunately
for Mr. Fleming -- past successes are no guarantee of the future.
Written by Jim Gordon
Directed
by John Dragonetti
With
Karen Forte, Cynthia Shaw, Caroline Caro, and Eric Ashley
In the Bank
-
Two strangers at a sperm bank make a startling discovery.
Written by Meri Wallace
Directed by Kyle Haggerty
With
Rebecca Berowski, Cristina Lundy, and Amy Newhall,
The Tug
of the Moon – Two lifelong friends
discover their real feelings about each other.
Written
by Sara-Ashley Bischoff
Directed
by Jordan Hue
With
Meagan Barno and Lilah Shreeve
Both programs will be
performed together on August 1st. Program 1 will begin at
For
additional information, please contact Richard Mazda at info@thequeensplayers.com
or 718-392-0722