PLANCHETTE and AFLIC Among 'Child's Play' One-Acts at Fresh Fruit Festival

The Fresh Fruit Festival's Evening of One Acts: "Child's Play" is set for July 14 and 16 at 7PM at The Wild Project 195 E 3rd St, NYC. Details below!

PLANCHETTE

By Carolyn Gage

During a nor'easter on the New Hampshire coast, in 1879, two fourteen-year-olds share their secrets about trauma they have survived and the deeper secrets about their sexual orientations and gender identities. In the play, the two classmates use "planchette," an early version of the Ouija board and a popular parlor game, to communicate truths for which they have no words and no community.

Carolyn Gage is the author of twelve books and more than sixty-three plays, including musicals, one-acts, one-woman shows and dramas. The winner of numerous awards, her work is widely published and performed. She tours in her own shows, offering lectures and workshops on lesbian culture and history. Carolyn Gage has a knack for bringing familiar experiences into a historical context. She reminds us LGBTQ issues existed before we had the vocabulary to describe them.

More info on Carolyn Gage: carolyngage.weebly.com.

AFLIC

By Rachel Atkinson, Liz Bynum, and Sean Pollock

Directed by Drew Weinstein

A NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE

In this absurdist comedy a pair of legs tells how some slow dancing may have become an Awkward Fornication Leading To Immaculate Conception. A hilarious absurdist romp about maturity, sexuality and identity that is perfect for young audiences.

Bernie is your typical teenage girl. Except for the fact that wears a swim cap at all times, has an imaginary friend, and a mother with a delusion that she is mother goose. Bernie struggles with her love for her classmate Chip by insisting she becomes pregnant after they slow dance together. After Bernie comes to the realization that her pregnancy isn't legitimate, she begins to unravel - while Chip begins to come into his own and realizes who he really is.

Performances play July 14 and 16 at 7PM at The Wild Project 195 E 3rd St, NYC. Tickets available: web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/527.