"Variations on The End" - Baltimore's 19th annual 10-minute play festival at The BBOX
Dates: (6/9/2023 - 6/25/2023 )
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1601 W. Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, 21217
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- "Variations on The End" - Baltimore's 19th annual 10-minute play festival
Rapid Lemon Productions will continue their 12th season with Variations on The End, an evening of 11 world premiere short plays by local authors. Staged each year since 2005, The Variations Project is an annual highlight of the Baltimore theatrical calendar. The theme “The End” was chosen by audiences of last year’s Variations on Change, and attendees of this production will have the opportunity to vote to select the theme for the 2024 Variations Project.
Variations on The End features plays by Jerome Alexander, Malik Berry, Arthur Cleaves, Joe Dennison, Sharon Goldner, Allegra Hatem, Tess Huth, Larry Malkus, R.A. Pauli, Bruce Reich, and Crystal Sewell. Jalice Ortiz-Corral directs an ensemble cast of Anthony Case, Sarah Daniel, Vanessa Eskridge, Todd Krickler, Shakiara Saunders, Crystal Sewell, Jenna Sharples, and Mel Tillery.
All performances will be live and in person at The BBOX in the Maryland Institute College of Art’s Gateway building, 1601 W. Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, 21217. Performances: 8:00pm on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays; 2:00pm on Sundays. Tickets $20. Discounted “Industry Night” tickets $15 for the performance on Thursday, June 15. Press night is June 9.
Established in 2012, Rapid Lemon Productions is a not-for-profit theater company whose mission is to develop and present new work that promotes representation of and participation by the community it serves. Information: www.rapidlemon.org.
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Cast and Creative team for "Variations on The End" - Baltimore's 19th annual 10-minute play festival at The BBOX
Cast
Crystal Sewell
ensemble
CRYSTAL SEWELL (she/her) is excited to be returning to the stage in this, her sixth season working with The Variations Project. She is also excited to have a third play produced in Variations this year! When not on stage or writing plays, she can be found shaping the minds of children through social-emotional learning and the arts. She would like to thank everyone in her life who supports her dreams, goals and ambitions; everyone who has given her a chance, ever. She would also like to thank YOU, the audience, without whom these shows wouldn't be possible!
Sarah Daniel
ensemble
SARAH DANIEL (she/her) is a British visual artist, currently based in Baltimore. Her latest endeavor was the role Trish in Kinky Boots at The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck. Joining our cast is Sarah's debut performance in Baltimore. “Dreams do come true...they really do!"
Mel Tillery
ensemble
This is MEL TILLERY's (they/them) second show with Rapid Lemon Productions, after But Who Loves Medusa? in February. They have also performed with the Baltimore Rock Opera Society, Artistic Synergy of Baltimore, Strand Theater, and Single Carrot. Offstage, Mel can be found drawing pictures of birds and taking bugs outside.
Anthony Case
ensemble
ANTHONY CASE (any pronouns) is thrilled to have the opportunity to make his first appearance in a Rapid Lemon Productions show. Anthony recently appeared in the American premiere of Zelda: The Musical in concert at CCBC. Some of his other favorite roles include Wadsworth in Clue (Stand Up for…Theatre) a Bad Idea Bear in Avenue Q (Cockpit in Court), Georg in Spring Awakening (Stillpointe Theatre), Mike in A Chorus Line (Phoenix Festival Theater), Rooster in Annie (Scottfield), and Dan in the first fully staged production of Do It Now (Fells Point Corner Theatre/Baltimore Playwrights Festival). Enjoy the show!
Todd Krickler
ensemble
This is TODD KRICKLER's (he/him) first appearance on stage in Baltimore in ten years. Favorite past roles include Carter in Fat Pig, Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire, John Proctor in The Crucible, George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life, and Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet. Love and thanks to Melissa and Kara for their support and patience.
Vanessa Eskridge
ensemble
VANESSA ESKRIDGE (she/her) is very happy to be making her Rapid Lemon Productions debut with this show. Her recent Baltimore theater credits include SHOUT! The Mod Musical (Orange Girl) and God of Carnage (Veronica) with Vagabond Players; You Have No Idea, a play by Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodricks, at the BMA; and Wit at Fells Point Corner Theatre. Vanessa has appeared in numerous NYC productions and trained in London. Thanks to Kevin, Cooper, Ivy and Violet for being the best cheering section. “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make” - The Beatles
Jenna Sharples
ensemble
JENNA SHARPLES is delighted to join the cast of this production, marking her second collaboration with Rapid Lemon Productions. As a Baltimore-based actor, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from Rutgers University. Throughout her career, Jenna has portrayed numerous memorable characters
including but not limited to: Judy Bernly in 9 to 5, Lucy T. Slut in Avenue Q, and Louise Bigelow in Carousel. On the weekends, Jenna enjoys exploring the murky waters of Baltimore's Inner Harbor aboard Urban Pirates and showcasing her detective skills as part of The Dinner Detective at Marriott Camden Yards.
Shakiara Saunders
ensemble
SHAKIARA SAUNDERS (she/her) is 2022 graduate of CCBC Essex. She appeared in the 2022 production of Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine, the 2021 production of The Underpants, and the Spring Arts Festival 2021. She was scheduled to be onstage for Our Lady of Kibeho, which was cancelled due to the pandemic. On the production side she was assistant stage manager in 2021’s Speech and Debate and makeup artist for He Has Risen. She hopes to create and act in her own shows in the future. Follow her on Instagram @kiara_myn.
Creative Team
Jalice Ortiz-Corral
director
JALICE ORTIZ-CORRAL (she/her) is a writer, director, and stand-up comic from Baltimore. She is the artistic producer of Baltimore Shakespeare Factory. She holds an MA from Royal Holloway, University of London, and an MA from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. After completing the 2020 Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab, she returned to Maryland where she works as a stage manager.
Ellie Skoda
stage manager
ELLIE SKODA (they/she) is beyond excited to be professionally stage managing for the first time! Ellie graduated from McDaniel College with a bachelor's in Theatre Arts in 2021. In college, she stage/assistant stage managed an original Gertrude Stein trilogy, Clybourne Park, a student directed festival, As You Like It, and Speech and Debate. Since college, they have worked at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company as an assistant stage manager, bartender, box office associate, wardrobe manager, house manager, and run crew! Additionally, they are a teaching artist at Drama Learning Center in Columbia.
Casey Kaleba
combat & intimacy choreographer
CASEY KALEBA has arranged movement for more than 500 productions for opera, film, and theater. Current productions include Life is a Dream at Baltimore Center Stage, Hamlet at the Guthrie Theater, and Sweeney Todd at Signature Theatre; other work includes the Washington National Opera, Roundhouse Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Spoleto Festival, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Marvel Universe Live!, and smashing fruit for the YouTube channel Men at Arms: Reforged. A Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors, Casey has studied with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators, Theatrical Intimacy Education, and Intimacy Directors of Color. www.toothandclawcombat.com.
JR Schroyer
set designer
JR SCHROYER (he/him) holds a BS in show production from Full Sail University. He is currently the facilities and operations manager at Everyman Theatre and an adjunct professor at Morgan State University. This is JR’s first design for The Variations Project and fifth overall for Rapid Lemon, following Rachel, James Baldwin: a witness, Dead and Breathing, and Her, Across the River.
Martin Smith
lighting designer
MARTIN SMITH is a recent graduate of Morgan State University. He has designed lights, sound, and projections for numerous shows at the Turpin-Lamb Theatre. Most recently, he was the sound and video designer for The Mountaintop with Vagabond Players. He is also a playwright and directed his original work Dream and Disconnect at the Turpin-Lamb Theatre. Currently, Martin is a sound technician/board operator for Everyman Theatre.
Oliver Behrens
costume designer
This is OLIVER BEHRENS’ (he/him/his) second time costuming the Variations Project, having designed Variations on Change last fall. Previous design credits include Fun Home, Mamma Mia!, and Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play at Williams College. He has also worked in stitcher and wardrobe positions on a number of productions for the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance in Williamstown, MA.
Max Garner
sound designer
MAX GARNER (he/him) founded Rapid Lemon Productions in 2012 as an independent nonprofit theater company governed by the urgent need to amplify new voices and new stories, in an environment where artists and audiences come together to celebrate uniqueness through collaboration; and to represent the community we serve. Please check us out at www.rapidlemon.org.
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