Theatre Southwest presents "The 18th Annual Festival of Originals" produced by Mimi Holloway.
Five original plays by five emerging playwrights. Come and enjoy, as we bring to life five talented artist''s funny, poignant, beautifully written stories. Check out pics from the shows below!
July 24 - August 8, Fridays and Saturdays, 8 pm (Matinee, Sunday August 2, 2015 at 3 pm). All tickets are $15. (Not covered by Season Tickets)
THE PLAYS
"Family Baggage", written by Chris Shaw Swanson of Westerville, OH
Despite their interfering parents, Terri and Joe endeavor to forge an honest connection while waiting for their flight to depart. The parents of both Terri and Joe are always on stage as they are always in the subconscious.
Terri - Kelsey Peltier 77469
"Knock Off", written by Joe Gulla of New York, NY
Geraldine Digennaro is a Mafia chick from the Bronx. Her uncle got her a job at the Soho Art Gallery he owns. This is a whole new world for Geraldine. . . Sure she's engaged to Vanity Fair Magazine's "Artist of the Moment"--Shep Evantide. But, even that does not prepare her for the NYC art gallery scene. Bitchy art snobs, gay gallerists, real Prada. Oh my
Director Jay Menchaca 77025
Geraldine DiGennaro - Brit Garcia 77477
Jacob Ritter teaches fifth grade. When Mrs. Baker, his fifth grade teacher, arrives unexpectedly at his classroom, she is stunned to see that it is an exact replica of hers, down to the ditto machine he purchased one E-bay to do his handouts. He has modeled everything he does and teaches on what he recalls from Mrs. Baker. Everything. The only thing missing from his perfect classroom is Mrs. Baker herself.
Nuns compete to see who will be dubbed a miracle worker. Some have better luck than others. The subjects they attempt to work miracles on are not always cooperative.
Sigbert - John William Stevens
Angelica - Tausheli McClure 77381
Lawrence - Austin Heps 77459
Sister Ruth - Beverly Hutchison
After dumping a full chamber pot on the head of a passing Yankee soldier, twenty-year old Adele Cutuere finds herself incarcerated, following Union General Benjamin Butler's draconian Woman's Order Number 28, which stipulates that any female in occupied New Orleans who publicly insults one of his men may be treated as a common prostitute. Sharing the cell with Adele is sophisticated madam.
Director - David Hymel 77459
Lucien Cutrere - Alec Franco
Sam Winkelmeyer - Jimmy Vollman 77584
Etienne Prideaux - Joe Wendt 77459
Desiree - Pam Pankratz 77042