Taxdeductible Theatre announces the 18th installment of The Dare Project; world premiere ten minute plays, written on a dare.
Here's how it works: Each writer is dared by the community to write a ten-minute play. The dare can be anything-a genre, a line of dialogue, a character, whatever idea they want to commission our company to develop. They put their dares into a hat, and Taxdeductible Theatre writers for the next production each take a shot of tequila, reach into the hat and draw their dares.
Once dared, the company has a month to develop the scripts, and then another month to rehearse. Then, ready or not, the play is presented in front of a packed house as a one-night-only event.
And for the 18th installment, they're doing something a little different. Instead of five writers working from five different dares, we have pulled ONE dare out of the hat and ALL FIVE WRITERS will cover that single dare. The dare is...
In this installment:
COMPOUND BREAK by Wendy Bagger
A woman in her thirties tries to cope with her breakup and her overbearing mother in need.
CAVE RELATIONS by Bryn Boice
Young caveman and cavewoman confront the timeless struggles of communication.
MOON ROCKS by Christopher Catalano
Dire consequences await Trevor after he steals from his roommate's "special" stash.
AN ACT OF HEROISM by Lesslie Dodge Crane
Self-made superhero Captain Awesome defends a citizen and himself from his surprising nemesis.
WALK A MILE by John Keitel
An apparent suicide on the tracks in a small town deepens the new relationship between a resident and a drifter.
featuring: Jed Aicher*, Wendy Bagger*, Bryn Boice*, Christopher Catalano*, Lesslie Dodge Crane*, Jolie Curtsinger*, Ashley Hesse*, Alix McEachern Jones*, Shelleen Kostabi, Robert Larkin, Gary Lee Mahmoud, Dan Matisa*, Robert W McMaster, Mike Mihm*
directed by: Scott Casper, Greg Cicchino, Robert W McMaster & Michael Poignand
artistic director: Scott Casper
associate producer: Robert W. McMaster
All performances at the Urban Stages Theater, 259 West 30th Street (Bet. 7th and 8th Aves)
Performance Schedule:
One night only: Tuesday November 22 at 7:00 & 9:00 PM
Running Time: 50 minutes, no intermission. Suggested donation: $10
Drinks are served
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MORE INFO at: www.taxdeductibletheatre.org
*denotes actor appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association. The Dare Project is an Actors' Equity Approved Showcase
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