Season 3 Plays
Derby City Playwrights New Play Festival
Co-Producer: David Clark
Co-Producer: Allie Fireel
A Shot in the Dark
Playwright: Zoë Peterson
Director: Keith McGill
Cast:
Gracie Taylor
Alex Hayden
Connor Madison
A summer night spent with Cass and Jake reminiscing over lost time is plagued by the shadow of the loss of their best friend (and Cass’s brother) in a piece that explores love, loss, and the secrets that we keep.
Note
Playwright: Allie FIreel
Director: Kathi E.B. Ellis
Cast:
Mollie Murk
Shannon Leigh Woolley Allison
Adama Adamson
Joseph Hatfield
A sister deals with her siblings tragic death the only way she knows how: by putting it onstage.
Expecting
Playwright: Bryce Woodard
Cast:
Brianna Clemerson
Lenae McKee Price
Kevin Butler
Vidalia Unwin
When Jasmine, a single 30-year-old, finds out that she's pregnant, she decides to tell the father, Tom... or maybe it's Greg? Neither one of them feels ready to become a father... or maybe they're really excited? With everything so uncertain, the pressure to become a perfect mom is mounting for Jasmine, who feels the weight of the world, placed squarely on her womb.
Peety
Playwright: Haydee Canovas
Cast:
Jomaris DeJesus
Kathi E.B. Ellis
Kelsey Thompson
Ben Gierhart
Juan Martin
Hilarity and existential tension torment Peety and her parents as they find themselves trapped in a never ending waiting game to see the doctor The family believes will save her father’s life.
The Forest and the Flames
Playwright: David Clark
Cast:
Meghan Logue Holland
Mara Baker
Beth Clark
Bryce Woodard
Jessica May
In a place of magic, a would-be puppeteer, a dying old man, and a fire-scarred magician must unravel the mystery of a young woman, hidden in a forest seemingly filled with unimaginable power and secrets.
Childish Things
Playwright: Chase Gregory
Cast:
Erica McClure
Tom Schulz
Scott Goodman
Andrew Stairs
Rachel White
Tucker Keel
Shaun Kenney
Brian Walker
The world of 11-year-old Angela is turned upside down when Stanley, an Imaginary Friend, bursts through her window one night looking for the human friend that left him behind. She decides to help him, but it won't be easy, what with a pair of bumbling Imaginary agents hot on their trail trying to bring Stanley back to the Imaginary World. Will she end up reuniting Stanley with his lost friend, and perhaps heal her own fractured relationship? Or will they be foiled by the agents...and the perhaps even more sinister force employing them?