Season 5 Plays
2020 Derby City Playwrights Virtual New Play Festival
Producer: Brian Walker
Producer: David Clark
Poster Designs: Colin Gatenbee
Inquest Poster Design: Erin Fitzgerald
A Fall Planting
Playwright: Gray Shaw
Cast:
Bobby: Max Jablow
Tim: Izzy Keel
Dan: Corey Music
Ray: Ryan Watson
Gran: Laurene Scalf
Candance: Abby Braune
Harley: Dan Shoemaker
Every ending brings its own new beginning. Planting, harvesting, and then planting anew. Life, death, and the life existing thereafter. A hard-scrabble farm family struggles to find a way of coming together again following the death of the family patriarch. The past is a daunting obstacle to any hope one may have of renewal, but life always finds a way. In some form or fashion.
The Airplane Game
Playwright: Sean Fannin
Cast:
Peter: Josh Jerome
Francis: Olivia Kernekin
Adison: Tory Parker
Charlie: Diana Smith
Rachel: Rachel Kent
Mason: Tommy MacFarland
Casting Coordinated with DCSG Theatre.
A group of people gathers to participate in a dying pyramid scheme. They do whatever they can to maintain plausible deniability and make themselves richer. When a new passenger joins the game, the nature of the system comes to light.
The Curse of Blue Moose
Playwrights: Vidalia Unwin and Lex Mitchell
Cast:
Trish: April Rea
Max: Joey Eberling
McSmith: Bryce Woodard
Wrangler: Lindsay Jones
Jeff: Abby Braune
Prequel Johnson/Sequel Johnson/Blue Moose: Dan Cannon
Box: Brian Walker
Chupey/Other Moose: David Clark
It's been one year since the city of Chicago 2 was destroyed by a villainous Moose. Canadian billionaire Max Tasker has come to town, offering to rebuild the fallen city but secretly planning something sinister. As his plans unfold, the people of the city are suffering a fate worse than death. Now the only things standing in his way are three cops, a chupacabra, and thousands of Blue Moose...
Deer Island
Playwright: Brian Walker
Cast:
Joe: Jacob Cooper
Timothy: Joey Eberling
Carla: Morgan Younge
Toni: Sabrina Spalding
Josh: Lee Stein
Lynne: Meghan Logue Holland
Six lives converge over the future of a stretch of highway that may have a unique and highly intelligent deer population living within its borders. It’s a dark play about friendships, identity and the encroachment of the little bit of land that our wildlife have left.
InQuest
Playwright: Erin Fitzgerald
Cast:
Presented by Brian Walker
Music and Artwork: Erin Fitzgerald
InQuest is a musical exploring themes of mental health, identity, and support - both within and outside of the context of crisis. The main character is Jay, and the play follows her experiences just before, during, and after an inpatient stay at a psychiatric hospital.
It Is What It Is
Playwright: Matt Jablow
Cast:
Frank: Keith McGill
David: Stuart Perlmuter
Lisa: V. Reibel
Moe: Michael Roberts
Susan: Amelia Huckel-Bauer
Kate/Felicia: Meg Caudill
Grace: Rachel Falk
Randy: Drew Nardone
The work week begins with the salesperson committing suicide in the office. Within minutes it will not be about the body hanging from the rafters but instead about each character and how it impedes, interrupts and inconveniences their lives. This dark comedy takes you through a day of bitter animosity, insane personal issues and a boss whose agenda is squarely focused on himself… in other words just another day at work.
Lazarus Commits Suicide (Twice)
Playwright: Zoë Peterson
Cast:
Lazarus: Noah Bunch
Reuben: Connor Madison
Atarah: Zoë Peterson
Jesus: David Clark
Martha: Kimby Peterson
Mary: Vidalia Unwin
Peter/Judas/Steve the Leper: Max Jablow
Bartender/Man: David Clark
Boulder Guy: Brian Walker
Set in biblical times, this dark comedy follows Lazarus- a regular person that’s suddenly in the spotlight after being resurrected by Jesus- on their never ending quest to die...again. Unfortunately for Lazarus, it’s not as simple as one would think. Lepers, disciples, and boulders all seem to stand in the way of life and death, literally.
The Players of the Time After
Playwright: Clare Hagan
Cast:
Madge: Tessa McShane
Silas: Keith McGill
Hestia: Meg Caudill
Al: Darren McGee
Sophia: Ilse Apestegui
Vincent: Owen Kreese
Jamie/Music: Clare Hagan
The Players of the Time After is the story of a theater troupe traveling around the countryside over a century from now. A young girl joins their ranks and learns from each of the actors. The play alternates between scenes of the actors traveling and scenes of the performances that they present on stage, making use of folk tales and music. The audience present in the theater become actors in a way, portraying the crowds they play for in the future.
