Season 7 Plays
2022 Derby City Playwrights New Play Readings at the Louisville Fringe Festival
Producer: David Clark
Producing Parnter: Louisville Fringe Festival
Poster Designs: Colin Gatenbee
Readings will be at:
The Old Louisville Coffee Co-Op
316 W Ormsby Avenue
Louisville, KY 40203
One Week from Paradise
7:30 PM - July 30!
Playwright: Cris Eli Blak
Cast:
Cayden
Papa: Alphaeus Green
Ahmed
Celia
Bela
Mari
When 18-year old Cayden, imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, learns that he will finally be released in seven days, he must keep his head down and stay out of trouble, which becomes increasingly difficult as his personal relationships begin to change and he becomes more aware of the effect of the prison system on the other Black men in his cell block and how his life and perspective is forever different because of his time inside.
Exhumed
7:30 PM - July 28!
Playwright: Ben Gierhart
Director: Shannon Woolley Allison
Cast:
Magda Thomas: Shelby Durbin
Alan Gass: Jacob Cooper
Claire Thomas: Karole Spangler
John Gass/Dr. Pierce Bohn: Joseph Hatfield
Martha Vandergoss: Kelsey Thompson
Magdalene Strange: Melinda Beck
Walker Halewyn/Michael Brooks: John Becraft
Magda returns to her small hometown in disgrace after losing the journalist job she's always dreamed of, just after the town's mayor has taken his own life under suspicious circumstances. There's something sinister in the wind... stirring up ghosts both figurative and literal. Magda hopes to redeem herself and her career by solving the mystery surrounding the mayor's death all while surviving the unearthed onslaught of her town's and her own personal histories.
Joyfully Underground: The Story of the Lexington Six
3 PM - July 31!
Playwright: Clarity Hagan
Director: Mollie Murk
Cast:
Jessica de la Rosa
Adama Abramson
Keith McGill
Ashley Cabrera
V. Reibel
Amy Davis
Alex Cooper
Eli Lomax
Sarah Chen Elston
Tory Parker
Kavin Moore
Tessa McShane
In 1974, two queer anti-war, bank-robbing women briefly lived in Lexington, Kentucky. They were on the run from the FBI, and no one knew their true identities as they lived among the lesbian feminist community.
The women left town, and the FBI followed close on their heels, beginning to harass the gay community. This play tells the true story of the six people - five lesbians and one gay man - who decided to resist.
Bowling League
7:30 PM - July 31!
Playwright: Matthew Jablow
Cast:
Hal: Michael Robert
Chris: Derrick Ledbetter
Andre: Keith McGill
Sheila: Meg Caudill
Anastasia (Agnes) Meghan Logue Holland
Five people find themselves immersed in the midst of putting a show together as they try to endure the never-ending drama of their lives and surviving their castmates
Demonick
5 PM - July 30!
Playwright: Kaiya Nieporte Linkugel
Cast:
Nick: Meghan Logue Holland
Ivy: Rachel Allen
Gabe:
The Demon: Ben Gierhart
Demon 2: Kimby Peterson
A young artist constructs sculptures from the gory remains of roadkill and other decomposing materials as the ultimate self-imposed exposure therapy. When she’s invited to a dinner party by a mysterious artistic admirer, she must fight harder than ever to suppress her phobias in order to preserve the façade of the fearless, emotionless woman she has long presented to the world.
Camp Bristlecone
7:30 PM - July 29!
Playwright: Zoë Peterson
Cast:
The Kid: Bailey Story
Sophie:
Maya: Shelby Durbin
Q: Izzy Keel
Matt: Bryce Woodard
At the start of the summer, the counselors of Camp Bristlecone are getting ready for their kids to arrive. While everyone sees the crafts, the mess hall, and the canoes- the newest counselor, Kid, and his coworkers are experiencing their own coming of age behind the scenes. When an incident occurs amongst the group, Kid must confront the world he thought he knew.
