Photo Flash: First Look at PGL's 2012 Playwrights Showcase

The Players Guild of Leonia presents the 11th Annual Playwrights Showcase, featuring new one act plays written by local playwrights. This Players Guild exclusive has become one of the Guild's most popular offerings. Check out photos for a first look at the showcase below!

Performances are June 15th thru June 24th - Fridays & Saturdays at 8PM, Sundays at 3PM at The Players Guild of Leonia Civil War Drill Hall Theater, 130 Grand Avenue, Leonia. Tickets are $20/$18 for seniors and students. Call 201-947-9606 or visit www.leoniaplayers.org for reservations and information.

THE PLAYS:

THE WAYWARD SOULS MOTEL

Where do we go after we go? One of the big questions/mysteries of life. Maybe we end up at the Wayward Souls Motel. It beats a Motel 6…. Maybe…

Written by: Arie Moller
Directed by: Bill Kaufman

Lenny: Jonathan McDevitt
Martha: Eileen Mager
Greeter: Anita Brennan
Buddy: Robert Klein
Albert: Ron Rosario

A DOG’S LIFE

A playwright works on his play with his dog at his side….the dog talks to the audience…

Written by: Robert Daria
Directed by: Claudia MacDermott

Man: John Kiely
Dog: Elaine Davis

LAST ACTOR STANDING

An aging actor in a technologically vapid culture attempts to keep the flame of theatre alive in an abandoned community center.

Written by: Michael Edan
Directed by: Linda Wielkotz

Richard Barrymore: Gene Ruffini
Albert Appleheim: Jonathan McDevitt

STATEN ISLAND BABY

A family drama played out on the front stoop of a house in Staten Island , as siblings collide in this slice of life realistic one act.

Written by: Cary Gitter
Directed by: Susan Binder

Vinny: Earle Ziff
Mike: Dominick DeNucci
Gina: Mary Laido

WE INTERRUPT THIS ARGUMENT

Two older sisters who live together have an argument interrupted by an unlikely married couple.

Written by: Tom Winkler
Directed by: Ellyn Essig

Annie: Karen Altman
Susanna: Beth Parillo
Husband: David Knoller
Woman: Gilda Bettini

SEEING IS BELIEVING

Vivien Holder finds a new way of life, which surprises her since she wasn't looking for one.

Written by: Kathleen Clark
Directed by: Helene Marshall

Vivien Holder – Rowena Wagenheim
Ozzie Holder Baldwin – Bobbi Weintraub
Bernadette Baldwin – Toni DeFuria