Photos: Strongbox Theater Presents The First Annual Short Play Festival 2025
The show runs May 2 through 17 on Fridays and Saturdays at Bethany Congregational Church, 100 Main St. in East Rockaway.
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy May. 10, 2025
Strongbox Theater has released photos for its several evenings of short, one-act plays. After receiving over 450 plays from writers all over the world, director John Torres led a selection committee to choose 6 entertaining plays authored by award-winning playwrights to be performed at the festival. The plays will consist mostly of comedies.
The show runs May 2 – 17 on Fridays and Saturdays, at Bethany Congregational Church, 100 Main St. in East Rockaway. Showtime is at 8:00pm. Tickets are $25. The production has a 1 hour, 30-minute run time with no intermission. Audience members can pay at the door, but advance purchases are recommended. The venue is a short walk from the LIRR East Rockaway station on the Long Beach line.
Katharine Calabrese
Katharine Calabrese
Katharine Calabrese
Katharine Calabrese
Dan Bellusci
Ed Grosskreuz
Dan Bellusci and Ed Grosskreuz
Ed Grosskreuz
Reggie Street
Reggie Street
Reggie Street and Dan Bellusci
Reggie Street, Dan Bellusci and Ed Grosskreuz
Reggie Street, Dan Bellusci and Ed Grosskreuz
Hillary Kass Nussdorf
Hillary Kass Nussdorf, Tori Hiotakis and John Torres
John Torres and Hillary Kass Nussdorf
Tori Hiotakis
Tori Hiotakis
John Torres and Hillary Kass Nussdorf
Hillary Kass Nussdorf
June Peralta
Ryan Justine Stewart
Ryan Justine Stewart, Savannah Jean Moore and June Peralta
Ryan Justine Stewart and Savannah Jean Moore
Savannah Jean Moore
Camryn Graves
Savannah Jean Moore and Camryn Graves
June Peralta
June Peralta
John Payne, Reggie Street and Harley Yeager
]Reggie Street
John Payne, Reggie Street and Harley Yeager
Harley Yeager
John Payne, Reggie Street, Harley Yeager and Sarah Spagnuolo
Reggie Street and Harley Yeager
Sarah Spagnuolo
John Payne, Reggie Street, Harley Yeager and Sarah Spagnuolo
Dan Bellusci and Ed Grosskreuz
Ed Grosskreuz
Dan Bellusci and Ed Grosskreuz
Dan Bellusci and Ed Grosskreuz
Dan Bellusci
Dan Bellusci and Ed Grosskreuz
Sarah Spagnuolo
Harley Yeager and Sarah Spagnuolo
Sarah Spagnuolo and Harley Yeager
Sarah Spagnuolo
Sarah Spagnuolo
Sarah Spagnuolo and Harley Yeager
Harley Yeager
Sarah Spagnuolo and Harley Yeager
Sarah Spagnuolo and Harley Yeager
Marla D'Urso and Tony Leone (Producers)
John Torres (Director)
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