The Playgroup's Short Plays Program Returns!
The Playgroup's wildly popular shorts program is back for its 8th season, featuring the very best in South Florida playwriting talent : comedies, dramas and a few surprises.
Eight amazing ten - minute plays by South Florida playwrights. Rated PG - 13. Six performances at the Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL. Friday and Saturday at 8PM, Sunday at 2PM. May 4 through May 13, 2018. All seats $ 25. Groups of four or more : $ 15. Box Office : Call ( 561 ) 347 - 3948 or visit www.willowtheatre.org
THE PLAYS
Best Seller by Brian Dever
A writer's imagination comes to life.
Comuppance by Marc Rohr
Sometimes what comes around, keeps coming around.
Askew by Tom Andrew.
Good art costs an arm and a leg.
Lady in Waiting by Donna Wareld.
A young woman receives an unexpected visitor with an unusual offer and life advice.
The Performer by Shep Wolsky.
The heart of a performer is tested daily at the nursing home.
Missing the Point by Todd Caster.
As in life, punctuation can be everything.
Collaboration by Marc Rohr.
You never know where good advice may come from.
Viva Las Vegas by MJ Putnik.
What happens in Vegas doesn't always start in Vegas.
THE ACTORS Bruce Allen, Brenda Aulbach, Jill Brown, David Ehrlich, Fran Friedman, Peter Hawkins, Carla Zackson Heller, Mark Kroczynski, Anna Maria Leon, Nick LoMonte, Penny Mandel, Jimmyse Marcelin, Daryl Meyer, Patrick Sheehan, Tom Turner, Rachel Swanzy, Rosemarie Voicu THE DIRECTORS Teresa Biber LoMonte and Brian Dever
Founded in 2010, The Playgroup is committed to showcasing the work of local artists ; playwrights, directors and actors. They only produce original plays by local playwrights and hold monthly workshops where playwrights can develop their projects and network with local actors and directors. Past productions include : Better Than Money and The Last of the Aztecs, by Joe Feinstein ; Scenes From A Chinese Restaurant by Tom Andrew ; Little Piggies, Broken Angels and Sur?ng the Rubicon by Todd Caster ; Joseph Andrews by Peter Hawkins ; The Monster Project by Brian Harris ; All Together Now by Philip Middleton Williams ; and seven one - act evenings : Shortcuts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
The Playgroup constantly seeks new playwrights to showcase.
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