10th Annual New Voice Play Festival Runs June 25-27 at Old Opera House

The premier of four one-act plays will take place on Friday & Saturday, June 25 & 26 at 8:00pm and Sunday, June 27 at 2:30pm.

Tickets are $12 Adults and $8 Students.

Golden Curtain Winner
Shooting Pool With A Rope
by Lynn-Steven Johanson (Macomb, IL)

Featuring
Rob Madden as Stacey Miller
Steven Brewer as Al Crawford

Directed by James P. Whipple

Stacey's mother is in the hospital fighting a losing battle, causing Stacey to be overwhelmed with anger. He retreats to a local park, adjacent to the hospital, and meets Al who is sitting quietly on a park bench. The conversation that ensues from this chance meeting is both humorous and enlightening, as both Al and Stacey have some demons to address and their lives are entwined in ways that is a surprise to both of them.

Silver stage winner
Dicky's Last Stand
by Dennis Jones (Powhatan, VA)

Featuring
Troy Crossley as Dicky Katie Lese as Tammy
Betsy Crutcher as Ashley Norm Snyder as Man
Kaitlyn Dykes as Bonnie Beth Hood as Woman
Glenn Frail as Buck Dan Rice as Bob
Richard Hamstead as Officer Ward

Directed by Will Heyser

Dicky the weather clown is holding the Channel 9 newsroom hostage at gunpoint. Management is preparing to replace their long-standing Weather Clown with a new weather reporter to boost ratings, Skippy the chimpanzee; and Dicky is not going to accept this change quietly. This fast paced farce includes a redneck couple watching the newsroom drama unfold on their TV, and more quirky, slightly twisted, and definitely off-center characters than one television studio can possibly handle.

Spotlight winner
Tree
by Jeff Carter

Featuring
Lorraine Bouchard as Jo Jim Beck as Donnie
Walter Tomlin as Rollie Richard Hamstead as Garvy

Directed by Meaghan Barry

In northern Maine, Jo is about to receive a great honor. One of the large fir trees on her farm, a tree that she can see each morning from her kitchen window, is about to be taken to Washington DC to serve as this year's (1959) White House Christmas tree. After accepting the honor, Jo begins to have second thoughts about losing the tree and all it represents. Is change inevitable? A richly woven drama about what it means to hold on tightly to one's heritage in light of change and the pressures of society.

Spotlight winner
In the Beginning
by Joan Broadman

Featuring
Christine Brewer as Rose Sondra DeRocha as Lily
John-Michael Rolnick as Adam

Directed by Winky Francis

A honey of a comedy set in a garden in ancient Israel, in 1000 B.C.E. Rose and Lily, two honeybees, discuss the beginning of life on Earth and begin writing a document that will capture all the elements of creation for posterity. The story that we know as Genesis is told from the unique perspective of two creatures that inhabited the earth before humans.

Honorable Mentions

The Skylab is Falling by Ty DeMartino, Frostburg, MD
Labor Day by Brent Englar, Baltimore, MD
The Day That Brando Died by Lawrence Dukore, New York, NY
Relatively Normal by Carl L. Williams, Houston, TX
Strangers by Eileen Siedman, Mill Valley, CA

Call the Old Opera House Box-office at
(304) 725-4420 for reservations

Visit on the web at: www.oldoperahouse.org

 

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