For immediate release, Feb. 19, 2004:

The Louisville Playwright Festival

6 Ten minute plays written by local playwrights.

produced by a local company.

directed by local directors.

acted by local actors.

teched by local techies.

performed locally at The Rudyard Kipling.

Feb. 26th-28th & March 5th & 6th at 7:30pm

And March 4th at 9:30pm

For reservations call 636-1311

$6 adults/$5 students

 

Pet-Fish Theatre is in it's second season and this is the fourth production. We focus on the relationship between the audience and the play rather than on highly technical productions.

 

The 10 min. selections are:

 

A Coversation in E Minor

by Stephen George

A self-conscious bozo trip into the deluded mind

of the twentysomething dating scene, a cough-uncomfortably-and-out-loud feel

bad festival of idiosyncratic behavior and weird, neurotic head games as

performed by four people playing two roles. The biting acerbic wittiness of

it all will have you in tears--not because it's funny, but because it's you.

directed by amber martin assistant director brian owens w/Antonia Lindauer, Alden Sowder, Jim Erikson & Sara Bishop

 

A Richard Donner Heaven

by Adam Watson

A man waits for a bus, and a woman waits with him. As the minutes tick down for the bus to arrive, they discuss skirts, seventies film, and catholic candy while trying to find closure for their badly ended romance.

Directed by Alexander V. Thompson w/Rebecca Grossman and Lance Hillman

 

A Rock by a Stream in the Woods

by Jasper Greenhill

A farcical drama which sheds light on portrayals of ultra-violence in a world where contract killing is acceptable and death is made to be ridiculous and funny.

directed by Jim Erikson w/Susan Shumate, Ann Marie Dunlap, Samer Yahyawi, Joe Crosser, Brian Owens, Jeff Hurley, Alden Sowder, James Butterfield and Wyatt Hamilton

 

Father Digby Achieves American Enlightenment

by Alexander V. Thompson

A farcical roller coaster ride through the opening morning of a religious-themed fast food restaurant.  "Father Digby Achieves American Enlightenment is most likely my one-way ticket to a far warmer climate. I won't be going alone, however; the original idea derives from conversations my good friend and fellow playwright Brad Rowland and I had during our time working together at U of L and the play is as much his as it is mine. This is the first script of mine that I have seen fully produced and the fact that it is directed by Brian Owens, who is like a brother to me, leads me to look forward to seeing it with utmost excitement and confidence--and just a slight fear of divine retribution, but what can you do?" - - - Alexander Thompson

directed by Brian Owens w/Joe Rigney, Samer Yahyawi and Wyatt Hamilton

 

The Guest: Arriving Late

by James W. Erikson

Two sisters find themselves learning how to deal with unexpected change in a play about perspective and separation. Rose and Georgie must help each other adjust to a new and uncomfortable situation when an unknown guest arrives to take Georgie away.

directed by: Joel D. Santner w/Roni York, Mary Mayrose & Sara Bishop

 

Playwrongs

by Mark D. Jordan

PLAYWRONGS humorously explores how the producing director of any major

American theatre utilizes his personal prejudices to determine which

plays, that various playwrights pitch to him, are worthy of production.

The sing song, over the top antics of Nadir Brit will have wanting to find out what happens next.

directed by Michelle Murphy w/James Butterfield, Brian Owens and Joshua Easton

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