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'First Looks' at the Fringe
HER ONLY FAULT by Alice Austin – Saturday August 16, 2:00 pm
What must a woman do to be first in her field? What sacrifices must she make? What bonds must she undo? And what might be her undoing? It is 1737. Emilie Du Chatelet, who possesses one of the great scientific minds of the eighteenth century, juggles an affair with Voltaire, while managing her household and the education of her children. She risks the most important relationships in her life and public condemnation for daring to do what no woman has done before.
NOT DEAD YET by Jerry McGee – Saturday August 23, 5:00 pm
An all new sex farce set in (where else?) Washington D.C. It's got a senator who's being blackmailed by a tax evader who's dead, a maid who doesn't clean the house and, well...see the play. Filled with biting social commentary, scathing criticism and two laughs a second.
VOICES from the Fringe – Sunday, August 24, 5:00 pm
Short plays by members of the Woodstock Fringe Playwrights Unit.
MAN’S BEST FRIEND by Adam Samtur
Every master, at one point or another, wonders what his pet would say about him if he could speak. That doesn't mean we would like what our furry companions would have to say! This is a humorous look at the relationship between man and beast, with Larry the downtrodden head of house, and Rex, his sarcastic pooch.
AFTER DINNER by Mark Farnen
A sheltered, proud woman and an itinerant field hand meet in loneliness and find love on the Southern Appalachian Trail of the 1950s.
IN THE TIME REMAINING by Victoria Devany
A sister piece to her short play, Time to Spare? performed at the Fringe by Wallace Norman and Nicola Sheara, this piece is a snapshot of the one in five Americans who are facing the responsibility of caring for an aging parent. How do we address the myriad of concerns and adjustments when those dearest to us navigate these life changes? When roles are reversed and neither player welcomes the change?
NINE LIVES by Lou Rodgers
A comic romp about love, marriage, and money. Garnished with a deadly twist this short visit into the zany and wacky world of Sweetums and Daddums will help quench your summer thirst for laughter.
LISTENING TO ELIZABETH by Noni Connor, Saturday August 30, 5:00 pm
Elizabeth Robins, an American actress who was the first Hedda Gabler on the English stage, continued to conquer new frontiers as a director, a writer and a suffragist. This production, a work-in-progress, draws on her memoirs, her published speeches, her personal correspondence and her own journals to capture her personal trials and triumphs in the context of the theatre and politics in her lifetime.
What must a woman do to be first in her field? What sacrifices must she make? What bonds must she undo? And what might be her undoing? It is 1737. Emilie Du Chatelet, who possesses one of the great scientific minds of the eighteenth century, juggles an affair with Voltaire, while managing her household and the education of her children. She risks the most important relationships in her life and public condemnation for daring to do what no woman has done before.
NOT DEAD YET by Jerry McGee – Saturday August 23, 5:00 pm
An all new sex farce set in (where else?) Washington D.C. It's got a senator who's being blackmailed by a tax evader who's dead, a maid who doesn't clean the house and, well...see the play. Filled with biting social commentary, scathing criticism and two laughs a second.
VOICES from the Fringe – Sunday, August 24, 5:00 pm
Short plays by members of the Woodstock Fringe Playwrights Unit.
MAN’S BEST FRIEND by Adam Samtur
Every master, at one point or another, wonders what his pet would say about him if he could speak. That doesn't mean we would like what our furry companions would have to say! This is a humorous look at the relationship between man and beast, with Larry the downtrodden head of house, and Rex, his sarcastic pooch.
AFTER DINNER by Mark Farnen
A sheltered, proud woman and an itinerant field hand meet in loneliness and find love on the Southern Appalachian Trail of the 1950s.
IN THE TIME REMAINING by Victoria Devany
A sister piece to her short play, Time to Spare? performed at the Fringe by Wallace Norman and Nicola Sheara, this piece is a snapshot of the one in five Americans who are facing the responsibility of caring for an aging parent. How do we address the myriad of concerns and adjustments when those dearest to us navigate these life changes? When roles are reversed and neither player welcomes the change?
NINE LIVES by Lou Rodgers
A comic romp about love, marriage, and money. Garnished with a deadly twist this short visit into the zany and wacky world of Sweetums and Daddums will help quench your summer thirst for laughter.
LISTENING TO ELIZABETH by Noni Connor, Saturday August 30, 5:00 pm
Elizabeth Robins, an American actress who was the first Hedda Gabler on the English stage, continued to conquer new frontiers as a director, a writer and a suffragist. This production, a work-in-progress, draws on her memoirs, her published speeches, her personal correspondence and her own journals to capture her personal trials and triumphs in the context of the theatre and politics in her lifetime.