About the Plays (in schedule order):

Please Note: Readings may have adult language and themes.

March 29th @7:30 | Notre Dame College Performing Arts Center (South Euclid)

Reunion by Rannigan Walsh :: One Act (40min)
An older white woman and a young black man meet while looking for the same ancestor.

Split Decision by Kitty Dubin :: Short Play (15min)
A combative elderly couple who want to end their 38 year marriage seek help from a divorce meditator who may be in over his head.

March 30th @7:30 | Notre Dame College Performing Arts Center (South Euclid)

Heaven’s Gate by Berenice Kleiman :: Short Play (10min)
Three characters in heaven see a looming tower construction with cacophony that threatens to block their view of events taking place on earth. They appeal to St. Peter to restore their heavenly peace. He responds with goodness...and a little irony.

I Can’t Even Hear What You Are Saying To Me Right Now by Jonathon Morgan :: Short Play (10min)
Two parents misunderstand a text from their teenager daughter and jump to the conclusion that she's having sex with coconut rice.

Nudity Required by Agnes Herrmann :: Short Play (10min)
A potentially explosive issue in the acting community confronts an actor and a casting director who decide to turn the tables on the director.

It’s My Party by Kitty Dubin :: Short Play (15min)
Devoted parents of a son with special needs strongly disagree when their son wants to cancel his bar mitzvah party.

Powerball by Berenice Kleiman :: Short Play (10min)
A dream is a wish your heart makes—especially if you win a $ billion + lottery.

April 5th @7:30 | Sanctuary of Disciple Christian Church (Cleveland Heights)

In The Dance of Stars by Ife Gail Young :: Short Play/One Act (40min)
Glynnis, a middle-aged white woman and Rashard, a 22-yr. old African American young man melt away the walls of their different worlds to form a bond, finding solace in one another as they await updates about their hospitalized loved-ones affected with Covid 19. The two illustrate how magnificently similar lives are in times of fear and desperation, and the tendency to search for hope and healing, even in the bizarre. What is truly valuable to each character is placed under a microscope as their humanness is woven throughout their stories, vulnerabilities, and fears. When Glynnis is convinced that they should lean on the healing power of stars will they find desired reality or life on life’s terms?

The Gold Steamber by Rannigan Walsh :: Short Play (10min)
A woman comes undone over the service at a drive-thru coffee shop when she finds out the server is from the Middle East, and then her painful truths emerge.

April 6th @7:30 | Sanctuary of Disciple Christian Church (Cleveland Heights)

Beached by Ed Walsh :: Short Play
A massive sperm whale has beached itself. Its fate is being followed by a young newspaper reporter. Her life will never be the same.

Katydids by Agnes Herrmann :: Short Play
Two female katydids provide a whimsical bug's-eye-view of love and their environment.

Goodnuf by Ed Walsh :: Short Play
A young musician comes to claim his trumpet at Goodnuff's Pawnshop. Tensions rise when he finds that he is unable to pay the disabled proprietor what's owed.

April 7th @3:00 | Sanctuary of Disciple Christian Church (Cleveland Heights)

Keepers of the Flame by Cindy Dettelbach :: Short Play (10min)
On the shared date of their respective holidays, a nursing home resident and her aide trade disappointment and loneliness for the lights of friendship.

Set In Stone by Cindy Dettelbach :: One Act (40min)
At their Mother's stonecutting an estranged sister and brother begin to see each other-and themselves-through the lens of a long ago family Thanksgiving. A tale of love, loss and a failure to connect.

April 12th @7:30 | Marinello Little Theatre at John Carroll University

Just You Wait by Molly McFaddden :: Full Length (60min)
A play about my early years in New York in the late 70s and 80s. Coming of age for an artists pursuing their dreams and ambitions only to face reality. It is in the vein of the movie "My Favorite Year".

April 13th @7:30 | Marinello Little Theatre at John Carroll University

Every Year ‘Til Now by Jeanne Madison :: Full Length (65min)
It's Christmas and Sonny and his wife, Heather, come home, bearing ever more complex and expensive technological gifts for his mom, Dee, a retired actress, which she hates. The usual family arguments ensue until a startling secret is revealed and a shocking revelation occurs, both of which have the power to knit this family closer together. But will they?

April 14th @2:00 | Marinello Little Theatre at John Carroll University

Dead Man’s Clothes by Brian McFadden :: Full Length (60min)
Exploring just what is it about marriage, love, Famial relationships? This is a comedy looking at how we tend to hold onto memories of our past relationships with those we love and our parents and just how well we cope in the long run.