WEEKEND ONE :: JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY :: MARINELLO LITTLE THEATRE

FRIDAY MARCH 7th (Curtain @ 7:30) (All Short 10 min Plays)

“In The News Today” by Rachel Zake
-Two SQUIRRELS jump around the roof of the house together and discuss the news headline: “Can you have a squirrel as a pet? It’s illegal in many parts of the U.S.”. But this is about more than squirrels…
“Abue” by Rannigan Walsh
-A woman finds inspiration for her new life from an unexpected visitor.
“Lent Me Your Ears” by John Busser
-A suburban family finds out the true meaning of Easter when a Heavenly visitor drops in to set them straight. And he won’t be walking on any Easter eggshells when he does it.
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T” by S. Joshua Mendel
-Two generations sweat it out in a sauna.
“Miss Interpretation” by Eileen Burns
-A comedy about miscommunication on a blind date.

SATURDAY MARCH 8th @ 7:30

“Limbo” by Agnes Herrmann (30min)
-Tess and Susan meet on a commuter train heading home, when a blown transformer causes a delay. Tess gets claustrophobic. Susan is a chatterbox. The atmosphere becomes tense and stifling. They think they have nothing in common, or do they? “Your truth is my truth” becomes a reality that neither one of them can deny.
“Mimi and Me” by Kitty Dubin (15min)
-A perky young volunteer tries to cheer up a ninety year old nursing home resident who has lost the will to live
“Not a Uterus in Sight” by Michael Oatman (30-40min)
-This play is set in an insanely fictional world in which Roe V Wade has been rendered illegal.  After a white female, college professor gives an incendiary speech at a pro-choice rally that leads to the death of cop, she becomes locked in a mind-bending interrogation with a black FBI agent.

SUNDAY MARCH 9TH @ 2:00

“Rules of The Game” by Alan Federman (70min)
-Rules of the Game is set in the near future in which life-like AI companion robots are being introduced into the population.

WEEKEND TWO :: DISCIPLES CHRISTIAN CHURCH :: THE SANCTUARY

FRIDAY MARCH 14th @7:30

“After” by Cindy Dettelbach (45min)
-Can a woman who has lost a child find healing by helping women on the other side of the divide?
Follow Meg Green's rocky journey.

SATURDAY MARCH 15th @ 7:30

“She Walks in Beauty” by Jeanne Madison (40min)
-Lilith and Eve, the first and second women created in the Garden of Eden, go head-to-head, and toe-to-toe on knowledge, power, and things eternally desired.

SUNDAY MARCH 16th @ 3:00

‘To Hell and Back” by Berenice Kleiman (70min)
-Quite obviously this play is a take off on Dante's INFERNO, with modifications and humor.

WEEKEND THREE :: DUNHAM TAVERN

FRIDAY MARCH 21st @ 7:30 (90min)

“Six Lovers in Search of a Killer” by Kierstan Kathleen Conway
Six Lovers in Search of a Killer puts a screwball spin on a golden age murder mystery and is cheeky enough to make Agatha Christie blush.

SATURDAY MARCH 22nd @ 7:30

“Please Remember Me” by Ife-Gail Young
-This extraordinary story will raise questions regarding society’s norms and the “unknown” when a lover from the past appears with a wild claim of reincarnation. 

SUNDAY MARCH 23rd @2:00 (90min)

“ I Thought We Had More Time” by Renee Reid
-This gripping drama is a heart-wrenching and ultimately empowering story about love, loss, and the courage it takes to reclaim yourself.