Get A Clue
Short Play Festival
November 21st, 2010
@ Bar 82 — 136 2nd Ave
Synopsis
Plastic Flamingo gathered an amazing team of 6 playwrights, 6 directors, and lots of awesome actors for our "Get A Clue" Short Play Festival. Playwrights each drew a location, a prop, and character requirements (each inspired by the board game "Clue") out of hat and had a little over 24 hours to create a 10 minute play. Next, our directors drew their plays and casts, and also had a little over 24 hours to rehearse. Hosted by our brilliant Butler, and his sexy French Maid assistant, "Get A Clue" was then unveiled at Bar 82.
Cast & Credits
Host..........................Mike Gurrieri
Host's Assistant..........Lauren Kirby
On the Ledge by Melanie Weinstein
Directed by.........David Chase
Featuring............Jonathan Cody White & Kate Metroka
So A Lady Walks Into a Bar by Erin Austin
Directed by.........Glenn De Kler
Featuring............Alix Paige
UNTITLED by Schuyler Brumley
Directed by.........Darren Mallett
Featuring............Nichole Yannetty, Whitney Fincher, & Stephen Gelpi
Ann vs. Jo by Brad Bauner
Directed by.........Rob Egginton
Featuring............Sue Smith & Amada Anderdron
Or Ya Just Happy to See Me by Erin Rashbaum
Directed by.........Anthony Hollock
Featuring............Clyde Voce & Ariana Shore
A Homeless Halloween by Ross Evans
Directed by.........Rachel Park
Featuring............Chris Harbur, Bridget McKevitt, Pearl Taylor
RIP JD
Part of the Too Soon Festival
June 4th-27th, 2010
@ The Brick Theatre
Synopsis
RIP JD: A Celebration of Death is a timely exploration of cult figure and author JD Salinger. This fast paced ensemble driven comedy probes the mystery associated with the man and his art. Through homage, meditation, and mockery, this provocative collage asks who really owns art - its creator or its audience?
Cast & Credits
Directed By..........Ross Evans
Associate Director..........Darren Mallett
Featuring...........Erin Austin*, John Bixler*, Lauren Connolly, Alex Kaplan, Katie McClellan, Randall Pollard*, Ariana Shore, Jonathan Cody White
Photography By....................Niki Budnick
*Appearing Courtesy of the Actor’s Equity Association
Buddha Nosh
May 6th-9th, 2010
@ The Red Room
Synopsis
It’s ten minutes until closing at the trendy Pan Asian restaurant, Buddha Nosh. Jean wants a table, a birthday drink, and something slightly spiritual. Her singular experience doubles, however, when she meets Tim, a fellow solo diner. Then, it triples, when she starts hearing a strange, possibly all-knowing, disembodied voice. Instead of just getting tofu, Jean’s served a huge helping of gong banging, romance, and fist fights. Where in this city can a girl seek refuge these days? Buddha Nosh is a comedy about spiritual, social, and emotional independence; and of course, the loneliness, eccentricities, and beautiful possibilities that accompany that freedom.
Cast & Credits
Assistant Directed By..........Darren Mallett
Lighting Design By...............Bekah Hernandez
Featuring...............................Katie McClellan, Michael Gurrieri,
Joshua Robinson, Jonathan Cody White, & Diane Zelenka
Photography By....................Niki Budnick
Egg A Day
May 6th-9th, 2010
@ The Red Room
Synopsis
In a world where chickens are invisible, eggs fall from the sky, and strangers kiss on the street, Emily and Robert are trying to comprehend their budding romance. In this absurdest boy meets girl tale, we follow the couple as they navigate through their first, and possibly only, month together. An Egg a Day examines the elusiveness of memory, the challenges of connection, and how the unexpected events in our lives shape who we become.
Cast & Credits
Lighting Design By.................Bekah Hernandez
Featuring.................................Alex Kaplan & Lauren Connolly
Photography By......................Niki Budnick
Finger Paint
August 2009
Part of the FringeNYC 2009
@ The HERE Arts Center
Synopsis
Ryan is moving out of his apartment in the morning. Everything is packed away, except for his greatest work of art. His entire apartment wall is a canvas of layers and layers of paint, splattered with stories, ideas, and symbols. The paint is inches thick, but something is still incomplete. His roommate and collaborator, Ann, won't let him move out until he finishes it - painting the last remaining blank space on the wall. The only way to figure out what is missing is to truly see what's there already. Ryan learns no matter how abstract or trivial a stroke of paint may seem at the time, the truth, inevitably, bleeds through.
"This play is messy, carnal, funny, and emotionally complicated."
"Despite its juvenile title, Finger Paint is a marvelous work of theatrical brio. Tapping the talents of it's four audacious actors, one whom co-wrote it, the play tackles subjects such as love, sex, and art without sentimentality. Instead, it uses humor and a suprising depth of feeling as a springboard for its contention that life, like art, is a "series of happy accidents" that's often much better in the abstract."
— Backstage.com (Critic's Pick)
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Cast & Credits
ANN....................Erin Austin
JACOB................Anthony Comis
GIRL...................Ariana Shore
Written By................................Erin Austin & Ross Evans
Directed By...............................Ross Evans
Lighting Design By..................Jeremy Cunningham
Wall Design By.........................Rachael Senchoway
Set Design & Construction.....Andrew, Al, & Alex Zelenka
Stage Managed By....................Lauren Hirsh
Production Supervisor............Thomas Recktenwald
Photography By........................Niki Budnick
May Day
January 2008
@ Theatre Row Studios
Synopsis
It's the night after graduation and Ally has some important decisions to make. Between a potential fiance, a wild card ex room mate and a former mustang mascot, her job as a party host has gotten seriously dicey. Add in multi colored martinis and a couple of secrets, and it's a party that's going down in flames.
Cast & Credits
Keep It Short
April 2008
@ The Cutting Room
Synopsis
Keep It Short was an eclectic collection of short plays and musical works, including the plays Helen's Hiccup, Jello Shot Girl, and Bubbly Babe.
Cast & Credits
Event Stage Managed by Thomas Recktenwald
Musical Acts
Brad Standley
Lauren Palermo
Selections from the new musical "Angels"
Featuring..........Joline Mujica, Josh Henry, & Corinne Palermo
Ten Minute Plays
Written By........Erin Austin & Ross Evans
Directed By.......Ross Evans, Anna Becker, Jason Weiss, & Diane Zelenka
Featuring..........Sara Andreas, Xavier Cano, Chris Harbur, Joshua Henry,
Shannon Krowicki, Rachel Feldman, Corinne Palermo, & Jonathan White
Apocalyptic Revelations
May 2007
@ The University of Miami
Synopsis
As the world you know crumbles, the last surviving creature is always the cockroach. And they tend to get pretty smug about their staying power. Apocalyptic Revelations is a comedy about growing up, moving on, and escaping youth just before it self implodes on your heels.
Cast & Credits
Directed By.......................Diane Zelenka
Lighting Design By...........Ross Evans
