A One-Acts Festival
Friday, May 10 & Saturday, May 11 at 8 PM
Sunday, May 12 at 2 PM
Friday, May 17 & Saturday, May 18 at 8 PM
Greenbelt Arts Center – 123 Centerway, Greenbelt, MD
The Insect
by Claudia Bach, directed by Joshua Engel
DC area premiere. Cleo and Hattie have lived together simply forever. Hattie is a homebody with a passion for encyclopedias. Cleo has had unbelievably extraordinary adventures. When Hattie has a close encounter with a mysterious bug, these two very different women find out what it means to live with the clock ticking down. Find more plays from Claudia Bach at claudiahbach.com/playwright/.
Cast
Cleo – Sam David
Hattie– Jacqueline Youm
Crew
Librarian – Mikki Barry
A Twist of Rotten Silk, or Coriolanus and Aufidius at Antium
by William Shakespeare and Nahum Tate, directed by Jaki Demarest
Here’s a reimagining of “Coriolanus” in the style of Nahum Tate, the original Shakespeare fanficcer in whose adaptation of “King Lear,” everyone lives, and happily ever after at that. What if the most doomed of all of Shakespeare’s doomed bromances actually managed to end happily, and now Coriolanus and Aufidius are an old married couple cleaning up for a party at their house in Antium, and reminiscing over battles won and lost? Every line is Shakespeare, but with a twist of Tate’s wishful thinking. The fan service the Rudes have wanted for 25 years!
Coriolanus – Alan Duda
Aufidius – Joshua Engel
Friar Laurence’s Apothecary
by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Liana Olear
Shakespeare’s heroines have problems: the Evil Queen from “Cymbeline” has throne inheritance machinations easiest resolved by judicious application of poison, Hero from “Much Ado About Nothing” has been left at the altar for alleged unfaithfulness, and Juliet is being made to marry the wrong man. Friar Laurence, a skilled herbalist and confidant to all, knows just the answer.
Friar Laurence- Stephen Cox
Queen / Hero / Juliet – Leanne Stump
Shakespoems
by William Shakespeare, directed and conducted by Sean Eustis
Readings of William Shakespeare’s three shortest narrative poems (“The Phoenix and the Turtle”, “The Lover’s Complaint” and “The Pilgrim’s Passion”), accompanied by pantomime shadow players and BardCore musicians.
Ensemble
Music and Poetry – Nat Berelovich (she/they)
Poetry and Pantomime – Gary Brick
Poetry- John Cholod
Poetry- Sam David
Poetry and Pantomime – Wes Dennis
Poetry and Pantomime – Chris Dullnig
Poetry and Pantomime – Linda “Spencer” Dye
Music and Poetry and Pantomime – Diana Dzikiewicz
Music – Sean Eustis
Poetry and Pantomime – Jay Henry
Music and Poetry and Pantomime – Penny Martin (they)
Poetry and Pantomime – Jeff Poretsky
Music and Pantomime – Constantia Rioux
Poetry – Sarah Sexton (she/they)
Crew
Musicology – Diana Dzikiewicz
Wigs, Props, Furniture – Linda “Spencer” Dye, Sean Eustis, Constantia Rioux
Production Crew
Producer – Jaki Demarest & Liana Olear
Stage Manager- Lucian Clarkewallis (he)
Lighting Design- Jeff Poretsky & Liana Olear
Sound Design – Linda “Spencer” Dye
Costumes – Cast
Lighting & Sound Operator – Claudia Bach
Graphics Design – Jaki Demarest
Photography – Jay Henry, John Cholod, Penny Martin & Constantia Rioux
The Rude Mechanicals 