New Playwrights Series
Directed by: See List Below
Opening Date: 07/20/2024
Closing Date: 07/20/2024
Performance Times:
One Night Only - Saturday July 20 7:00pm
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Show Description:
The goals of the Mike Sockol New Works Series, presented by Villagers Theatre, are:
- To provide New Jersey playwrights and theatres with an opportunity to glimpse the performance potential of their play.
- To provide alternative performance opportunities for local actors and directors.
- Expose our audience to new works.
New playwrights can learn how to submit their potential plays, by visiting our Programs > New Playwrights page. Also see our guidelines for reviewers, preparing for readings, and presenting readings.
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Sat July 20 2024 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
StAnD uP
By Paul Hufker
Directed By John Lampe
SUMMARY:
Maddie, a NYC stand up comic goes viral (happy days!) and promptly gets cancelled (ain’t algorithms a bitch?). As she tries to reconstruct her reputation and career, another young, budding comic herself goes viral and offers to help Maddie with her cancellation. When Maddie gives the young comic all her comedic knowledge, the young comic inputs that knowledge into an AI which spits out great jokes. Will Maddie be replaced by her young counterpart? Will AI help humans take over the identity of other humans? Can something as fundamentally human as comedy be usurped by AI? YouTube, MSNBC and Fox News are all lampooned and put under a microscope in this satirical, dark, comedic look at many important facets of our modern moment.
*Important Note: This play contains adult language which some viewers may find offensive. It also contains some adult and sexual themes. This play is not for children. Please consider this before attending.
CAST:
MADDIE: Katrina Wischusen
JANE: Julia Sauers
ENSEMBLE: Mikaela Lukowicz
ENSEMBLE: Leandra Del Pozo
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PREVIOUS READINGS
Sat June 1 2024 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Best Most Super Fantastic Hiking Tour
By Fay Corinotis
Workshop Producer: Paul Kufker
SUMMARY:
A modern fairy tale: a young girl is taken on a tour of her life so she can better understand herself and her world. This is magical. This is theatre. This is The Best Most Super Fantastic Hiking Tour!
Note: Children and young people are welcome! It’s a show about them, after all!
CAST:
Fresh Air Freida: Karina Lucid
Nicole: Sofia Ines Garcia
Mom/Mimi: Katrina Wischusen
Stg Dri: Mikaela Lukowicz
Teens/Clones/Etc:
Lindsay Perr
Paige Geralds
Julia Suaers
Ashley Washington
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Sat July 13 2024 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
YOU MUST BE THE MOM
By Steven San Luis
Workshop Producer: Paul Kufker
SUMMARY:
You Must be The Mom is a comedy about a door-to-door salesman who learns that when God shuts a door, he also shuts the next one. And the next. And the next. The Book Boy is on a quest to sell some books and make his manager proud, but the moms he encounters present him with a different set of challenges than the ones that the manager has prepared him for.
CAST:
BOOK BOY — Steven San Luis
SALES MANAGER — Zita Geoffroy
MOMS:
Mikaela Lukowicz
Katrina Wischusen
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Sat Jun 29 2024 – 8:00pm to 10:00pm
SHRIMP PUDDING
By Kyle C Mumford
Directed By Matt Giroveanu
Synopsis: Tackling the pulling complexities between present happiness and a nostalgic heart, SHRIMP PUDDING tells the story of an indecisive bride, who, minutes before walking down the aisle has an unexpected run-in with her ex-boyfriend who happens to be a caterer at the wedding hall. When the two find themselves accidentally locked in the bridal suite, unanswered questions and deep-seated emotions come to light on a chapter that hasn’t quite closed.
CAST:
Connie: Nikki Valdez
Tim: Kyle C. Mumford
James: Casey Webb
Tori: Nicole Lippey
Narration: Annie Raczko
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Sat Jun 15 2024 – 12 Noon to 2:00PM
THE GIRLFRIENDS, THE WIVES, & THE BROTHERS
By Irwin Hahn
Directed By Roberta Steve
Synopsis: Really!…DON’T FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR MARRIED BROTHER’S GIRLFRIEND!
CAST:
Narrator: Cyn Okamoto
Ira: Mike Johnson
Mario: Stephen Mennella
Carmine: Jimmy Houston
Luna: Katie Sillitti
Ginger: Shannah Catalano
Faith: Dawn Lanoue
Sal, Vinnie, Bruno by Mike, Stephen and Jimmy
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Fri May 24 2024 – 7:00PM to 9:00PM
PETRICHOR
By Chris Woodworth
Directed by: Francine Mondi
Synopsis: In the wake of an on-campus suicide, Madeleine, a Geology professor, and Julie, a student, navigate their respective grief (and guilt) journeys as they grapple with the challenges of recovering a research protocol and reckoning with their roles in higher education.
The site that partially inspired the play, Chimney Bluffs State Park:
CAST:
Madeleine: Aubrey Botsko-Bridge
Sandra: Alicia Picone
Julie: Kelsey Luckenbaugh
Harold: Mike Sundburg
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Sun May 19 2024 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm
THE BOOK OF NOAH
By Rick Reiss
Directed By Jared Milian
Synopsis: The Book of Noah is the story of a 16-year-old adopted boy (Noah) unable to control his violent outbursts, and how his parents navigate their lives to keep their family safe. Noah is charismatic, but at times terrifying. He is adored and feared by his parents and younger brother, Danny, with whom he is very close. The play confronts love, faith, family, and the difficult choices all parents must make to keep families whole.
CAST:
Peter: Bryan Siegel
Laurie: Crystal Huau
The Writer: Frank Picone
Noah: Tyler Zaremba
Danny: Scott Doyle
The Builder: Dan Keyser
The Judge/Dr. West: Faith Dowgin
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A follow-up conversation with the real Noah, can be heard on this podcast episode:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/podcasts/modern-love-wilderness-therapy-troubled-teens.html
Cast:
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Crew:
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