Shortstack
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 5, 2008
Closed Jul 27, 2008
Opened Jul 5, 2008
Closed Jul 27, 2008
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Directed by Brendan Hughes, Shortstack is by Rolin Jones.
Featuring five hilarious, action-packed short plays. Prom queens, beach trips, road kill, a rabid game of tether ball and extreme badminton are all thrown into this wild and hilarious mix.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater - Julie Harris Stage
State Highway Rte 6
Wellfleet, MA 02667
In 1985 a few dynamic, aspiring local actors and playwrights knocked down some walls in an old nightclub and mounted a production of Ionesco's Rhinoceros. It was just a one-shot event, or so they thought. More than 23 years, 120 productions and dozen [...] Read More
State Highway Rte 6
Wellfleet, MA 02667
In 1985 a few dynamic, aspiring local actors and playwrights knocked down some walls in an old nightclub and mounted a production of Ionesco's Rhinoceros. It was just a one-shot event, or so they thought. More than 23 years, 120 productions and dozen [...] Read More
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You know how pancake batter can yield uneven results, with maybe only one perfect specimen in the bunch? The same is true of Rolin Jones' Shortstack, a collection of six short plays premiering at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre.
The winner in the lot -- the perfect pancake, if you will -- is "sovereignty," in which two housewives (Stacy Fischer and Brenda Withers) speculate about a mysterious family next-door while feigning friendship and backbiting on the sly. It's full of casually shocking revelations, and punctuated by the sound of savage beatings -- a resonant thrum which Jones deftly elevates to a world-circling angst. This is playwriting that surpasses the demands of short-order[...]