The 3rd Annual Dragonfly Festival

21 Plays… Burst into Life… Startle the Senses… Ignite the Imagination… Check out The Devanaughn in May for a festival of new works like nothing you’ve ever seen before! Dark to delirious, hilarious to sublime… this series has it all!

A different program of 7 new plays each week, along with special guest artists and dancers. The 3rd Annual Dragonfly Festival enjoys the talents of over 50 of Boston’s finest artists and includes the work of these fine playwrights… Ken Baltin, Roy Berkowitz, Jerry Bisantz, Patrick Brennan, Janet Chadbourne, Kelly Dumar, Joshua Faigen, Sarah Friedberg, Jay D. Hanagan, Lyralen Kaye, Susan Leonard, John Michael Manship, Michele Markarian, Gregory Moss, Jonathon Myers, Kate Nugent, Paula Plum, Martha Rose Reeves, and Vladimir Zelevinsky.

3rd Annual Dragonfly Festival Line Up:

Week A: May 5-8
Break, by Susan Leonard, directed by Randy Marquis
Cancer Dog Needs Your Help!, by Gregory Moss, directed by Louisa Richards
Goin’ Under, by Roy Berkowitz, directed by Jeannie-Marie Brown
It’s 2 a.m. in the New York subway- lucky for William it’s only Mae Bertha, her invisible friend and some bags of blue M&Ms that he has to contend with.
Last Laugh, by Jay D. Hanagan, directed by Andrew Sarno
Patty and Gordon make their way back to Gordon’s apartment, and even though it’s only their first date, there’s something about Gordon that Patty just can’t seem to resist… he’s just so gosh darn FUNNY!
Monarch, by Kelly DuMar, directed by Alex Zielke
An infertile couple struggles for reconciliation in the midst of grief. Will a butterfly show them the way?
Tough Stains, by Roy Berkowitz, directed by Michael Haddad
There are some stains that even best friends cannot remove from their lives.
Turning Up the Audio On The Thoughts of An Ordinary Woman, by Martha Rose Reeves, directed by Marco Zanelli
If you’ve ever wondered what women are really thinking about, you’ll find some answers in this amusing play in which an unsuspecting husband’s pleasantries set off his wife’s whimsical interior reflections.

Week B: May 12-15
After All, by Roy Berkowitz, directed by Randy Marquis
A brother and sister reunite, bringing cigartettes, alcohol and venom: it’s New Years Day at the wake of their mother.
Bits, by Patrick Brennan, directed by Sarah Friedberg
Claude and Shannon know that it’s the “fastest, cleanest, most efficient way to travel ever invented.” They read the ad. But is it safe? And is it a good idea to buy one?
Boy Meets Girl, by Janet Chadbourne, directed by Rose Carlson
Clutter, by Ken Baltin, directed by Michael Haddad
When it’s time to call it a day, they cling to each other, unwilling to say the obvious.

Old Friends, by Michele Markarian, directed by Mark Hessler
After so many years apart, what could two old friends – one an Upper West Side matron, the other a flailing theater producer in Boston – possibly have to offer each other?
on a bed beside the window, written and directed by Sarah Friedberg
Shared Memory, by Jonathon Myers, directed by Andrew Sarno
Do you remember the time when the relationship was hanging in the balance?

Week C: May 19-22
Bathroom Games, by Lyralen Kaye, directed by David Behrstock
No Judy Garland, no Key West, no opera…just purple condoms and a boy’s first time…
Derivative, by Kate Nugent, directed by Louisa Richards
A theater director submits three actresses to a session of physical torture and humiliation. That’s right – AN AUDITION.
Meds on Speck, by Jerry Bisantz, directed by Lau Lapides
Drugs, drugs and more drugs fit the bill for Doctor Richard Speck, child psychiatrist.
Of That Which We Cannot Speak, by Joshua Faigen, directed by Tim Rubel
Six point four three one. “So too at death the world does not alter, but comes to an end.”
Silence, by Vladimir Zelevinsky, directed by Michael Haddad
Making world, from the very beginning/God around the Earth sent it spinning./If you argue, we’ll take/you and burn at the stake,/just because all your thinking is sinning.
The Wilsons, by John Michael Manship, directed by Alex Zielke
Everyone has turned against us — even the Wilsons. A satire of the new America.
Weeding, by Paula Plum, directed by Lau Lapides
Weeding her mother’s grave, Gertie wonders who will tend hers when she’s gone?