Theatre Brut Festival of Short Plays

The theme for the third annual Theatre Brut Festival of Short Plays is The Seven Deadly Sins. This theatrical marathon is presented over a three-day period with a different group of plays being presented each day. Each show is presented only once during the three-day festival, so theater goers looking for something new and unusual are encouraged to sign up for all three days. If past festivals are any indication, this event should be explosive, unexpected, raw, funny, and totally unorthodox. The festival features 28 plays (chosen from over 500 submissions), led by 28 directors and using over 60 actors. Included in this year’s offerings are:

Author En Loco
By Sybil Rosen, Directed by Douglas Bratigan

Chekov’s Mistress
By Kelsie Chance, Directed by Michael Chamberlin

Coffee Talk
By Brian Mori, Directed by Rachel Wood

Deer Season
By Donald Yonker, Directed by Peter Zazzali

Dessert Desert
By Tony Foster, Directed by Philip Emeott

Eight
By John Fiorillo, Directed by Michael Nathanson

Floorwalker
By Steven Levi, Directed by Cheryl Katz

Gluttony and Sloth
By Elizabeth Nell Dubus, Directed by Frank Licato

Heart of Gold
By Maureen A. Martin, Directed by Cailin Heffernan

I’m Gonna Run Away
By Kathleen Warnock, Directed by Kimberly Dilts

La Madia Cycle
By Adrienne Dawes, Directed by Jude Domski

Leaving the Universe
By Barbara Bryan, Directed by Elena Araoza

Life 101
By Robin Rice Lichtig, Directed by John FitzGibbon

Love at Stake
By Larry Stallings, Directed by Wendy Liscow

Permanent Paper Perishing Stone
By Vladimir Zelevinsky, Directed by Jason King Jones

Port Wine
By Rebekah Lopata, Directed by Kathleen Huber

Reckoning
By Vladimir Zelevinsky, Directed by George Hansel

Regularly Scheduled Programming
By Al Sjoerdsma, Directed by Janice Goldberg

Innocence
By Richard Paris, Directed by Sarah Haught

Seven 4 Seven
Written and Directed by Joel Stone

Sloth
By Mike Folie, Directed by Brian O’Halloran

Someone Borrowed Someone Blue
By Kathy Coudle King, Directed by Kittson O’Neill

The Duel
By Jerone Martins, Directed by Brad Lemons

The Neighbors
By Lia Romeo, Directed by Ames Adamson

The Saga of Ginny
By Ian August, Directed by Ken Wiesinger

The Seven Diddly Sins
By David Berger, Directed by Bricken Sparacino

Sin is In (musical)
By Darryl Curry & M.K Wolfe, Directed by Mary Lynn Dobson

Lenny Bruce Lives Inside My Shirt
By Betty Siler, Directed by Shana Soloman