Cut Edge Collective Ten Minute Play Festival

The Tank, New York City

The Cut Edge Collective meets in New York City to develop original, non-traditional plays. We also meet once-a-month for a salon discussion around issues of concern to theater-writing, and experimental work, in particular. Past subjects have included mysticism in the theater; what makes a piece experimental; gender issues in theater; censorship in theater (both societal and self-censorship); catharsis; core desired feelings while creating etc. The ten-minute play festival gives a chance for our writers, who have been working together for a year, a chance to see their work on its feet. This year's Festival includes:

Thursday, Feb 9 at 7pm

Greg Nanni

Album Liner

Written and Acted by Greg T. Nanni

Director: Ethan Fox

A musician that plays every night speaks in rectangles, attempting to say why he plays. From the full length vignette play, RECTANGLES.

Musician: Greg T. Nanni

Monte Monteleagre

Diner Booth Fracture

Written and Directed by Monte Monteleagre

A middle-age man and a young girl are together at a diner booth while a short scene between them changes, mutates, and fractures revealing a dark destiny waiting for them.

Man: Chase Guthrie Knueven

Gurl: Raimy O. Washington

Tom Block

Mollie and Harry

Written and Directed by Tom Block

At the end of their lives, Harry visits Mollie, his one and only true love from high school who he hasn’t seen in nearly 70 years, to see if he can rekindle what has been lost. But Mollie has slipped into dementia: Harry is too late.

Mollie: Laurie Sammeth

Harry: David Baker

James Bosley 

Apple Picking with Buddha

Written and Directed by James Bosley

A Buddhist husband and father strays from the Eightfold Path, jeopardizing his practice and his family. Enlightenment ensues.

Shawn: Steven Michael Martin

Mara: Stephanie Litchfield

Chelyn Cousar

Albert's Wedding

Written and Directed b: Chelyn Cousar

A dream about a wedding has a man second guessing his proposal.

Albert: Thomas Shuman, 

Miranda: Alexis Vinson

Miranda's Father: Tony Carridori

Store Owner/Minister: Daniel Victor

Miranda's Mother: Susan O’Doherty

Understudies: Johnny Culver and Petyon Strong

Kieran Cusack

Ruth And Bonnie and The Dancing Phantom

Director: Kieran Cusack

Two women run an estate sale in a home that has a life of its own.

Margaret Daly 

Deborah Offner

Friday, Feb 10 at 7pm

Libby Heily

Inspired By True Events

Written and Acted by Libby Heily

Director: Serena Norr

The best horror movies are based on true stories. But what happens to the real people involved?

Greg Nanni

Album Liner

Written and Acted by Greg T. Nanni

Director: Ethan Fox

A musician that plays every night speaks in rectangles, attempting to say why he plays. From the full length vignette play, RECTANGLES.

Musician: Greg T. Nanni

Tom Block

Mollie and Harry

Written and Directed by Tom Block

At the end of their lives, Harry visits Mollie, his one and only true love from high school who he hasn’t seen in nearly 70 years, to see if he can rekindle what has been lost. But Mollie has slipped into dementia: Harry is too late.

Mollie: Laurie Sammeth

Harry: David Baker

Sophia Heinecke

What Makes Us Feel Alive

Written and Acted by Sophia Valera Heinecke

Directed by Madeline Wall

This lively and interactive workshop helps us plan, connects us to choice, and asks us to honestly inventory our existence for the best future without us!

Serena Norr

Cut Out Fam

Written and Directed by Serena Norr

Sue’s secret to creating the perfect family is simple: cut them out of magazines and pretend they are real. As she retreats to her world of play to escape the chaos of her real world, she loses a grasp of reality, finding it harder to tell her real family from the one she created.

Drew Kramer

Ted Andricos

Mark Viera

Libby Heily

Chelyn Cousar

Albert's Wedding

Written and Directed: Chelyn Cousar

A dream about a wedding has a man second guessing his proposal.

Albert: Thomas Shuman, 

Miranda: Alexis Vinson

Miranda's Father: Tony Carridori

Store Owner/Minister: Daniel Victor

Miranda's Mother: Susan O’Doherty

Understudies: Johnny Culver and Petyon Strong

Saturday, Feb 11th at 3pm

Libby Heily

Inspired By True Events

Written and Acted by Libby Heily

Director: Serena Norr

The best horror movies are based on true stories. But what happens to the real people involved?

Monte Monteleagre

Diner Booth Fracture

Written and Directed by Monte Monteleagre

A middle-age man and a young girl are together at a diner booth while a short scene between them changes, mutates, and fractures revealing a dark destiny waiting for them.

Man: Chase Guthrie Knueven

Gurl: Raimy O. Washington

James Bosley 

Apple Picking with Buddha

Written and Directed by James Bosley

A Buddhist husband and father strays from the Eightfold Path, jeopardizing his practice and his family. Enlightenment ensues.

Shawn – Steven Michael Martin

Mara – Stephanie Litchfield

Sophia Heinecke

What Makes Us Feel Alive

Written and Acted by Sophia Valera Heinecke

Directed by Madeline Wall

This lively and interactive workshop helps us plan, connects us to choice, and asks us to honestly inventory our existence for the best future without us!

Serena Nor

Cut Out Fam

Written and Directed by Serena Norr

Sue’s secret to creating the perfect family is simple: cut them out of magazines and pretend they are real. As she retreats to her world of play to escape the chaos of her real world, she loses a grasp of reality, finding it harder to tell her real family from the one she created.

Drew Kramer

Ted Andricos

Mark Viera

Libby Heily

Kieran Cusack

Ruth And Bonnie and The Dancing Phantom

Director: Kieran Cusack

Two women run an estate sale in a home that has a life of its own.

Margaret Daly 

Deborah Offner