2007 Impact Theater Winter One Act Festival

With the 2007 Impact Theater Winter One Act Festival Impact Theatre presents new one-act plays over the course of two weeks.

Week 1, February 1 – 4

Edging the Cliff
Written by Jae Kramisen; Directed by Brian Franko
A broken family hangs by a thread: An exhausted mother, a socially disturbed son, a workaholic father – their only connection to each other are the common feelings of dissatisfaction with their lives. And in the matter of one evening, the thread snaps.

Snow in Galveston
Written by Schatzie Schaefers; Directed by James Monohan
A Texas widow refuses to say goodbye to the only home she has ever known. But her insistence on staying leaves her and her lesbian lover wondering if they’ve made the right decision.

CAUTION: The True Imagined Story of My Parents’ Romance
Written by Lauren Yee; Directed by Marie Darden
What are the forces that bring people together, pull them apart, and return them to one another? Lauren explores the caution that paralyzed and united her own parents with the absolutely 100% true imagined story of how her parents first met and fell in love four years later.

Suicide Gal, Won’t You Come Out Tonight, Come Out Tonight
Written by J. Boyer; Directed by Corinne Neal
A grown daughter confronts the ghost of her recently deceased mother in this dark comedy, trying to lay to rest their turbulent relationship before laying to rest the mother herself.

Week 2, February 8 – 11

Ignorance
Written by Shannon Murdoch; Directed by Shannon Ward
Looking at the battle between self-fulfilment and job security, Ignorance follows Annabelle who, at a job interview, pushes her prospective employer into an examination of work, life and the chasing of abstract dreams.

In The Beginning Again
Written by Lauren D. Yee; Directed by Chanda Calentine
Why do we constantly search for meaning beyond what is given to us? And how do you get to heaven if you never fall in the first place? Eve and Adam explore these timeless questions.

Sea Change
Written by Christine Emmert; Directed by Janus Surratt
When a body washes up on a beach, two friends of the deceased wonder why it ended up there and how to dispose of it. They find surprises waiting.

Fin and Euba
Written by Audrey Ceflay; Directed by Michelle Dean
Fin and Euba are friends and co-workers at a paper mill in Cantonment, Florida. They also share space in a rooming house, which they are desperately trying to escape due to the tyrannical landlady who has a penchant for strict rules and tacky yard art. Unbeknownst to Euba, Fin submits some of Euba’s amateur photos to Life magazine. Euba receives a reply from Life, but is reluctant to open it for fear of rejection, or worse… acceptance. Fin and Euba sit on the porch drinking, smoking, flicking ashes into a coffee can, and contemplating their lives and their plans for escape.

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