The 2012 Short Play Contest Winners

Four Short Plays in One Performance
Pittsburgh! By Manny Igrejas – Cast: Brian Webster and Jennifer Skura “If you are standing on a chair with a noose around your neck, please slip off the noose and get off the chair. Sit in the chair and wait for the next available counselor–who is just around the bend.” A desperate call to Leviticus, a suicide prevention hotline, yields surprising results for the caller and the responder on the other end of the line. What happens when both parties are at the end of their respective ropes?

Sarah’s Blood, by Rebekah L. Pierce – Directed by Gene Huges, Stage Manager: April Smith Cast: Kuji Kelly, Savannah Smith, Rommell Sermon. “Pulitzer prize winning writing” -2011 Black Theatre Network Conference. Thirteen year old Sarah has a dark secret. Her mother is dying of cancer as Mr. Rose, her pious step-father, is prostituting her out to his friends to feed his drinking habit. Can Sarah save her little sister Emmy from being his next victim?

Dark Night of the Russet Rascal, by Duncan Pflaster – Directed by Aliza Shane. Cast: Kate Dickinson, Ashley Lovell, Sierra Marcks, Cas Marino “A hilarious lesbian superhero romp!” Ace Reporter Alice “Ace” McAllister is on the tail of supervillain The Spanglish Fly, and interviews playboy millionairess Clarissa Zandt. But is Zandt really superhero The Russet Rascal?

Heaven is a Disco, Written and Directed by David Pumo – Cast: Moe Bertran and Karen Stanion. “For disco star-maker Paul Jabara, tonight could be The Main Event or his Last Dance.” It’s the night of the 1991 Tony Awards for Paul Jabara – singer, actor and writer of It’s Raining Men, No More Tears, The Main Event and the Oscar-wining Last Dance. But Paul has big plans for tonight, and as he prepares, crazy friends from his wild past call and take him on a journey back through Barbra, Donna, the Weather Girls, and the glittering, glamorous disco day.