Random Acts! One-Act Play Festival

For six weeks this spring, the Random Acts! One-Act Play Festival invites audiences to experience the best of The New School for Drama’s up-and-coming actors, directors, and playwrights.

Week 1 will include:
Katie and Frank by Theresa Rebeck
directed by Malinda Sorci with Kathleen Choe, Mark Thomas
Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen by Tennessee Williams
directed by David T. Little with Ross Beshear, Eleanor Handley
The Lover by Harold Pinter
directed by Andreas C. Tselepos with Jenni Banerjee, Lawrence George, Federico Trigo
Trifles by Susan Glaspell
directed by Daniel Fischer with Mike Keller, Brad W. Kirton, Betsy Sanders, Danielle Treuberg
Bedtime Story by Sean O’Casey
directed by Moira Boag with Robert Patrick Allen, Francesca Bove, Axy Carrion, Faust Checho

Week 2 will include:
Women in Motion by Donald Margulies
directed by Andreas C. Tselepos with Grace Evans, Laura Gourdine
Terminating or Lass Meine Schmerzer Nicht Verloren Sein or Ambivalence by Tony Kushner
directed by Dale Bernardo Ratner with Ross Beshear, Axy Carrion, Faust Checho, Yun Kyung Chung
Brown by Cherie Vogelstein
directed by Alexandra Hastings with Lawrence George, Melissa Joyner, Mike Keller, David T. Little
The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco
directed by Malinda Sorci with Mark Cajigao, Julie Cavaliere, Estelle Collins
The Office by Kate Hoffower
directed by TBD with Adriana Múnera Reyes, Alice Oh

Week 3 will include:
Great to See You by Theresa Rebeck
directed by TBD with Yun Kyung Chung, Mark Thomas, Agmar Varela
July 7, 1994 by Donald Margulies
directed by Moira Boag with Mark Cajigao, Lawrence George, Melissa Joyner, Marlene Morreis, Adriana Múnera Reyes, Tai Verley
Up, Down, Strange, Charmed, Beauty and Truth by Edward Allan Baker
directed by Samantha Shechtman with Anna Irby, Mike Keller, Jane M. Tarica
27 Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams
directed by Diana Basmajian with Ross Beshear, Sarah Bisman, Federico Trigo

Week 4 will include:
Play by Samuel Beckett
directed by Dale Bernardo Ratner with Lawrence George, Adriana Múnera Reyes, Agmar Varela
The Man of Destiny by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Alexandra Hastings with Robert Patrick Allen, Mark Cajigao, Connor Carew, Rachel Cornish
The 100 Most Beautiful Names of Todd by Julia Cho
directed by TBD with Alice Oh, Federico Trigo, Heather Wahl

Week 5 will include:
Charity Begins at Home by Charlotte Rahn-Lee
directed by Daniel Fischer with Estelle Collins, Brad W. Kirton, Federico Trigo, Heather Wahl
4th Time Around by Apoorva Kale
directed by TBD with Vaishnavi Sharma
Old Head by Margaret McCloskey
directed by Moira Boag with Robert Patrick Allen, Rachel Cornish, Mike Keller
A Young Lady of Property by Horton Foote
directed by David T. Little with Sarah Bisman, Faust Checho, Laura Gourdine, Anna Irby, Gina Leon, Betsy Saunders, Jane M. Tarica

Week 6 will include:
The Awesome Dance by Nick Starr
directed by Malinda Sorci with Jenni Bannerjee, Ross Beshear, Julie Cavaliere, Rachel Cornish
Sundown by Andrew Rosendorf
directed by Diana Basmajian with Erica Scanlon
Millicent the Magnificent: An Origins Story by Jennie Contuzzi
directed by Samantha Shechtman with Robert Patrick Allen, Francesca Bove, Mark Cajigao, Kathleen Choe, Gina Leon, Federico Trigo
Juniper Jubilee by Janine Nabers
directed by TBD with Mark Cajigao, Grace Evans, Rena Krumholz