Past Performances
Works in Progress and Readings
2023
DEMENTIA MAN
written & performed by Sam Simon
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HILLENDALE 8
by Andrea Fine Carey, directed by Sara Berg
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2022
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ALEXA, PLAY
by Alexa Elmy
A young woman named Alexa, fed up with Amazon’s bastardization of her name, starts a support group for real Alexas to commiserate over the robot that stole their identity and to take on yet another mega-conglomerate hell-bent on turning women into objects.
RESTLESS SPIRITS
by Dan Kavulish
Time: 1987. Place: San Francisco. Jimmy Clarchek has recently learned of his ex-lover’s death when his mother and stepfather appear unexpectedly at his door. Over the next few days, buried secrets are revealed and simmering resentments come to a boil as the characters confront the demons that have haunted them their entire lives.
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2020
THE COMMAND CENTER OUTSIDE ANGEL GROVE, CALIFORNIA
SMJ’s play is set over the course of a month as six women train to be the first-ever all-female ensemble of the Power Rangers. The Command Center Outside Angel Grove, California is an ensemble-driven mix of campy 90s nostalgia, LGBTQIA+ positivity, and big questions about who gets to own our collective culture.
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2017-18
MAKING SENSE OF THE UNIVERSE – ONE COMEDY AT A TIME!
by Luigi Jannuzzi
Developed partially through Improv-to-Script
With Irene Carroll, Margaret Geherety, Mike Lawler, Matt Mezzacappa & Jared Wilder
NOT JUST YOU
by Chima Chikazunga
Developed partially through Improv-to-Script
with Helen Coxe, David King, John L. Payne
WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A WIFE
By Maria Marin
Developed through Anything Goes!
Directed by Gene Santarelli
With Jane Marx, Alice King, Shauna Bloom, Marie Lenzi, Jared Wilder, Mark Hudson, Jamie Lorenzo, Craig Weinstein
2016-17
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A MUSLIM IN THE MIDST
Written by Anand Rao
Directed by Gene Santarelli
With Gopal Divan, Ram Kanneganti, Nikita Tewani, Sanjana Shukla, Anita Ganesan, Jorge Torres, Naveen Naidu, David Lopez and David Marx
THE LONG BENDING GOODBYE
Written by Kit Vinsick
With Michele Lyman & Sagine Valla
BASEMENT
Written by Robert Rosenbaum
With Angelika, Sandra DeLuca, Alex Jones, Gene Santarelli, Jerry Topitzer and Jared Wilder
2014-15
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FOOD FIGHT
Readings of an unusual collection of short plays including: Potato Chip Race, The Chosen Fruit, Frozen Stiffs, Temporary Associations, B…S, Forever in a Moment, Preference.
Written by Cesi Davidson
Directed by Sara Berg
With Liz Acosta, Tonia Anderson, April Armstrong, Kim Chinh, Ginnine Cocuzza, Fataah Dihaan, Jose Febus, Aaron Fried, Bruce Fuller, Denise Allesandra Hurd, Sean Kenin, Clea Rivera, Gary Vincent, William Oliver Watkins, Yan Xi
LONG GONE DADDY
Written & Performed by Joseph Gallo
2013-14
TO THE BONE
Written & Directed by Catherine Butterfield
With Jessica Hecht, Marin Hinkle, Caitlin McGee, Michelle Ang, Luke Hofmaier
RUN.HIDE.BE QUIET.
Written & Performed by Shyla Idris
Directed by Kristine Niven
THE ACTUAL DANCE
Written & Performed by Samuel A. Simon
Directed by Jessie Roberts
KUNSTLER
By Jeffrey Sweet
With Jeff McCarthy
2012-13
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DEARLY BELOVED
Written & Directed by Donald Steele
With Ruth Sherman, Ellen Dolan, Charles E. Gerber, Cordis Heard, Rick Hoyt, Jacob Callie Moore and Randy Schein
2011-12
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CAT WOMAN WITHOUT A CAT
Written & Performed by Carrie Keskiken
Directed by Scotty Watson
THE NEW ME
Written by Margo Hammond
Directed by Katherine Long
IMPROMPTU-TU (A SOLO TOUR DE FARCE)
Created & Performed by Scotty Watson
AFTER ANNE FRANK
Written & Performed by Carol Lempert
Directed by Janice L. Goldberg
2010-11
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THE BASEBALL STORIES
Written & Performed by Raphael Bagdalaccia
MACCLOSKEY & MYERS COMPLETE DO-IT-YOURSELF COMEDY HOUR
Written & Performed by Luke MacCloskey & Christina Myers
2009-10
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WAITING FOR ABBOTT
Written by Nick Raio
YOU ONLY SHOOT THE ONES YOU LOVE
Written & Performed by Jeffrey Sweet
SAVING JENNA RANIN
Written by Drew Larimore
So Far Past We Can’t Remember When
CLASS DISMISSED – by Jeffrey Sweet
SELECTION DAY by Paul Buzinski
GROWING UP NORMOYLE written and performed by Tracie Higgins
SOPHIE PROJECT – written & performed by Carol Fox Prescottj
JOINER by Elizabeth Quinn
LORETTA BETTA GRETA – written and performed by Lillias White
QUESTIONING AUTHORITY – written & performed by Tracie Higgins
SONIC ACCORD – written & performed by Jim Bell
A BETTER WAY – by Patrick Nash
CHURCH – written & performed by Gary Austin
SHEILA & ANGELO – by Nick Raio
THE WRITING’S ON THE WALL – by Marvin Schildkraut
MEETING THE PARENTS – written & performed by Tracie Higgins
OIL – written & performed by Gary Austin
SCOTTISH FEVER – written & performed by Whitney DeLise
THE KITCHEN SINK – written & performed by Gary Austin
A LITTLE HELP – written & performed by Luke MacCloskey & Christina Myers