Spring 2004 Playwriting Festival
Producer: Marisa Alford
Date of run: February 19-21
Location: New Theater
The Playwriting Festival originated in 2001-02 as a way to showcase some of the talent of Yale's aspiring playwrights. This year we are pleased to present the Festival for the first time in one of Yale's finest performance spaces, the New Theater at 1156 Chapel St.
Both the original plays and the applications to direct were submitted to the Dramat in mid-January. Following the show selection process, each chosen director was assigned to a play and given a short rehearsal period. The Festival culminated in staged readings, on February 19-21.
When It Rains
by Julie Whitesell
Directed by Chloe Bass
It's raining men, and Maria is at the eye of the storm.
Voices of Juarez
by Kristen Pring-Mill
Directed by Andrew Sandberg
The spirit of a missing and murdered young woman in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, returns from the grave to recount her tragic tale.
An Ape and an Audience
by Josh Tarsky
Directed by Christopher Grobe
A deliciously nasty morsel of metatheater. A narrator/author-figure shows off his scenes that are shrewdly constructed so as to please the audience and provide cocktail-party conversation.
Tantalus
by Max Broude
Directed by Derek Miller
A vivid reimagining of one of the great figures of Greek mythology. Guilt, love, and fate comingle in this modern one-act in the classical tradition.
Romance in a Steel Box
by David Busis
Directed by Lauren Yee
Nick and Darlene look forward to a nice, quiet train ride... at least until they are interrupted by the antics of an old lady, her reluctant "foreign" beau, a disgruntled train employee, and a conductor who may know a little more about them than expected.
Sweat
by Laura Jacqmin
Directed by Lauren Stripling
Things don't always go "back" to normal. Sometimes people do bad things. And sometimes they do them for no reason.
| Christopher Grobe | Tantalus (Tantalus) |
| Lauren Coppola | Helen (Tantalus) |
| Eric Kubo | Conductor (Romance...) |
| John Mullins | Nick (Romance...) |
| Rachel Mannheimer | Darlene (Romance...) |
| Jamie Kirchick | Ticket Puncher (Romance...) |
| Mollie Farber | Old Lady (Romance...) |
| Roger Low | Canadian (Romance...) |
| Stefano Theodoli-Braschi | Lenny (Sweat) |
| Pete Dettmann | Jacob (Sweat) |
| Brianna Hill | Gretchen (Sweat) |
| Gianna Marotta | Maria (When It Rains) |
| Jamie Kirchick | George (When It Rains) |
| Stefano Theodoli-Braschi | Jason (When It Rains) |
| Francisco Morales | Jacques (When It Rains) |
| Eric Kubo | Bryan (When It Rains) |
| Colette Gunn-Graffy | Performer (Voices...) |
| Derek Miller | Narrator (An Ape...) |
| David Chernicoff | Johnnie/Vick/Jew (An Ape...) |
| Jennifer Thompson | Joannie/Val/Christian (An Ape...) |
| Dara Young | Tracy/Muslim (An Ape...) |
| Eric Kubo | Man 1 |
| Marisa Alford | Producer |
| Chloe Bass | Director (When It Rains) |
| Andy Sandberg | Director (Voices of Juarez) |
| Christopher Grobe | Director (An Ape and an Audience) |
| Derek Miller | Director (Tantalus) |
| Lauren Yee | Director (Romance in a Steel Box) |
| Lauren Stripling | Director (Sweat) |
| Julie Whitesell | Playwright (When It Rains) |
| Kristen Pring-Mill | Playwright (Voices of Juarez) |
| Josh Tarsky | Playwright (An Ape and an Audience) |
| Max Broude | Playwright (Tantalus) |
| David Busis | Playwright (Romance in a Steel Box) |
| Laura Jacqmin | Playwright (Sweat) |
| Alexis Delveccio | Stage Manager (Tantalus) |
| Jessica Heyman | Stage Manager (Romance...) |
| Kate McNeece | Stage Manager (Sweat) |
| David Edelman | Stage Manager (When It Rains) |
| Emily Garcia | Stage Manager (Voices...) |
| Stephanie Bloch | Stage Manager (An Ape...) |
| Sarah Newman | Props Master (Tantalus) |
| Jose Minan | Props Master (Romance...) |
| Mary Ellen Leuver | Props Master (Sweat) |
| Mark Abraham | Props Master (When It Rains...) |
| Marisa Alford | Props Master (Voices...) |
| Lulu Zhao | Props Master (An Ape...) |
| Shannon Foshe | Lighting Designer |
| Caroline Van Zile | Master Electrician |
| Constantine Lignos | Sound Engineer |
| Ian Ferguson | Graphic Designer |
| Laura Gary | Costumer (Tantalus) |
| Camelle Scott | Costumer (Romance...) |
| Lucy Winn | Costumer (Sweat) |
| Rachel Criswell | Costumer (When It Rains) |
| Julia Frederick | Costumer (Voices...; An Ape...) |
| Sabina Ahmed | Assistant Producer |
| Lily Oliver | Assistant Producer |
| Margaret Hazel | Lighting Crew |
| Jennifer Singer | Lighting Crew |
| Joanna Wu | Lighting Crew |
| Jenna Henderson | Lighting Crew |
| Victoria Lent | Lighting Crew |
| Katie Reynolds | Lighting Crew |
| Celia Muller | Lighting Crew |
| Bobby Kolba | Lighting Crew |
| Tyler Francis | Lighting Crew |
| Arianna Davalos | Sound Crew |
| Kinu Panda | Sound Crew |
| Ashley Nyquist | Sound Crew |
| Jessica Heyman | Sound Crew |