Courthouse Theater Company

August 5, 2006 at 8 p.m.

At 12:01 a.m. on August 5th, five writers settled down in the Courthouse Center for the Arts and wrote an original script. Each play included two characters, and every writer was challenged with the mandatory inclusion of a randomly assigned complicating factor, such as a minute of silence, a play within a play, or a car trip.

Once finished, five directors came for a complementary breakfast and each was randomly assigned to one of our brand new plays. They had an hour over breakfast to discuss the play with the playwright and then the actors arrived. After a brief casting session, each group had a mere nine hours to rehearse and prepare and, ready or not, at 8 p.m. the show started.

At the end of the show, the audience voted for its favorite performance, we gave out some awards and cleaned up, and everyone wento home before 11:59 p.m., less than 24 hours after we began!

The Plays

The Cruller
written by Mike Arcangeli
directed by Doug Lavanture
starred
Christian Tamez as Stephen
Alexandra Lorraine as Carol

Duh Deer Hunter
written by Maxwell Mathews
directed by Julia Harman Cain
starred
Tighe Flatley as Merle
Meghan Rose Donnelly as Dana

The Lemon Cake Incident (Voted Best Show Overall)
written by Davidb Marchetti
directed by David Price
starred
Lily Mathews as Meredith (Voted Best Actress)
Corey Sickinger as Diego

Holy Blind Date
written by Adora Wilson
directed by Jon Paul Rainville
starred
Victoria Gillette as Lucy
Mike Messier as Jesus

Dinosaurs (Voted Best Plot)
written by Katie Jones
directed by Emily Greenhalgh
starred
Justin Kandler as Nathan (Voted Best Actor)
Lisa D'Alessandro as Ethel

Producer
Christopher J. Simpson

Photography & Poster Design
Nick O'Brien

Master Builder
Terrence Simpson

Lighting Design & Operation
Patrick Marran

House Manager
Chris Barrett

Special Thanks
The Kingston Free Library
The Courthouse Center for The Arts