Courthouse Theater Company

January 6, 2007 at 8 p.m.

At 12:01 a.m. on January 6th, 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

Dancing with the Famous
written by Adora Wilson-Eye
directed by Jon Paul Rainville
starred
Christian Tamez as Jorge
Kate McCarten as Holly

Go Thru, Steal, and Break Down Walls
written by Davidb Marchetti
directed by Jenna Clare Doolittle
starred
Maxwell Mathews as Dr. Tors (Voted Best Actor)
Victoria Gillette as Linda

Too Much?
written by Michael Boyce
directed by Tavis Jarod Morello
starred
Spencer Curry as unnamed man
Meghan Rose Donnelly as unnamed woman

Couple's Therapy
written by Emily Jermusyk
directed by Emily Greenhalgh
starred
Lily Mathews as Amanda (Voted Best Actress)
Corey Sickinger as Mason

North, North, North (Voted Best Show Overall)
written by Andy Hoover
directed by Christopher J. Simpson
starred
Justin Kandler as Serengeti Tundra
Katie Jones as Rory Elwood

Producer
Christopher J. Simpson

Photography & Poster Design
Nick O'Brien

Master Builder
Terrence Simpson

Lighting Design & Operation
Julia Cossé

Sound Design & Operation
Chris Barrett & Chris Gilroy

House Manager
Chris Barrett

Special Thanks
The Kingston Free Library
The Courthouse Center for The Arts
Nick Bockstael
Will DeCesare
Christina Grasso
Kelly Noble
Joe Tamez
Brendan Tracey