Saturday August 26th, 2pm

New short plays by Jerry McGee  and Michael Ramirez

From playwright Jerry McGee hear four short plays:  Slides of Early Life, This is Me Today, Let’s Meet Kevin and Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair.  His characters are engrossing, real, ironic, funny and sometimes very dark. Be prepared to laugh and cry at the same time.

From playwright Michael Ramirez we will also hear two monologues that make up Speak Your Mind, a collection of eight solo performances. Each piece presents the actor, alone, in his own simple set, talking aloud to himself. The portraits have been described as, "Beautiful and painful, visceral and humorous, exploring the thoughts and mental conversations we have with ourselves when alone, luxurious explorations of character and personal history, falling somewhere in the realm between dramatic monologue and short story--perhaps 'literary theatre' is the best description." 

In A Quiet House we meet Richard as he waits for his next client to arrive.  Richard reflects about the women in his life--his mother, wife, and daughter. In Beloved, Joan, an octogenarian, sits on the beach reflecting about the life she's shared with her husband and what will happen now that he's sick.

Sunday, August 27, 3pm

Please Call Me Vachel  by Charles R. Traeger

Charles Traeger is a Woodstock Fringe Playwright in Residence. This is a work-in-progress, a new play about the extraordinary life and work of Vachel Lindsay, a tormented genius. Lindsay was an American original, a pioneer, poet, mystic, romantic, and troubadour. While some critics have looked down on Lindsay’s work, his is a fascinating portrait of a gifted original thinker and tortured soul. The action of the play begins on December 4, 1931.  As Vachel Lindsay prepares to enter heaven, he takes us on an adventure, a journey through his poetry, imagination and fantasy. The title comes from one of Mr. Lindsay's Poems called My Middle Name.  For more information about Vachel Lindsay, click here.

Saturday, September 2, 2pm

After The Blaze by David Nugent

David Nugent is a Woodstock Fringe Playwright in Residence. About this play: Twenty-five years after the mysterious death of Loraine's father, the long buried family secrets surrounding the tragic event begin to surface. Caught in a loveless marriage, and bound to a mother of questionable sanity, Lorraine finds herself in the center of a vicious family feud in which she must decide who, if anyone, is telling the truth. When her long estranged sister Marie comes home, the family's illusions about truth, and history and what really happened so many years ago are shattered, and Marie's darker purpose is revealed. Set in a rural town in Quebec, After the Blaze explores the potential for familial brutality, and the salvation and strength to be found in kin.

David Nugent            Michael Ramirez        Jerry Mcgee