TMC productions for the 28th Baltimore Playwrights Festival
All performances are at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
nights at 8:00 PM, and Sunday nights at 7:00 PM. Admission on Thursday is "pay-as-you-can", Friday and
Saturday nights $13.00, Sunday is two for one at $13. except closing night which is full price.
Cash only, please.
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Turducken
by Lisa Hodsoll Something strange is happening and it's not just the missing body. Secrets, dysfunction and all out lunacy are knee deep in this turducken. It's one Thanksgiving you don't want to miss. "Jeff and Brenda Holliday are intriguing characters, because their
endless quest for perfect bodies is alternately humorous and pathetic. What would it take to make them a happy couple?
The unrequited love felt by Stella Dora for her boss is expressed in sharply written scenes whose farcical laughs are balanced
by genuine pathos.
It's Thanksgiving and Mr. Von Shvonz is missing. He came to the clinic for a nose job. It proved to be fatal. And now his body is nowhere to be found. His wife is threatening lawyers and the police. Chuck Binder, the head of the clinic, and Dr. Martha Grrthwkkk ask Mrs. Von Shvonz for one hour to find her husband. Dr. Martha ends up finding him in the cafeteria walk in. Dr. Wang, a cosmetic surgeon, had placed him there on his way to get a bit of cheese. The only problem is there is an incision down Mr. Von Shvonz' chest that won't be easy to explain. With the clock ticking, Dr. Martha tells Dr. Wang to get Von Shvonz back into the examining room while she heads off his wife. Meanwhile Binder has locked Mrs. Von Shvonz into a room with schnitzel while he has a cigarette and a quickie in the ladies with the medical supply rep. Mrs. Von Shvonz frees herself with a credit card and goes to Binder's office to confront him. She is angry and violent. Binder's secretary, Stella Dora, calms her down by knocking her unconscious. Binder calls security on Stella. Stella, feeling doubly betrayed, is suicidal and then upon reflection homicidal. Meanwhile another botched job courtesy of Dr. Wang and a woman with Munchausen syndrome discover what has really been going on in the basement of this clinic. Things come to a head in Binder's office with all the relevant parties and one epic turkey. (Cast & Crew Bios) Cast Jeff Holliday (Adam Brooks): male, addicted to plastic surgeryBrenda Holliday (Dana Woodson): Jeff's wiffe, shares his interests Chuck Binder (Alex Scally): clinic administrator Stella Dora (Cristina Petrarca): Binder's secretary, she slavishly adores himr Dr. Martha (Joy Baldwin): plastic surgeon, white woman gaming the system by pretending to be black Dr. Wang (Joe Dunn): plastic surgeon, addicted to prescription drugs and Dr. Martha Vivica Bog (Nancy Dall): - English woman suffering from Munchausen's syndrome Lishka Von Shvonz (Ann Marie Feild): Brazilian woman whose husband came in for a nose job Gloria Goodee (Lyndsay Webb): Medical supply rep willing to do whatever it takes to make a sale Production Team Director: Andrew PetersStage Manager: Nancy Stange Asst. Stage Manager: Lene Hardy Set Designer: Adam (somebody) Set Builders: Andrew Peters, Lindsey Nixon, Eric Gazzillo Lighting Designer: Eric Gazzillo Sound Designer: Andrew Peter Costume Designer: Nicholas Staigerwald Photography: Katie Bateman Photography: Philip Laubner Graphic Art: Andrew Peters Fight Coordinator: Lindsey Nixon Voice Over: Julie Lewis Voice Over: Terry Kenney |
The Ape on the Church Steps
by JM Dinson Reserve Tickets for The Ape on the Curch Steps A father, his son, and a holy spirit have it out over death, faith, art, & love -with a little help from the ape in us all.
[The Ape on the Church Steps] is the most accomplished offering so far in the Baltimore Playwrights Festival...
Local playwright JM Dinson has the good sense to make going insane look like the only sane response to a disintegrating world.
All the right dramatic elements are percolating...
From the closing moments of Act I through the final blackout, Dinson piles climax upon climax... The director has asked that the synopsis not be shown. Cast Arthur Easy Sr. (tbd): Has been in a sanitorium for 11 years, talking to Jesus Arthur Easy Sr. (Michael Zemarel): Comes home to find mother is selling the family house Dr. Lovitz (William Amland) Traditional psychiatrist treating Arther Sr. Faith (Kate McKenna) Art therapist treating Arther Sr. Jesus (Marc Stevens) Arthur Sr's internal Jesus, a Buddha-quoting surfer (14th, 16th, 20th, 23rd, 27th and 29th) Jesus (Tyrone Requer) Arthur Sr's internal Jesus, a Buddha-quoting surfer (13th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 28th, and 30th) Rose Easy (Babs Dentz): Arthur Sr's wife, financing a spiritual journey by selling the family house Production Team Director: Barry Feinstein Stage Manager: Emma Schkloven Set Designer: Darla Luke Lighting Designer: Charlie Danforth Gorilla Handler: Linsey Nixon |