TMC productions for the 27th 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 $12.00, Sunday is two for one at $12. Cash only, please.
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Jarvis Legend's Borrowed Skin
by Julie Lewis "an energetic, driven production ... truly memorable characters ...
[a] darkly humorous, sometimes hilarious, production."
"The actors portraying [Jarvis'] sci-fi characters have a
good time vamping in their sometimes outlandish outfits";"the Theatrical Mining Company production knows how to have fun.";
"the sound design by Max Garner ... [is] an aural treat";
An artist's obsession can be mistaken for an addiction. This lands Jarvis in rehab where he is psychoanalyzed and forced to decoupage and blow glass. Where is the line between reason and art drawn? SynopsisJarvis Legend's Borrowed Skin is a dark comedy about an obsessed writer and the characters embodied in his play. With only 37 pages completed, and two weeks to the deadline, Jarvis finds a representative from the granting council at his door demanding to see a near-completed script. Spending every waking hour writing Borrowed Skin, and every sleeping hour dreaming of it, Jarvis' obsession upsets his overbearing girlfriend, who commits him to an addiction rehabilitation center. There he is forced to remain an inpatient, without access to pen or paper until his addiction to writing is "cured". With mounting pressure from his characters, Jarvis must find a way to finish Borrowed Skin, or go mad. Cast (Cast & Crew Bios) Jarvis (Steve Lichtenstein) - male, playwright feverishly completing his play Borrowed Skin Liza (Jessica Taylor) - Jarvis's real-life needy girlfriend Marla M. (Cory Stine) - male, elaborately artsy and intense Connamarra Trinkwalder (Elaina Telitsina) - female, faux cheerful, rule enforcing activities director of the rehab center Dr. Eromezis (Joe Dunn) - male, medical director of the rehab center Dr. Sizemore (Joe Dunn) - male, Borrowed Skin character, inventor of second skin Vinetta (Nancy Flores) - female Borrowed Skin character, prostitute, heroine, Jarvis' ideal woman Alfario (Chris Magorian) - male Borrowed Skin character, Jarvis' vision of himself Sam (Rachel Olivia Condliffe) - female Borrowed Skin character, Vinetta's younger sister Porru-Porru (Max Majillzodeh) - male Borrowed Skin character, Vinetta's younger brother Production Team (Cast & Crew Bios) Asst. Director - Virginia Weeks, Kate McKenna Set Designer - Jose Luis Diaz Set Builders - PS Lorio, Kathy McCrory, Roy Hammond Lighting Designer - Charles Danforth Sound Designer - Max Garner Costume Designer - Helenmary Ball, Jana Fronczek Photography - Lauren Lakis Tech - Joe Schepers, Jr., Alex Banos, J-F Bibeau Crew - Laura Stuart |
Gay Deceivers
by PS Lorio In 1909 when the public was mad for everything new and "modern", a housewife invents the world's first "falsies" in an attempt to keep her absent husband's attention. SynopsisIn the annals of history, along with the miraculous achievements of Edison, Whitney, Ford, and Einstein are innumerable lesser-known and long-forgotten accomplishments. Gay Deceivers is the story of one such woman and her ingenious contribution to modern life. It is the autumn of 1909. In a golden era when new inventions lent a sparkle to drab, everyday life, Tallulah (Tolly) Roswell feels herself too plain to entice the attention of her progressively minded husband, Warren. In a desperate attempt to get Warren's attention, Tolly devises a plan to "supplement" her modest figure. When her first attempt proves a dismal failure, she continues, undaunted, to develop a practical system for bosom enhancement which she proudly describes as "Gay Deceivers". Rose, Tolly's best friend and sideline supporter of the Suffragist cause, is unable to resist getting caught up in Tolly's scheme, though she often expounds on behalf of the underlying principle. Nelson, Tolly's younger brother, supplies the fly for the ointment, as he and his best friend, Rudy, nearly ruin the whole lot in their desperation to earn money to attend the Hudson-Fulton Exhibition where there will be a real demonstration of flight. Reverend Godwin tries to keep a lid on the shenanigans-as the moral conscience of his community-and at least long enough to collect a hefty contribution from an aging widow in his congregation. This quaint little comedy is chock-full of tricks and traps and the mischief which results from good intentions. Gay Deceivers is a 6 character, unit set play which explores the "history" of breast augmentation in a story where the deception is gay and gay deceivers abound. Cast Tolly (Tallulah) Roswell (Belinda Panelo) - late 20's. A right good wife. Warren Roswell (Graham Pilato) - 30ish. The man of the house Rose (Janise Whelan) - 40's. Tolly's best friend and neighbor Nelson (Alex Scally) - 19. Tolly's younger brother Reverend Godwin (Roy Hammond) - 40ish. The moral conscience Rudy Godwin (Josh Bristol) - 19. The Preacher's son Production Team Asst. Director - Kathy McCrory Set Designer - open Set Builders - PS Lorio, Kathy McCrory, Roy Hammond Lighting Designer - Charles Danforth Sound Designer - Herman Meyer Costume Designer - open Tech - Joe Shepers Crew - open |