Piper Theatre Productions, Inc., Presents PIPER THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2013 Beth L. Prather, President A festival of ten new short plays that Brendan Guastella, Treasurer investigate the complex lives of young people. Dede Kavanagh Special Thanks to: Jess Parrott (ASM), Kim Maier, Mina June 13, 14 and 15, 2013 Jones, Maggie Weber and the Staff of The Old Stone House, 7pm Our Esteemed Judges for the Evening, and the great staff at BAX PO Box 150613 At Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) Brooklyn, NY 11215 421 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215 718-768-3195 [email protected] Welcome to Piper Plays! published in our anthology, Piper Plays: Smart Plays for This festival, Smart Plays for Young Actors, is the Young Actors. culmination of a nationwide call for playwrights. The plays presented have been chosen from over 250 Thank you for being a part of this experience with us entrants submitted from throughout the United States and for supporting emerging writers who have been and Canada. All of the plays will be either New York or generous enough to share their work with us. And world premieres. thank you to all the directors and actors who have helped us explore the very complicated and exciting From a boy protecting his gerbil from the zombie lives of children. apocalypse; a son and has father navigating loss and a good bar joke; and a mutated girl who can see the Piper Plays hopes to create a canon of smart plays over truth, the festival's one-acts are smart, dynamic, quirky, the next few years to assist young people and educators exciting, funny, and disturbing. These are stories of in finding plays with voices that speak to them. triumph and frustration, morbidity, insurrection and lust – a piercing view inside the kaleidoscope that is the Very truly yours, teenage mind. John P. McEneny On Saturday, three of these plays will be selected by a Artistic Director of Piper Theatre Productions panel of judges to be presented again on Tuesday, July 9th, 2013, during the Piper Theatre Summer season Philip Suraci at the Old Stone House & Washington Park in Brooklyn. Associate Producer of Piper Plays At the performance on July 9th, the audience will vote on their favorite one-act and the winner will receive a Marielle Duke $500 prize. All of the plays of the festival will be Associate Producer of Piper Plays Thursday, June 13th, 7 pm Princess Pegasus by Carrie Behrens Princess Pegasus Directed by Marielle Duke Cheeseballs Amy: Emma Callahan From Funny Brian: Henry Kiem Vintage Quirk Ultimate Battle Cheeseballs by Jeri Weiss Glass Directed by John P. McEneny Tyler: Evan Miller Friday June 14th, 7 pm Harly: Tabo Ceman Message to Grandma Glass From Funny by Phillip Dawkins Little Gerbil Man Directed by Kelly Klotz From Funny Guy: Johnny Weissgerber Driven to Distraction Kid: Walker Ames Cheeseballs Secret Santa Ultimate Battle by Rich Orloff Directed by Henry Pines Saturday, June 15th, 7 pm Jason: Oliver Vickers Batzdorf Secret Santa Ashley: Izzy Michels Princess Pegasus Little Gerbil Glass by Marco Santarelli Driven to Distraction Directed by Hollie Michaels Vintage Quirks June: Indigo Pavlov Message to Grandma Noel: Callie Ekstasis Ultimate Battle Huey: Mateo Moreno Message to Grandma by Claudia Haas Company Bios Directed by Marielle Duke Megan: Ella Walsh Henry Pines (Director, Ultimate Battle): Henry Pines is a rising Luke: Colman Cassidy Junior at American University, and has been involved with Sam: Nicholas Schine Piper for eight years now. This is his second year directing for Jamie: Lev Katreczko Piper Plays, following last year’s success Cravings. He also directed The Winter’s Tale for Piper Theater Workshop this Little Gerbil Man by Rachel Ewing past summer and looks forward to directing the The Directed by Olivia Harris Neverending Story this summer. He would like to thank Charlie: Elizabeth Murray Marielle Duke, Izzy Michels, and Oliver Vickers Batzdorf for Timmy: Manny Garraway solving his casting problems. Oliver Vickers Batzdorf (Jason, Ultimate Battle): Oliver is an Driven to Distraction by Matt Crowley aspiring actor who is heading to school at Harvest Collegiate Directed by Ian Ogden High School. He has recently been in Romeo and Juliet Alice: Nicole Colina (Romeo), Fiddler on the Roof (Rabbi) and Twelfth Night Tim: Matt Petrick (Sebastian). I want to thank Mr. McEneny for teaching me theater, Marielle for being there when I need help with The Best Secret Santa Present Ever in the History of problems only she could help with, and Henry Pines for being Peckinpaw High School by Ira Gammerman a fabulous director. Directed by Marielle Duke Sammy: Ari Kotler Izzy Michels (Ashley, Ultimate Battle): is thrilled to be going Patrick: Ilan Eskenazi to LaGuardia High School next year as a drama major. Chrissy: Naomi Burjoree VanPelt Recently she was Juliet in the play Romeo and Juliet, Mrs. Griggs in the Grip of October, and Justine in Frankenstein. She Stage Manager: Amy Rehwaldt is excited about doing Piper Theater camp this summer. She Assistant Stage Manager: Jess Parrott would like to thank Henry Pines for being an Awesome director, John McEneny for being such a great teacher, and with acting coach, Diane Hardin. Walker performed in MS51 finally Marielle Duke for being her. productions of "Frankenstein" (as Henry) and "Myla and The Monkey Girl" (as Koko) and was Earthworm in the 2012 Piper Nick Schine (Sam, Message to Grandma): Nick Schine has production of "James and the Giant Peach". He has also previously acted in Newsies (at PS321), Frankenstein and appeared in two short films - "Little Luchador" and "A Life In Mayla the Monkey Girl (at MS51). He would like to thank Lev The Shadows" (which was a nominee for best short film at the for being his “brother” and Mr. McEneny, Marielle, and Cannes Film Festival in 2013) – and in TV features, as well as Mollie for teaching him drama. modeling for several well known stores and clothing brands. Lev Katreczko (Jamie, Message to Grandma): Lev is really He is also the writer of "Puppetland", an original play that excited to be in the play Message to Grandma. He acted won a 2013 Scholastic Silver Key award. Walker is grateful for throughout elementary school, and recently played Florian the skills he has learned from Mr McEneny, Ms Hardin, and Vanechka in Hansel and Gretal at MS51. Marielle Duke and those he's been lucky enough to act alongside and work with. Colman Cassidy (Luke, Message to Grandma): Colman was recently in Mayla The Monkey Girl as Ba and Frankenstein as Olivia Harris (Director, Little Gerbil Man) is a director, lighting Old Delacy. Colman wants you to know he is awesome and designer, teaching artist, and applied theatre practitioner cool --he is also a great actor. He wants to thank Marielle for who has worked with Impetuous Theatre Group, Actor's being cool and to thank his parents and his brothers for their Shakespeare Project, and more. She is currently an arts support. administrator with Bond Street Theatre and Arts For All and a candidate for a Masters in Applied Theatre at CUNY. Olivia is Ella Walsh (Megan, Message to Grandma): is a 7th grade thrilled to be working with Piper Theater! student at MS51. She has acted in productions of Frankenstein (Caroline Beaufort) and Mayla The Monkey Girl Evan Miller (Tyler, Cheeseballs) is a 7th grader at MS51 who at her school. She thanks her parents and Marielle. loves drama. Walker Ames (Kid, From Funny):is in the class of 2014 at MS51 and is part of the drama group under the guidance Tabo Ceman (Harly, Cheeseballs) is an MS51 7th grader who of John McEneny. He has also studied drama and improv loves soccer. Callie Skopelitis (Noel, Glass) is currently a 7th grade student Aidan Ludlam (Mick, Vintage Quirks) Hello, my name is Aidan at MS 51. She has performed at P.S. 8, Piper Summer Camp Ludlam, I'm fourteen years old and I'm an actor. I became and M.S. 51. Her Favorite roles include the narrator in interested in acting in fifth grade when I received my first Midsummer Night’s Dream, Banquo in Macbeth, Mischka in major role as the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. I then came Inspector General. Recently she sang in a State Farm’s 9/11 to Middle School 51 to work with John P. McEneny and commemorative commercial directed by Spike Lee. pursue acting. Next year I will be heading to the prestigious arts school, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. Some of my Indigo Pavlov (June, Glass) an MS 51 drama student, has favorite productions I've been fortunate enough to be a part appeared in a handful of off-Broadway plays, films, television, of include The Grippe of October, The Midnight Circus, and and Internet projects. Thanks to John McEneny, Hollie, Romeo & Juliet all directed by John P. McEneny. This year I Marielle, Ryan, Mollie, and family and friends. played Linus in a production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Mateo Moreno (Huey, Glass) is also currently starting in "Fix Brown directed by Mollie Lief Abramson. This summer I will Number Six.” His first play "Happily After Tonight" played at be in the cast for the musical Godspell at Piper. I am excited TBG theatre last summer and his second play "Bohemian to perform Vintage Quirks with Carmen Scott Henning at the Valentine" has had two produced staged readings thus far. He one act festival! is collaborating with Boomerang Theatre next with a modern Carmen Scott Henning (Taylor, Vintage Quirks) At Middle adaptation of "Romeo & Juliet," which he wrote.