Vertigo Reading Series '09-'10
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The ability to see one's play performed on the stage is an extremely important and beneficial tool for a playwright during the writing process. This is why Vertigo has chosen four plays to be put up throughout the year in a staged reading series. Here's where you come in. We need the feedback of an audience to make this the most beneficial, helpful, and exciting process it can be. We want to know what you think. What was really good? What could be improved?
2009-2010 Reading Series
Fat Woman in Velvet
written and directed by Aaron Riccardi
October 16, 2009 in The Struble | 8:00pm
It is 1997, and fat Joanie wears velvet to her not-fat sister's son's bar-mitzvah at an Arizona Embassy Suites. What Joanie planned as a sisterly reunion quickly sends her reeling in her world of victim memories and too-many fantasies. Thankfully, though, she has her aborted, almost-five-year-old son and a nighttime drifter in a pick-up truck to help her through this long night. They like what she's wearing, and they show her that real things are what matter, so she can she choose between velvet and sisters, and so she just might move on.
CAST:
Joanie: Harris Cabrera
Peg: Isabel Richardson
Planter: Justin Schuman
Jeb/Dad: Reed Wilson
Stage Directions: Emily Anderson
Toy Soldier
written by Allison Finn
directed by Ned Baker
October 17, 2009 in The Struble | 8:00pm
"Toy Soldier" examines the borders between sacrifice, duty, and love through the lens of an army family fractured by the war in Afghanistan. With her husband Jake deployed overseas for the fourth time, Claire confronts the impact of separation on her marriage and her daughter’s life. Thousands of miles away, Jake and the soldiers struggle with upholding orders and honor after they are left to deal with the aftermath of an alleged massacre on a local tribe by US Marines. As the cracks begin to appear, Claire and Jake must each reevaluate their sense of duty - both to their country and their family.
CAST:
Claire Burns: Rachel Kenney
Jake Burns: Sam Jacobs
Sophie Burns: Walls Trimble
Austin: Matt Deitchman
Mona Carlson: Diana Raiselis
Adam: Zach Gray
