Arts and Entertainment
January 9, 2024
From: 8x10: The Eileen Moushey TheatreFest8x10: The Eileen Moushey TheatreFest
New 10-minute play festival
January 11 – 21, 2024
Created and first produced by Eileen Moushey -- a longtime Weathervane Playhouse volunteer, actor, board member, and donor -- Weathervane's 8x10 TheatreFest is a new-play festival in which we select and present eight 10-minute plays culled from several hundred submissions sent in from around the world. Following the performances, our audiences vote for their favorite plays, with the winners receiving cash awards for their efforts. In the past, we have asked each playwright to include a specific item in their work. This year, we are asking playwrights to use a designated location: a castle. The call for submissions for the 2024 festival has gone out ... so come see and vote for your favorite 10-minute play in January!
The eight finalists have been chosen. In no particular order they are:
The Castle, Half-Off by Emily McClain of Lawrenceville, GA
Death of a Solomon by Barry Wood of Navenby, Lincolnshire, UK
The Perfect Spot by Elizabeth DeSchryver of Evanston, IL
Going for the Spare by Scott Mullen of Burbank, CA
The Decapitation of Thomas Kent by Michael Hagins of Sunnyside, NY
Seeds in Your Pocket by Fiona Leonard of Dusseldorf, Germany
Clifton Manor-Where Dreams Come True! by Steven J Satta of Perry Hall, MD
Shakespeare's Ladies Book Club by Patrick Michael Dukeman of Copley, OH
CAST
Castle Half-Off
Sue Jeromson - Jeannie Yoder
James Rizopulos - George Yoder
Death of a Solomon
Jeannie Clarkson - Gemma
Patrick Downing - Peter
Makenna Bird Lottie
The Perfect Spot
Lauren Koleszar - Melanie
Dan Reichert - Roger
Going for the Spare
Laura Niehaus - Grizelda
Samaria Murry - Matilda
Spencer Morgan - Eric
The Decapitation of Thomas K
Jason McGloin - Lord Thomas Kent
Mason Shuman - Julius Delaney
Seeds in Your Pocket
Allison Cirner - La Maupin
Gia Maglione - Emily
Clifton Manor Where Dreams Come True
Emily Schrader - Antoinette Sheibe
Ozzie Casino - Becca Nelson
Al Klesh - Mr. Shuster
Shakespeare Ladies' Book Club
Amanda Vigneault - Lady Macbeth
Sarah Durham - Gertrude
Kellie McIvor - Desdemona
Director
April Deming
Stage Manager
Tiffany Bird
Set Designer/Technical Director
Richard Morris, Jr.
Lighting Designer/Master Electrician
Jack-Anthony Ina
Sound Designer
Robin Ungerleider
Properties Designers
Patti Alderson
Karen Burridge
Intimacy Director
Brooke Larkin
Assistant Director
Adam C. Alderson
Kathy Kohl
Assistant Technical Director
Associate Lighting Designer
Wittman Sullivan
Assistant Lighting Designers
Ashton Lee, Van Wornkey
James Boyd, Jr.
Carpenter
Michael Slane
Carpenter
Date: January 11 – 21, 2024
Location: Weathervane Playhouse,
1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron Ohio 44313
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