The Breakthrough Theatre Company is hosting an original play festival, featuring 7 productions from local theater companies.

Schedule:
"The Devil's Coda"
Phantom Funhouse
When a troubled young woman discovers a supernatural piano, she must investigate its sinister connection to her family’s past in order to survive her abusive mother.

Written by Ashley Alonso, THE DEVIL'S CODA is a brand new horror-melodrama that explores generational trauma through a demonic supernatural horror. Think of mixing the cinematic intensity of “The Exorcist” with a blend of Grand Guignol horror and American realist dialogue.

Performance Times:
Thursday, August 3: 9:45-10:50pm
Friday, August 4: 8:15-9:20pm
Saturday, August 5: 5:45-6:50pm

Rated: For Mature Audiences Only

"The Egos: Live"
ENV Pictures
The team behind the hit sketch comedy series, The Egos, take their skills to the live stage with an SNL style comedic adventure littered with pop culture references to Florida.

Performance Times:
Wednesday, August 2: 8:00-8:45pm
Friday, August 4: 7:00-7:45pm

Rated: PG-13

"LemonadeCup"
Hoozenpares Theatre Co.
LemonadeCup is an orginal musical exploring what it truly means to live life. When a young man is having to make a tough dessicion, he works through it through a series of songs and stories. This show is full of comedy and wit, but also lots of charm and heart!

Performance Times:
Sunday, August 6: 4:00-5:00pm

Rated: PG-13

"The Mysterious Life of Amy Thomson McKean"
Griffin and Shriner
Mysterious Life of Amy Thomson McKean is a story that deserves and needs to be told.
Amy Thomson McKean was a composer whose creative musical voice and intriguing life story were on the verge of being permanently silenced both during her lifetime and again posthumously due to its taboo status within her family. Her correspondence was largely destroyed after her death.

In 2018, Orlando artist Jamieson Thomson Thomas (Executive Producer and Amy’s grand-niece) recovered a trove of Amy’s handwritten and published scores, leading to a flurry of research and fact-gathering. Composer and Music Supervisor Mark Piszczek painstakingly transcribed or arranged Amy’s music for this performance, while writer/composer Charlie Griffin brought Amy’s character to glorious and nuanced life on stage by imagining what she might say for herself if she could.

Starring Disney Voices of Liberty powerhouse Karen Shriner (AEA) as Amy and accompanied by the brilliant pianist Julian Bond, this ambitious and emotionally compelling hour-long play gives the audience a rare look into the perspective of a female composer active during some of the most turbulent and fascinating years in our nation’s history.

Performance Times:
Thursday, August 3: 8:00-9:15pm
Saturday, August 5: 4:00-5:15pm
Sunday, August 6: 7:15-8:30pm

Rated: PG-13

"The Nymphs"
2 Broke Girls Production Company
Enter the haze in this poetic tale of how the young King Pentheus meets his demise at the hands of the loyal and ravenous followers of Dionysos--the god of wine, madness...and theatre! Keep your wits about you while being lured deeper and deeper into the mysteriously queer and gender-bent cult, full of hypnotic dance and song. Will the foolish king heed the warnings of the goddess Harmonia, or will he succeed in containing the cult in his city? Yet, what will befall him once he has captured them?

Performance Times:
Saturday, August 5: 7:20-8:35pm
Sunday, August 6: 5:30-6:45pm

Rated: PG-13

"T.H.E.M.: The Extended Cut"
Professional Party Girl Productions
In a present-day dystopia, an eclectic group of (former) superheroes struggle to find their way through the next chapter of life. Attempting to focus on the purpose and meaning that had once driven them daily, instead, they often find themselves enslaved by the glory days of their youth. One by one, evicted from Hero Headquarters, they have moved from glory to the gutter, both literally and figuratively. Seeking out areas and/or people that would accept them, this disembodied group has grudgingly taken up permanent residence at the Porch of Pathetic. Cloaking their sorrows in the comfort of each other, they wait patiently for the phone to ring, calling for their help.

Performance Times:
Friday, August 4: 9:50-11:10pm
Sunday, August 6: 9:00-10:20pm

Rated: PG-13

Date: August 2 - 6, 2023

Location: Breakthrough Theatre Company - 6900 Aloma Ave Winter Park, FL 32792

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