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five weeks of new works

short play series

For each week of the festival, we present a series of throught-provoking short plays written by or featuring women theatre artists.

Come enjoy a night of short plays Wendesday - Sunday, for all five weeks of the festival! Performances at 8pm Wends - Fri, with performances on Saturday at 3pm and 8pm.

Tickets to each week are $18.

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Make sure to check out the special 5th week of short plays - Estro Encores! Featuring the audience favorite for each week and the winner of our Estro-in-Progress readings. Estro Encores will be announced as they are voted on!

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Estrogenius Festival 2011 Short Plays:

week 1
october 5th - 7th, 8pm. october 8th, 3pm & 8pm.
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Goodbye Avis
Miriam and Emma have come to say their final goodbye to their dear friend, Avis. But is it possible for Avis Megettigan to rest in peace?
written by Celeste Koehler
directed by Kathleen O'Neill
featuring...Susan Scudder*, Donna Barkman*, Vinnie Marano, Nicolas Radu

Glutton for Punishment
A yogi discovers in the afterlife that the Catholics were right all along - and now she must outwit the devil to save her soul.
written by Catherine Noah
directed by Sandy Yaklin
featuring...Vanessa Shealyy*, Alan Hasnas

Escape to Wonderland
A chance meeting leads to an intense standoff between Jackie and Cassie over a friendship that's been ground to dust by hard times.
written by Patrick Gabridge
directed by Mary Hodges
featuring...Sheila Joon*, Darnell Williams

Dinner For Who
Pizza, dessert and a heaping side of self-revelation.
written by Gabrielle Sinclair
directed by Jennifer Bronstein
featuring...Alex Engquist, Lillith Fallon, Patricia Lynn*

Origin
If you finally get what you want, does it really matter where it came from?
written by Elizabeth Irwin
directed by Malini Singh McDonald
featuring...Nicholas Radu, Joane Cajuste

week 2
october 12th - 14th, 8pm. october 15th, 3pm & 8pm.
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Spinal Alignment
After a brief 2am dating site meet-up at the Midtown East McDonalds, Shelia goes home with Donovan, to his grungy apartment. Their late night casual encounter quickly morphs into a existential crisis as they struggle to connect.
written by Deborah Yarchun
directed by Deborah Savadge
featuring...Jed Peterson*, Irene Lucio*

My Beautiful Grandmother
Shirley, an unlikely damsel in distress, meets Joe, and unlikely hero, in a laundromat. She asks him to do her an unlikely favor and this may change them both forever.
written by Amina Henry
directed by Matilda Szydagis
featuring...Susan McBrien*, Ben Schnickel

Status Update
A short piece about a man, a woman and the social media site that comes between them.
written by Jamie Pachino
directed by Andrea Finlayson
featuring...Kyle Page, Jane Finlayson

Attendant
A young woman fights for the soap and her honor - in the ladies restroom.
written by Caron Levis
directed by Irene Carroll
featuring...Leigh Adel-Arnold, Zachary Le Vey*, Gloria Boucher*

Me
The writer meets her destiny - literally!
written by Maia Akiva
directed by Yudelka Heyer
featuring...Thia Stephan*, Anna Wallace-Deering

week 3
october 19th - 21st, 8pm. october 22nd, 3pm & 8pm.
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Green Dating
A teenage girl, with very specific ideas about what she wants in a man, makes it clear she won't settle for someone who doesn't meet her environmental standard.
written by Chantal Bilodeau
directed by Barbara Harrison
featuring...Quinn Warren, Eugene Oh

Bones of Home
An older woman, a young man: strangers seperated by years, ideals and desires, yet drawn together by loss which seems insurmountable. Their meeting, on a neglected proch in Provincetown, Massachusettes, could change them both.
written by Charlene A. Donaghy
directed by Pat Golden
featuring...Brent Hunter, Jane Cronin*

Supernova
In the aftermath of an explosive breakup, Ana pays a visit to her ex-boyfriend's best friend in search of answers. She learns more than she ever wanted to know.
written by Gemma Irish
directed by Kathryn McConnell
featuring...Lindsay Schwak, Sergio LoDolce, Christoper Chwee

Tough Love
A biker chick talks to her friend about an obstacle she’s never encountered.
written by John C. Davenport
directed by Delisa M. White
featuring...Shaun Bennet Wilson, Beth Ann Leone

Black Boys Don't Dance
A mother tries to protect her son from harm sanctioned by the state.
written by Philana Omorotionmwan
directed by Sandra Alexander
featuring...Tom Martin, Sandra Parris*, Alfonso Johnson

week 4
october 26th - 28th, 8pm. october 29th, 3pm & 8pm.
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Caller, Are You There?
A brash radio talk-show psychologist, Dr. Linda Messenger's motto is "kids always come first" but that message becomes suspect after a mysterious young woman calls in to her show.
written by Kitty Dubin
directed by Samantha Saltzman
featuring...Amy Dickenson*, Jenny Paul, Matthew Hammond, Robert Intile, Stephanie Masucci

Live from Pod 305
At an upstate women's correctional facility, two cell mates discuss concepts of regret, fear and "second chances" through a grassroots radio broadcast from Pod 305.
written by Ashley Marinaccio
directed by Rachel Dart
featuring...Stacey Scotte*, Me'Lisa Sellers*

Three Ring Platform
While waiting for the subway, Rachel, a neurotic woman, meets a professional clown. Their interaction shows what can happen when seeming opposites look past their first impressions.
written by Kate Kertez
directed by Amanda Junco
featuring...Erin Neufer*, Eric Hoffman

Selkie
A landlocked selkie must choose between her husband's suffocating love and the chaos of the sea.
by C.S.E. Cooney
directed by Karen Sweeney
featuring...Julia Campanelli*, Bruce Barton*, Sari Caine*

Nephrology
Nate, a recently transplanted kidney, tries to convince Kate to work together.
written by Sara Ilyse Jacobsen
directed by Havilah Imfeld
featuring...Michael Bordwell, Leah Gallimore*

week 5 - estro encores
november 2nd - 4th, 8pm. november 5th 3pm and 8pm.
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In The 9th Month
written by Maiken Weise
directed by Sharon Hunter
Joan is pregnant and loving it...until she finds herself at an awkward cocktail party!  Leave it to an Estrogenic Superstar to save the day!!
featuring...Megan Corry*, Lacy Warner, Eric Lomel, Kevin Gardner*, Patricia Lynn*, Holly Hylton*

Week 1 audience favorite:
Glutton for Punishment
A yogi discovers in the afterlife that the Catholics were right all along - and now she must outwit the devil to save her soul.
written by Catherine Noah
directed by Sandy Yaklin
featuring...Vanessa Shealy*, Alan Hasnas

Week 2 audience favorite:
Attendant
A young woman fights for the soap and her honor--in the ladies restroom. 
written by Caron Levis
directed by Irene Carroll
featuring...Leigh Adel-Arnold, Zachary Le Vey*, Gloria Boucher*

Week 3 audience favorite:
Tough Love
A biker chick talks to her friend about an obstacle she’s never encountered.
written by John C. Davenport
directed by Delisa M. White
featuring...Shaun Bennet Wilson, Beth Ann Leone
november 2nd - 4th @8pm

Week 4 audience favorite:
Nephrology
Nate, a recently transplanted kidney, tries to convince Kate to work together.
written by Sara Ilyse Jacobsen
directed by Havilah Imfeld
featuring...Michael Bordwell, Leah Gallimore*

with a special engagement by...

Green Dating
A teenage girl, with very specific ideas about what she wants in a man, makes it clear she won't settle for someone who doesn't meet her environmental standard.
written by Chantal Bilodeau
directed by Barbara Harrison
featuring...Quinn Warren, Eugene Oh
november 5th @ 3pm

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