Festival Schedule
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PLEASE READ: Play-readings are presented for ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY, so please consult the dates and times listed below before purchasing your tickets. There will not be any additional performances of these playreadings beyond the ones listed below. Tickets for one reading cannot be exchanged for tickets to a different reading.
Sunday, October 27
2:00 PM: A Selection of Scenes From Resilience: Indiana's Untold Stories
by Gladys DeVane in collaboration with Danielle Bruce, presented by Resilience Productions
For the October 27th Off Night Stage Reading, Resilience Productions will be performing excerpts from the 2016 original play, Resilience: Indiana’s Untold Stories. Centered around Indiana’s bicentennial, history is brought to life through the compelling stories told by two of the town’s oldest citizens.
Set against the backdrop of Indiana’s often overlooked history, these two centenarians reflect on how, against all odds, extraordinary African American men and women turned their tragedy into triumph and are worthy of being celebrated.
7:00 PM: ASYLUM or Madness & the Whole Thing There
by Patricia Kranke, presented by Monroe County Civic Theatre
Anne’s husband David, a narcissistic, emotionally abusive immigration lawyer, is harboring Rafiq, a young Afghan refugee, in their cramped New York apartment. This fact alarms Anne's fiercely loyal childhood friend Savannah, a meddling, bigoted free spirit, who asks with dark suspicion, “Where will this refugee go? What will this refugee do?”.
Long exhausted from negotiating peace between her warring husband and friend, Anne has entered her own safe harbor -- heroin addiction. As she struggles with longing for family, nurture, peace, and safety, she finds an unexpected ally in the mysterious, sweet young stranger who sleeps on her sofa and prays in her living room.
Monday, October 28
7:00 PM: Babel
by Ana Candida Carneiro, presented by Babel Theater Project
In Babel, winner of the Italian Hystrio Prize, linguist Thomas Ruhe races against time to save a vanishing language. A powerful tale of cultural erasure and personal alienation, Babel explores the human cost of globalization. Can we preserve our roots in a rapidly changing world? Or are we all destined to lose ourselves in the noise?
Tuesday, October 29
7:00 PM: Five Times in One Night
by Chiara Atik, presented by Off Night Productions
In this clever (and extremely funny) play about relationships, five couples explore the delights and disappointments of their sex lives. Whether they are the first two people on Earth or the last two, modern partners with shifting needs, exes on the eve of a life-altering event, or twelfth-century pen pals, following those most natural desires uncovers truths about their humanity. Five Times in One Night is a hilarious examination of intimacy through the ages.
Content Warning: Five Times in One Night includes multiple references to sex and a reference to abortion.