Sketches
The following are brief descriptions of each play.
Ella’s
Song
by
Jim Cary/music by Jim Emberger
directed by Barry Feinstein
Inspired by the sacrifice
of labor legend Ella Mae Wiggins, this musical drama traces her journey from
poor sharecropper to mill worker in the Carolinas in the 1920s, where she
confronts an oppressive cotton mill system with her passion for music in a
fight for fairness and justice.
June 26 - July 13
Thurs, Fri, Sat at 8 and Sun at 7
Fell’s Point Corner Theatre
410-276-7837
info@baltimoreperforms.org S. Ann St.
View Through Quarter Pane
… come peak into love!
by
Cybele Pomeroy
directed by Cybele Pomeroy
Explore our favorite
four-letter verb. Meet two couples, one experiencing life through the
newspaper, one on their annual migration to Ohio. Visit Herbie, Arthur,
Julius and Leonard in a dingy dressing room on the Vaudeville circuit, circa
1917. Mourn the tragic timidity of J. Alfred Prufrock, from the viewpoints
of four women. Celebrate success as Feetus Fleetwood makes a television
commercial and a lifetime commitment. An ensemble cast actively demonstrates
the multifaceted nature of love in this unconventional offering.
July 10 - July 20
Thurs, Fri. & Sat. at 8 and Sun. at 7
Chesapeake Center
for the Creative Arts
410-636-6597
194 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park
Ten Reasons Big Betty is Stuck on the Side of
the Road in a Little Pink Dress
by
Dahlia Kaminsky and PS Lorio
directed by Tony Gallahan
An all-American couple,
stranded on a rural highway, stumble upon the journal writings of an
overweight 30-year old woman. Opening the pages with the thought, “Diaries
are for nerdy girls who don’t have any friends,” they become the 14
different characters in Big Betty’s comic and sometimes bittersweet
adventures. Ultimately, the two find themselves forever changed by Big
Betty’s strength and spirit. Join Jack and Jill in a wild ride with Big
Betty on the roller-coaster of life.
July 10-27
Thurs - Sat at 8, Sun at 2
Mobtown Players
at The Marion B. Copeland Theatre in LeClerc Hall,
College of Notre Dame
410-467-3057
4701 N. Charles St.
Hell Incorporated
by
Steve Klepper
directed by Deborah Newman
The forces of Hell use their greatest natural resources –
lawyers and advertising executives – to coordinate a corporate takeover of
Heaven. This summer, ONE WOMAN will write the ads that rock the afterlife.
July 11 - July 26
Fri and Sat at 8 and Sun at 7
The
Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre
410-752-1225
817 St. Paul Street
Turtle Soup
by
Anne M. Lefter
directed by Miriam Bazensky
Nina, Dee, and Ginny have
been coming to the cabin in West Virginia for almost thirty years - through
marriages, broken relationships, and the loss of old friends. This weekend,
their friendships will meet one challenge they never expected, and another
they thought they would never face again.
July 17 - August 3
Thurs, Fri and Sat at 8 and Sun at 7
Uncommon Voices
at Fell’s Point Corner Theatre
410-655-4826
info@baltimoreperforms.org S. Ann St.
Missing Phil
by
PS Lorio
directed by Mike Moran
Feeling restless and
discontent with her world, Missy has to admit that her father, Phil, is at
the center of her mid-life crisis. When he comes for a two-week stay, Missy
and her partner Ruth realize that Phil’s “forgetfulness” is just the “tip of
the iceberg.” When Missy makes the decision to ask Phil to live with her
full-time, she and Ruth expose the different timbers that build
relationships and find an appreciation for why they last. In the end, Missy
discovers that the hardest part of holding on is letting go. “Missing Phil”
is a touching drama with moments of tenderness and laughter.
July 25 - August 10
Fri and Sat at 8 and Sun at 7
Vagabond Players
410-563-9135
806 S. Broadway
To Get to the Other Side
by
Carol Weinberg
directed by Jennifer Spieler
Follow the friendship of
two young women – one African-American and one white – as they experience
the tense racial climate on their college campus, develop their own racial
identities, and struggle to get through the pain and anger that accompany
that process.
July 24-27 and September 5-7
All shows at 8
Goucher College Full Circle Theatre
(Mildred Dunnock Theatre at the Meyerhoff Arts
Center)
410-337-6512
1021 Dulaney Valley Road
For the Return of Albion
by
Mike Field
directed by Noel Schively
He drank and matched wits
with Shakespeare, fought with the English army in Flanders, was hauled into
court for refusing to attend church and even killed a fellow actor in a
duel. Ben Jonson: bricklayer, mercenary, pedant, poet, and one-time favorite
of King James I. But royal favors, like fashions, can change. Now Jonson
has made an enemy of the Duke of Buckingham—second in power only to the
King—and his latest work is suddenly the focus of an international
controversy. In public life, where art and politics collide, can a man armed
only with a goose quill survive?
July 31 - August 10
1st week - Thurs, Fri, Sat, and Sun at 8
2nd week - Fri, Sat at 8 and Sun at 2
Chesapeake Center for the Creative Arts
410-636-6597
194 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park
Trenches
by
W.J. Goldie
directed by Lance Lewman
Sammy Miller, a resistance
fighter battling the Nazis in 1940 Warsaw, was disowned by his father for
committing “the ultimate blasphemy.” When he unexpectedly returns home, a
family is thrown into crisis, drawing them inexorably into the heart of a
terrible secret. Sammy’s family discovers that the past is not always what
it seems, assumptions often are wrong, and as fear is transcended,
surprising acts of redemption, bravery and love can occur.
August 7 - 24
Thurs, Fri and Sat at 8 and Sun at 7
Fell’s
Point Corner Theatre
410-276-7837
info@baltimoreperforms.org S. Ann St.
Fifty/Fifty
by
Rich Espey
directed by Neal Freeman
Scott Wheeler has everything - a good wife, a good dog, a
good job as the Headmaster of the oldest continuously-operating girls’
boarding school southwest of the Connecticut River, a portrait of the
school’s founder that talks to him, and a secret from which he can’t seem to
run away.
August 8 - 23
Fri and Sat at 8 and Sun at 7
The
Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre
410-752-1225
817 St. Paul Street
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