The Show
Theatre Roulette is back again. The longest running annual shorts works festival in Central Ohio, this year had 999 submissions ensuring a fantastic selection of plays. The plays are broken up into three separate nights of programming. Be sure to check the calendar below to see what play is being shown on what day, or you can just take your chances. All shows are at 8pm with the exception of May 24th where all 9 plays will be performed starting at 2pm.
The Lineup
SCHISMS-5/1,5/9,5/17,5/22,5/24(2pm)
Postcards from a Dead Dog by F.J. Hartland
This Bird by Paul North
The Raft by Kristyn Leigh Robinson
SHYLOCKS-5/2,5/10,5/15,5/23,5/24(4pm)
Dark North by David Skeele
Noir Lite by Richard Martin Hirsch
SHENANIGANS-5/3,5/8,5/16,5/24(8pm)
Duet for Virtual Particles by William Borden
The Rental by Mark Harvey Levine
The Memo by Greg Vovos
Dr. Wu Has Been Eliminated by John Busser
The Details
May 1st-24th, 2008
Thursdays-Saturdays
$10-$15 - General Admission, (sliding scale, pay what you like)
$8 - Students/Seniors
$6 - Members
The Plays
Dark North
Television psychic Daniel “Dark” North has built a lucrative career out of communing with the dead, but one day, in the basement of a crumbling Connecticut mansion, he discovers that sometimes the dead and gone really ought to stay that way…
LIST OF CHARACTERS:
Stephen Woosley as Daniel
Jim Azelvandre as Zelhausen
Amanda Howell as Genevieve
Melissa Bair as Kristin
Michelle Batt as Taylor
Ric Shoemaker as Neal
Randi Morgan as Margaret
Directed by Andy Batt
Noir Lite
The city seethes. And now a valuable piece of jewelry -- a brooch -- is missing and heiress Ophelia St. Croix is beside herself. So she enlists the help of noted female Private Eye, Frieda Diamond and her not-so-trusted assistant, Tuesday Monday, to help track it down. In the process a number of unsavory-yet colorful characters help in the investigation. Or not. In this homage to Raymond Chandler, “Chinatown”, and several paragraphs of Equal Rights Amendment, nothing is as one might expect. Which is not necessarily the fault of the writer. Though it could be.
LIST OF CHARACTERS:
Vicki Andronis as Tuesday
Rachel Wiley as Frieda
Jennifer Feather as Ophelia
Amanda Howell as Various
Directed by Linda O'Donnell
Postcards from a Dead Dog
Following the death of a family pet, a dysfunctional family finds an unusual way to communicate with each other.
LIST OF CHARACTERS:
Michael Moore as Clay
Melissa Bair as Nell
Directed by Michelle Batt
The Rental
A woman realizes that finding Mr. Right is still possible ... and at a reasonable rate.
LIST OF CHARACTERS:
Jennifer Feather as Sonya
Kyle Sweeney as Harold
Directed by Sarah Brunet
The Raft
Helen and Steve are on their honeymoon cruise when Steve does... well... something that causes their cruise ship to sink. Amid shark attacks and passing ships, Helen begins to think maybe she has made a mistake...
LIST OF CHARACTERS:
Amanda Howell as Helen
Josh Kessler as Steve
Directed by Peter Graybeal
This Bird
A prostitute. A children’s book. A hope for escape.
LIST OF CHARACTERS:
Misti Stewart as Mynah
Andy Batt as Business/Pleasure
Directed by Chris Lane
The Memo
Everyday Chris and Joe show up to work and at the sound of the bell type their days away. They type and type and type. Then they type some more. Their daily monotony becomes disturbed when the company’s incessant memos become more absurd and demanding, each time the Memo Person delivers them. How much can a company demand from its employees before someone pays the price? And who pays the price?
LIST OF CHARACTERS:
Michael Moore as Joe
Josh Kessler as Chris
Melissa Bair as Memo Person
Directed by Ric Shoemaker
Duet for Virtual Particles
A man wonders if he's an alien. A tall woman wonders if she's too tall. The man wonders if he was abandoned by the other aliens. The tall woman wonders if the speed of light is changing. Like two instruments playing a duet, the two characters' concerns weave in and out, their relationship to each other intriguing and resonant.
LIST OF CHARACTERS:
Tay Dreher as Tall Woman
Brendan Michna as Man
Directed by Jim Azelvandre
Dr. Wu Has Been Eliminated
In the secret hideaway of an evil organization, something has gone terribly wrong. Dr. Wu has been eliminated. The question now is, who did it...and why?
LIST OF CHARACTERS:
David Thonnings as Henderson
Stephen Woosley as Warcheski
Josh Kessler as Mr. Diabolicus
Ric Shoemaker as Lobo