Join us for the next performance of Readers’ Theater “From the Script to the Stand” presented by Surfside Playhouse. Come hear an assortment of one act original works performed by Brevard County’s own local talent and directed/moderated by Nancy Matican-Bock. Upon completion of act two, please join us for a short talk back with the director and actors about their experience bringing new material to life.
June 22nd at 2 pm
All Tickets $10
Ensemble Cast in Order of Appearance
- Jenny Augeri
- Anthony DeTrano
- Martyn Jones
- Mari Kemp
- Jeri Lee
- Randy Caldwell
- Sarah Hall
- Toby Hillman
- Cooper LaMontagne
- Eli Hillman
Script Selections, Synopsis’ and Writers
Harukki’s Typewriter
Written by: John Torres
Cast: Jenny Augeri, Anthony DeTrano, Martyn Jones
Haruki Murakami is an international best selling novelist from Japan, who is beloved all over the world for his magic realism. His fans are among the most devoted on the planet. But what happens when a pair of misguided fans go searching for his missing typewriter, the same typewriter, the author pledged, that he would never write a word without….
Delayed Therapy
Written by: John Kurowski
Cast: Mari Kemp, Anthony DeTrano, Jenny Augeri
Three strangers are stranded in a winter storm waiting for an Uber. The conversation leads them to self-evaluate their lives, priorities and purpose.
Nice Safe Trees
Written by: Cheryl Navo
Cast: Jeri Lee, Randy Caldwell
Evelyn and Leonard are on their first date. After dinner, they visit an exhibit at a local art gallery and discover that their divergent taste in art may have a lasting effect on their relationship.
Actus Essendi
Written by: John Torres
Cast: Jeri Lee, Randy Caldwell, Sarah Hall
Actus Essendi is a term first coined by Saint Thomas Aquinas. It means the act of being. For one man, Leonard, who fears losing his wife to dementia, the active being could mean everything.
Abode
Written by: Jude Lemoncelli
Cast: Martyn Jones, Sarah Hall
A man becomes obsessed with a house for sale in his neighborhood. Are his actions driven by a desperate need to change the course of his well-planned life, or is he simply delusional and slowly losing his mind?
* Intermission *
The Reds are Running
Written by: Nancy Andrews
Cast: Toby Hillman, Cooper LaMontagne, Martyn Jones, Eli Hillman
Two Army soldiers meet on their way to serve in Vietnam. Back home, both are reunited in an unusual scenario
