At West of Lenin, from June 4th – 8th, the Sandbox One-Act Play (SOAP) Festival will premiere four short plays by local, award-winning playwrights. The SOAP Fest promises to have something for every palate with tales of politics, romance, relationships and science run amok.
This Sandbox Artists Collective member project, initiated by Amy Love, offers four creative, original pieces in one evening with:
- Winner of the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award in 2012, Yussef El Guindi’s The Tyrant portrays a captured Middle Eastern president, currently imprisoned in the United States, as he speaks to the issues that led to his arrest. Directed by Anita Montgomery, and starring G. Valmont Thomas, this deftly crafted drama simultaneously charms and condemns its audience in one fell swoop.
- In Things to Say When It’s Too Late to Say Them, a.k.a. Proof You Were Here, Heideman Award winning writer Brendan Healy gives us a couple that wrestles, boxes, sings, and smashes dishes as they reveal many things they never told each other. Peter Dylan O’Connor directs Healy’s simple and poignant love story.
- Recently commissioned by Seattle Symphony for an interactive theatrical concert with Carnegie Hall, K Brian Neel delivers iI, directed by Annie Lareau. Thirty-six hours into a hackathon, three young programmers make an Earth-altering discovery, but are they ready to take responsibility for unleashing their creation?
- In Cumulus, by Macha Monkey’s own Juliet Waller Pruzan, strangers start conversations on a flight, including one anxious young man getting ready for an on-board surprise. Directed by Rachel Katz Carey, the stories told on the flight continue to play out both below and above the plane.
SOAP Fest 2014 features the acting talents of Megan Ahiers, Nik Doner, Sam Hagen, Sarah Harlett, Robert Keene, Laura Kenny, Leslie Law, Jason Marr, Ben D. McFadden, Christopher Morson, Brian D. Simmons, Kayla Walker, and Seanjohn Walsh, and will give audiences an evening of high-quality, thought-provoking entertainment – but only for five nights.
Assembled by Production Manager Liza Comtois, designed by Dan Schuy, Tristan Roberson, Evan Mosher, Kelly McDonald, and Dafni Mavridou, the SOAP Fest also features the remarkable talents of Dennis Culpepper as Technical Director, Gin Hammond as Development and Emily Conbere as Literary Manager. SOAP Fest is stage managed by Ruth Eitemiller, with the assistance of Ryan Gelskey, David Hsieh, and Tracy Kirkpatrick.
Don’t miss the ingenuity and skill on display at the SOAP Festival, and experience what City Arts magazine described as “the best short story collection you may never get to read again.” With five performances only (Wed – Sat at 8p, and Sunday at 2p) get tickets (only $18 per person) today through Brown Paper Tickets. For even more information, visit the SOAP Fest website.