Week #2: Cut it Out, Orphan Kiss (Left) and INKY & PINKY: A Tale of Chitlins and Borscht

October 30, 2014 - November 02, 2014

7:00pm, Storefront Studio

$12

Springboard brings the excitement of new play development to audiences with fully staged-readings. Not just actors at music stands, these new works are up on their feet as actors negotiate with scripts-in-hand and only a few rehearsals. Audience members give feedback and engage in post-show discussions to help local playwrights develop their work.


Thursday and Saturday

Cut it Out

Playwright: Andrew Kramer
Director: Sarah Greywitt

Rebecca Helmer is a wife and mother becoming increasingly unsettled by her seemingly perfect life. Suffocated by the comfort of this illusion, she embarks on a journey of remaking herself. Quite literally. With plastic surgery.

Cast: Linda Sekanic, David Obney, Cameron Cerny, Courtney Nicole Auman, Jackie Luthy, Kim Woodworth, Christina Dennis

Friday and Sunday (double bill)

Orphan Kiss (Left)

Playwright: Jeff Glover
Director: Dale Heinen

What happens to love in a place beyond feelings? What happens to hatred when time replaces it? A glance inside the minds of killers, icons, freaks and liars. There is no solace in the kiss of an orphan.

Cast: Ryan Edlinger, Corey Knick, Rachel Lee Kolis, Val Kozlenko, Elizabeth Kelly

INKY & PINKY: A Tale of Chitlins and Borscht

Playwright: Sherrie Tolliver
Director: Darius Stubbs

Inky and Pinky are half – sisters born to the same Jewish entertainer father and two mothers, one African American and one white Irish immigrant. Growing up in the world of show business led them to become a Vaudeville sister act, but at a the world didn’t quite know what to do about their “multicultural diversity.” After years of obscurity, the entertainment world wants to acknowledge them for their pioneering work as artists. But after years of feuding and hardships on and off stage, are the sisters ready to reunite, forgive and forget.

Cast: Sherrie Tolliver, Anne McEvoy