24 Hour Theater

On Friday, June 18, we locked five local playwrights into our theater with nothing but caffeine, computers and sweet, sweet inspiration to sustain them for the next seven hours. When dawn broke, we were the proud parents of five new original works!

Each writer drew a script element from a hat ... then all five writers were charged with finding a way to incorporate them into their script. The elements were drawn from a pool of prompts collected anonymously on this website. The prompts pulled were ...

SETTING: A 70's Disco Bar
PROP: Sheet Music
LINE OF DIALOGUE: "That's crazy! That's completely crazy!"
CHARACTER: Pinky The Singing Racoon
SOUND CUE: Monkeys howling followed by "Shazaam!"

Needless to say, the writers had their work cut out for them. Nevertheless, after seven hours of comraderie, writing, swearing ... and a few hands of poker ... at 6am, five new scripts were rushed off to Kinkos.

At 7am our Literary Manager arrived with breakfast, and a crack crew of actors, directors and designers joined in to cast, rehearse and tech our new little bundles of joy over the course of the day. Following a lavish reception at 7 pm, at 8 o’clock on Saturday, June 19, we presented the world premiere of five new plays ...

Written by Brandon Kasper
Directed by Brandon Kasper

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Al: Jason Lythgoe
Ryan: Brandon Kasper
Pinky the Singing Raccoon: Kelly Flynn
Becca: Yesenia Soto
Debra the Disco Queen: Amber Scott

 
Written by Jill Johnson
Directed by Margaret O'Hora

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Hilary: Shawnna Wishman
Janine: Brey Barret
Pinky the Singing Raccoon: Scott Johnson

Written by Emily Brauer
Directed by Katie Chidester

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John: Mark Palkoner
Sophie: Amber Scott
Pinky the Singing Raccoon as Himself
Body: Margaret O'Hora

Written by Darcy Hogan
Directed by Kelly Flynn

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Gabe: Jason Lythgoe
Michael: Brandon Kasper
Pinky the Singing Raccoon: Darcy Hogan

Written by Kelly Flynn
Directed by Trevor Biship

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Sam, an Angry Rhino: Mark Palkoner
Myna, a Helper Bird: Katie Chidester
Chino, a Drug-Dealing Cheetah: Scott Johnson
Pinky the Singing Raccoon: Sasha Harris