LIGHTS UP!

Written by Dana Leslie Goldstein

http://www.danalesliegoldstein.com

Reading Directed by Garry Lee Posey

Performances by Bronte Upshaw (Leah) and Gage Goza (Matthew)

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Lights Up is a podcast produced by the Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga. Each week we will provide table readings of unpublished plays, along with an interview with the playwright and winners of our one page play contest PROPPED.

This weeks hosts for Lights Up are Dana Colagiovanni and Christy Gallo.

This week's play is Donna Hoke's Survival Strategy. The cast includes Marcia Parks as Jenny, and Scott Harrison as Jerry.

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For our Lights Up season one finale episode, we asked some of our playwrights to write a monologue about what they wanted bring into focus for the new year.  Then we matched the monologue with and actor and created a nice study of the human spirit.

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If you want to submit to be an actor or have your monologue or play performed, shoot us a message at [email protected] or follow us on twitter @etofc and Instagram @ensemble_theatre_of_chatt

Playwright - Title of Monologue - Performer

1) Peter Macklin (Pop) - "New Shirts" - Daniel Meeks (Circuit Breaker)

2) Emma S Rund (To Fix A Dinosaur) - "Mhm" - Elise Mayfield (Brittle)

3) Michael Sockol - untitled - performed by Rodney Strong

4) Paolo Muccio (Propped Winner Week 2) - Walking - Bruce Shaw

5) Pater Dakutis (Propped Winner Week 1) - "year of Hugs" - Kashun Parks

6) Derek Van Barham (EVOL) - "Touch Eater" - Brian Tichnell

7) Yussef El Guindi (Picking Up The Scent) - "Brass Knuckles" - Kashish Bajpai (Picking up the Scent)

8) Thomas White (Multiple Propped Winner) - "The Lost Sock" - Savy Mazda (Picking Up The Scent)

9) Daniel Guyton (Brittle) - "The Jitters" - Scott Harrison (The Rental)

10) Garry Lee Posey (Finding Father) - "Little Squeezes" - Bronte Upshaw (Brittle)

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Lights Up is a podcast produced by the Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga. Each week we will provide table readings of unpublished plays, along with an interview with the playwright and a weekly version of our one page play contest PROPPED.

The hosts for Lights Up are Dana Colagiovanni and Christy Gallo.

This week's play is Yussef El Guindi's PICKING UP THE SCENT. The cast includes Amir Andalib as Hisham, Kashish Bajpai as Nisrin and Savy Mazda as Annabelle/Perfume Salesperson with stage directions read by Garry Lee Posey.

This week's winners of PROPPED are Peter Dakutis with BETTY TO YOUR BARNEY featuring Garry Lee Posey and Dana Colagiovanni with John Thomas McCecil providing stage directions and Thomas White's ME AND YOU featuring Garry Lee Posey and John Thomas McCecil with stage directions from Casey Keelen. 

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Lights Up is a podcast produced by the Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga. Each week we will provide table readings of unpublished plays, along with an interview with the playwright and a weekly version of our one page play contest PROPPED.

The hosts for Lights Up are Dana Colagiovanni and Christy Gallo.

This week's play is Maksym Kurochkin's CIRCUIT BREAKER, translated by John Freedman. The cast includes Jeffrey Benson Parker as Grandson and Daniel Meeks as Grandfather with stage directions read by Casey Keelen.

This week's winner of PROPPED is THE SWEETEST SOUND by Peter Dakutis. Featuring Garry Lee Posey as Paul. 

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Lights Up is a podcast produced by the Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga. Each week we will provide table readings of unpublished plays, along with an interview with the playwright and a weekly version of our one page play contest PROPPED.

The hosts for Lights Up are Dana Colagiovanni and Christy Gallo.

This week's play is Mark Cornell's BUGS BUNNY. The cast includes Eric "Red" Wyatt in the role of Owen and Joel Sanchez-Avantes in the role of Brad with stage directions read by Garry Lee Posey

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Lights Up is a podcast produced by the Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga. Each week we will provide table readings of unpublished plays, along with an interview with the playwright and a weekly version of our one page play contest PROPPED.

The hosts for Lights Up are Dana Colagiovanni and Christy Gallo.

This week's play is Peter Macklin's POP. The cast includes Laurie Shaw as Lujan and Andrew Betz as Xian with stage directions read by Casey Keelen.

This week's winner of PROPPED is THE INSISTENT DOWNWARD PRESSURE OF WATER by Thomas White. Featuring Garry Lee Posey. 

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Lights Up is a podcast produced by the Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga. Each week we will provide table readings of unpublished plays, along with an interview with the playwright and a weekly version of our one page play contest PROPPED.

The hosts for Lights Up are Dana Colagiovanni and Christy Gallo.

This week's play is Daniel Guyton's BRITTLE. The cast includes Bronte Upshaw as Jess, Brett Tubbs as Taylor and Elise Mayfield as Adrian with stage directions read by Casey Keelen.

There were no winners for this week's PROPPED.  Please check our Instagram and Facebook pages for next weeks items.

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Hosts Dana and Christy are joined by Producer Garry for a chat about the podcast, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga and the world of theatre as we know it, have known it and where we hope its heading.

Listeners Cory Keelen (of The Spooky Dudes Podcast) and Matheson Wynnemer (South Carolina) provide a couple of talking points for us.

Matheson Wynnemer is also the author of this week's PROPPED with her play, "untitled."  The role of toddler is played by Casey Keelen, the toy bear is played by Garry Lee Posey, the calico cat is played by Dana Colagiovanni and Christy Gallo reads the stage directions.

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Lights Up is a podcast produced by the Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga. Each week we will provide table readings of unpublished plays, along with an interview with the playwright and a weekly version of our one page play contest PROPPED.

The hosts for Lights Up are Dana Colagiovanni and Christy Gallo.

This week's play is Derek Van Barham's EVOL. The cast includes Paige Mattox-Burns, Joseph Tipton, and Alyssa Whitesell with stage directions read by Garry Lee Posey.

This week's winner of PROPPED is JUST SOUNDS by Thomas White. Featuring Dana Colagiovanni and Garry Lee Posey. Honorable mention was Jamie Goodnight's YOKNAPOTAWPHA also featuring Dana Colagiovanni and Garry Lee Posey Which can be heard by subscribing to our Patreon page.

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