Modern Myths Podcast

Wrong Number

by Nedra Pezold Roberts

Directed by Spencer Whale

Cassie.......................................Erika Cuenca

Mike..............................Shaun Cameron Hall

Emma........................................Julia Geisler

Dan...........................................Charlie Wein

Dorothy....................................Gina Preciado

Arnold........................................Todd Betker

Stage Directions...................Amanda Montoya

Synopsis

Cassie Hobson is thirty-five, single, and desperately wanting to be pregnant. Her pal Emma and parents Dorothy and Arnold are sympathetic but unable to help. Cassie's best friend Mike and his partner Dan want to start a family, so the solution seems simple enough when Cassie offers to be the surrogate for their child. Then life intervenes. The fetus Cassie is carrying turns out to be twins, Dan decides he can't cope with that much responsibility and leaves Mike, and Cassie realizes she can't give up her babies after all. From the time they were toddlers, Mike and Cassie have been as close as family; suddenly, they actually are family—the parents of twins. Now these friends have to find a way to share the new lives they've created: not just the lives of their twins but also their own unexpected connection as gay dad and single mom.

Nedra Pezold Roberts Biography

Nedra Pezold Roberts is an emerging playwright from Atlanta. For several decades she taught English and drama, and her publications in the academic arena included two textbooks (one a critical anthology of plays). Then Nedra chose early retirement in 2010 to concentrate on writing her own plays. Her new, second career has begun auspiciously with a number of productions and staged readings coast to coast. She has also scored in several national competitions, including the Southern Playwrights Competition (2013), AACT NewPlayFest (twice, in 2013 and 2015), and the 2016-17 TNT POPS! New Play Project. She feels honored that the California Stage Company production of The Vanishing Point captured seven Elly Awards, including Best Script, in the 2014 Elly list announced by SARTA, the Sacramento Area Regional Theatre Alliance. Nedra is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and Working Title Playwrights, and serves on the board of the Atlanta Writers Club. For more information, see her website or her entry in the New Play Exchange or the profile in The Dramatist for March/April, pp. 56-57.

Alex Kump Interview

Playwright of It's Just Something That Happened

Directed by Reginald Douglas

Featuring Moira Quigley ..……..………...………….Frankie Matt Henderson..………………….…..……….. Eli Ryan Patrick Kearney...…....…..Christopher John Feightner..….………….………………...Billy Alex Manalo…….………………....…...….. Death Christopher Collier…...….. Stage Directions

Recording location provided by TimeSys Corporation.

It's Just Something That Happened Synopsis The Family Fun Time Bowling Center will be closing its doors at the end of the season. Frankie and Eli spend their summer with Billy, who is doing nothing with his life, and Death (short for Meredith) the gamer obsessed with old arcade games, and the new employee Christopher. At a party in the arcade, something happens that threatens to break apart Frankie and Eli's friendship for good. It's Just Something That Happened is a coming-of-age play about friendship and uncertain futures.

Alex Kump Biography Alex Kump is a playwright, performance artist, and general Jack-of-All-Trades based in Chicago, Illinois. He an Assistant Director and company member with Drinking and Writing Theater, and a production manager with Wild Atlas Theatre Co. Alex is currently performing in VS at the Drinking and Writing Theater twice weekly in Chicago, where he writes and performs short performance art pieces. He also will be writing and performing in a full-length performance art piece in April, in which he and his performance partner will be attempting to catalog the death of every writer ever.

12 Peers Theater's Mission Founded in 2011, and taking their name from the Twelve Peers of Charlemagne, 12 Peers Theater is a 501(c)(3) organization operating in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. 12 Peers Theater's mission is to provide challenging and engaging theater through contemporary works exploring myth and cultural identity.

www.12peers.org www.patreon.com/12peerstheater

It's Just Something That Happened by Alex Kump

Directed by Reginald Douglas

Featuring Moira Quigley ..……..………...………….Frankie Matt Henderson..………………….…..……….. Eli Ryan Patrick Kearney...…....…..Christopher John Feightner..….………….………………...Billy Alex Manalo…….………………....…...….. Death Christopher Collier…...….. Stage Directions

Recording location provided by TimeSys Corporation.

It's Just Something That Happened Synopsis The Family Fun Time Bowling Center will be closing its doors at the end of the season. Frankie and Eli spend their summer with Billy, who is doing nothing with his life, and Death (short for Meredith) the gamer obsessed with old arcade games, and the new employee Christopher. At a party in the arcade, something happens that threatens to break apart Frankie and Eli's friendship for good. It's Just Something That Happened is a coming-of-age play about friendship and uncertain futures.

Alex Kump Biography Alex Kump is a playwright, performance artist, and general Jack-of-All-Trades based in Chicago, Illinois. He an Assistant Director and company member with Drinking and Writing Theater, and a production manager with Wild Atlas Theatre Co. Alex is currently performing in VS at the Drinking and Writing Theater twice weekly in Chicago, where he writes and performs short performance art pieces. He also will be writing and performing in a full-length performance art piece in April, in which he and his performance partner will be attempting to catalog the death of every writer ever.

12 Peers Theater's Mission Founded in 2011, and taking their name from the Twelve Peers of Charlemagne, 12 Peers Theater is a 501(c)(3) organization operating in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. 12 Peers Theater's mission is to provide challenging and engaging theater through contemporary works exploring myth and cultural identity. www.12peerstheater.org www.patreon.com/12peerstheater

Episode 18 - Leslie Becker Interview

12 Peers Theater's Artistic Director Vince Ventura interviews Broadway Veteran, Leslie Becker.

LESLIE BECKER has appeared on Broadway and major national tours of WICKED, BONNIE & CLYDE, ANYTHING GOES, CINDERELLA, NINE, AMAZING GRACE, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and SHOW BOAT. She has starred in over 50 regional productions including RAGTIME (Mother), BILLY ELLIOT (Mrs. Wilkinson), KING AND I (Anna), HELLO, DOLLY (Dolly) and more. Also a writer, her book The Organized Actor has been a best seller for over 20 years and her musical A PROPER PLACE (book/lyrics) will have its World Premiere on the Mainstage at The Village Theatre in March 2017. As a recording artist, her debut single Slow Burn reached number 4 on the AC Billboard/Hot AC chart this year.

www.LeslieBecker.com

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The Curse of Atreus

by Jim Knable

The Curse of Atreus

by Jim Knable

The Curse of Atreus

by Jim Knable

Gone Astray

By Jennie Redling

Kerryn O'Mally has insisted for nine years that her abducted child is still alive. Since her daughter's disappearance she has frozen herself, her husband and their mentally handicapped son in a changeless state. With the missing girl's twentieth birthday approaching, a young woman of the Lakota nation arrives at their doorstep and is persuaded to recover the lost child. A battle of wills ensues when the hopes of Kerryn, a white woman steeped in Roman Catholic ritual, clash with the doubts of a Native American who has wandered adrift of her ancestors' beliefs

Gone Astray by Jennie Redling Kerryn O'Mally has insisted for nine years that her abducted child is still alive. Since her daughter's disappearance she has frozen herself, her husband and their mentally handicapped son in a changeless state. With the missing girl's twentieth birthday approaching, a young woman of the Lakota nation arrives at their doorstep and is persuaded to recover the lost child. A battle of wills ensues when the hopes of Kerryn, a white woman steeped in Roman Catholic ritual, clash with the doubts of a Native American who has wandered adrift of her ancestors' beliefs.

Gone Astray by Jennie Redling Kerryn O'Mally has insisted for nine years that her abducted child is still alive. Since her daughter's disappearance she has frozen herself, her husband and their mentally handicapped son in a changeless state. With the missing girl's twentieth birthday approaching, a young woman of the Lakota nation arrives at their doorstep and is persuaded to recover the lost child. A battle of wills ensues when the hopes of Kerryn, a white woman steeped in Roman Catholic ritual, clash with the doubts of a Native American who has wandered adrift of her ancestors' beliefs.