Playwrights from The CRY HAVOC Company discuss their process of undertaking rewrites on their plays-in-progress. The fourth in a five-part series on playwrighting. With Kitt Lavoie, Timothy Davis, Jennifer Reichert and Jenny Kirlin.

Actors, Writers and Directors from The CRY HAVOC Company discuss navigating mistakes and accidents in rehearsal and performance. With Kitt Lavoie, Tim Davis, Jennifer Reichert and Jenny Kirlin.

Actors, Writers and Directors from The CRY HAVOC Company discuss collaboration and the benefit of having regular collaborators. With Kitt Lavoie, Kerry Flanagan, Tim Davis, Jennifer Reichert and Jenny Kirlin.

Actors, Writers and Directors from The CRY HAVOC Company discuss how the choices an actor makes about what their character does offstage can contribute to shaping a nuanced and dynamic performance. With Kitt Lavoie, Kerry Flanagan, Jennifer Reichert and Jenny Kirlin.

Actors and directors from The CRY HAVOC Company discuss how to be an engaging, considerate, and stimulating scene partner for fellow actors in rehearsals and performance. With Kitt Lavoie, Timothy Davis, Jenny Kirlin, and Jennifer Reichert.

Actors, Writers and Directors from The CRY HAVOC Company discuss sensory work for actors – what it is, what it is not, and how to most effectively put it to use. With Kitt Lavoie, Kerry Flanagan, Tim Davis and Jenny Kirlin.

Playwrights from The CRY HAVOC Company discuss their process of soliciting and using feedback on their plays-in-progress. The third in a five-part series on playwrighting. With Kitt Lavoie, Tim Davis, Jenn Reichert and Jenny Kirlin.

THE CRY HAVOC PODCAST 2009 HOLIDAY SPECIAL

Better than a Tree

a very short holiday play by Timothy Davis

inspired by the song “Mama I’m Coming Home” by Ozzy Osbourne

featuring characters from his play “Blackbirds”

Doyle – Timothy Davis

Jeff – Chris Comfort

Cleveland – Kitt Lavoie

Greg – Chris Stack

Karen – Kerry Flanagan

Stage Directions – Jenny Kirlin

Winter Break

a very short holiday play by Kitt Lavoie

inspired by the song “Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam)” by Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco and Steve Earle

featuring characters from his play “*a truly marvelous proof”

Jackson – Matt Cowart

Jessica – Aubyn Philabaum

Conductor – Peter J. Crosby

Stage Directions – Jenny Kirlin

Heedless

a very short holiday play by Peter J. Crosby

inspired by the song “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” by Death Cab for Cutie

featuring a character from his play “Revelations”

Santa – Chris Stack

College – Jerzy Gwiazdowski

Stage Directions – Will Harper

The Cooking King Meets The Grocery Store Clerk on Christmas Eve

a very short holiday play by Sharon Cooper

inspired by the song “Home” by Blake Shelton

featuring characters from her plays “The Cooking King” and “The City Stalker”

The Cooking King – Chris Comfort

Grocery Store Clerk – Melisa Breiner-Sanders

Stage Directions – Jenny Kirlin

Invited

a very short holiday play by Jennifer Reichert

inspired by the song “Darling Be Home Soon” by Joe Cocker

featuring a character from her play “Just Julian”

Julian – Will Clark

Wendy – Sarah Curtis

Stage Directions – Aubyn Philabaum

Nest for the Holidays

a very short holiday screenplay by Jenny Kirlin

inspired by the song “Home Again” by Carole King

featuring characters from her as-yet-untitled animated pigeon screenplay

Plume – Josh Bywater

Dovey – Annalisa Chamberlain

Old Woman Shopper – Jennifer Reichert

Camera Directions – Kitt Lavoie

BONUS TRACKS

Spaceship Lands on Christmas

a very short holiday play by Sydney Painter

inspired by the song “You’re my Only Home” by The Magnetic Fields

Joey – Will Clark

Piper – Jenny Kirlin

Stage Directions – Peter J. Crosby

Color Blind

A very short holiday play by Will Clark

Paul – Will Harper

Karen – Kerry Flanagan

Stage Directions – Jerzy Gwiazdowski

Holiday Party Girl

a short holiday screenplay by Kitt Lavoie

inspired by the song “Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam)” by Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco and Steve Earle

Kal – Annalisa Chamberlain

Polite Young Man – Matt Cowart

Lorelei – Aubyn Philabaum

Carl – Tim Davis

Billy – Josh Bywater

Young Woman – Nicole Johnston

Camera Directions – Jenny Kirlin

Actors, Writers and Directors from The CRY HAVOC Company discuss the importance for actors of identifying their "type," how to identify it, and what to do about it once you have. With Kitt Lavoie, Kerry Flanagan, Jenn Reichert, Tim Davis, and Jenny Kirlin

Actors, Writers and Directors from The CRY HAVOC Company discuss performing monologues - both in the context of a play and isolated in an audition setting. With Kitt Lavoie, Kerry Flanagan, Jenn Reichert, Tim Davis, Will Harper and Jenny Kirlin.