Actors, Writers and Directors from The CRY HAVOC Company discuss the challenges that prevent actors from making a role uniquely their own - and how to overcome them. With Kitt Lavoie, Kerry Flanagan, Jennifer Curfman, Jenn Reichert and Jenny Kirlin.

HAVOC for the Holidays 2010

Puppy Love

a very short holiday play by Becky Sterling Rygg

inspired by the song “Love Don't Live Here” as performed by Lady Antebellum

featuring the character Bill McCaffrey from her play Room 73

Bill - Will Clark

Jennifer - Becky Sterling

Year After Year

a very short holiday play by Melisa Breiner-Sanders

inspired by the song “Wish You Were Here” as performed by Pink Floyd

featuring the character Paul from her play Lighthouse

Paul - Kitt Lavoie

Mary - Kerry Flanagan

Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room

a very short holiday play by Katelin Wilcox

inspired by the song "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" as performed by Bob Dylan

featuring the character Marianne from her play The Pawnbroker

Marianne - Jennifer Reichert

Theo - Cavan Hallman

The Quiet Storm

a very short holiday play by William Jackson Harper

inspired by the song “Here” as performed by Vertical Horizon

featuring the character Cleveland Jackson from the play Freak Flag by Timothy Davis

Joanne - Melisa Breiner-Sanders

Cleveland - Jerzy Gwiazdowski

Variation on a Theme

a very short holiday play by Annalisa Chamberlin

inspired by the song “Here Comes the Night” as performed by Van Morrison

featuring the character Sydney from the play Thirty Four Weeks and Four Days by Kitt Lavoie

Wes - Cavan Hallman

Syd - Annalisa Chamberlin

Wish You Were Here, My Love

a very short holiday play by Sharon E. Cooper

inspired by the song “Out Here In the Middle” as performed by James McMurtry

featuring the characters Adele and Ms. G from her play A Visit to the Bronx

Edwards - Eric Miler

Walter - Jerzy Gwizdowski

Hanna - Kerry Flanagan

Lebin - Cavan Hallman

Ava - Kari Morris

Jessica - Nicole Johnston

Christmas for New Year's

a very short holiday play by Jennifer Reichert

inspired by the song “Here Comes Your Man” as performed by Meaghan Smith

featuring the characters Andy from her play Mikey Wears Braces, and Matt from her play Techs

Matt - Matt Cowart

Andy - Sarah Curtis

Habitual

a very short holiday play by Cavan Hallman

inspired by the song “Everybody's Here” as performed by Brad Paisley

featuring the character Brad from his play Victory

Debbie - Alison Crane

Daryl - Kitt Lavoie

Brad - Tim Davis

Unverdant Beauty

a very short holiday play by Will Clark

inspired by the song “Here Comes the Sun” as performed by Jenna Mammina & Andre Bush

featuring the character Susan from his play Eminent Domain

Ted – Jerzy Gwiazdowski

Paul - Tim Davis

Susan - Becky Sterling

The Earth You Created

a very short holiday play by Sydney Painter

inspired by the song "Here I Am to Worship” as performed by Passion

featuring the character Piper from her play The Spaceship Lands on Christmas

Piper - Jenny Kirlin

Lexi - Amy Nowak

And it came to pass in those days…

a very short holiday play by Kitt Lavoie

inspired by the song "Here for You” as performed by Neil Young

featuring the character Cassie from his play Makes Three

Ted - Eric Miller

Cassie - Annalisa Chamberlin

For Plume

a very short holiday screenplay by Jenny Kirlin

inspired by the song "What Am I Doing Here With You" as performed by Bev Harrell

featuring the characters Plume and Dovey from her as-yet-untitled animated pigeon screenplay

Camera Directions - Kitt Lavoie

Woman - Sarah Curtis

Announcement - Tim Davis

Plume - Will Clark

Dovey - Nicole Johnston

Stage Directions read by Cavan Hallman and Jenny Kirlin

The CRY HAVOC Company

Artistic Director

Kitt Lavoie

Managing Director

Jerzy Gwiazdowski

Associate Artistic Directors

Jennifer Curfman, Timothy Davis

Artistic Associates

Kerry Flanagan, William Jackson Harper, Jenny Kirlin, Rachel Jay Neuman, Jane Pfitsch, Jennifer Reichert, Chris Stack

Resident Artists

Melisa Breiner-Sanders, Josh Bywater, Josh Casaubon, Mary Cavett, Annalisa Chamberlin, Will Clark, Chris Comfort, Sharon E. Cooper, Matt Cowart, Peter J. Crosby, Sarah Curtis, Erin Deal, Derrick DeMaria, Zoe Frazer, Jerzy Gwiazdowski, Aubyn Philabaum, Becky Sterling, Katelin Wilcox

Actors, Writers and Directors from The CRY HAVOC Company discuss the way their work and its place in their lives have evolved over the years. With Kitt Lavoie, Kerry Flanagan, Timothy Davis, Jennifer Reichert and Jenny Kirlin.

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 playwriting. 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, Timothy 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, Timothy 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, Timothy 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 playwriting. With Kitt Lavoie, Timothy Davis, Jenn Reichert and Jenny Kirlin.