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Written by Morgan Von Ancken and Produced, Directed, and Edited by Eric Emma, Sound Design by Andy Stein, Starring Ugo Anyanwu, Tim Liu, Pernell Walker, 'Stina, and Ellis Stoneback. Featuring music by Austin Brookner. Short Cuts Vol 3 features three short plays: Chaos Puppets, State of Steve, and Underneath the Counter. Please rate and review us, as well as subscribing to our channel.

Written by William 'Electric' Black, Produced by Eric Emma, Sound Design by Adrian Bridges, Edited by Eileen Scandiffio and Eric Emma, Starring Levern Williams, Brittney Benson, Paulina Breeze, Ann-Kathryne Mills, Danielle Aziza, Sarah Q. Shah. Featuring music by Wilkins' boombox tunes are by my hip hop group, Izzy Man & The Plan.

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Our second Short Cuts episode will feature two short plays by Ran Xia: "Princess Anybody" and "The Boxer".

Trigger warning. Princess Anybody deals with sexual violence and eating disorders.

Featuring: Macy Lanceta, Charlotte Arnoux, Olivia Rose Baressi, Thea McCarten

Aurore is unable to decide who she might be; Snow White struggles with body issue; the little mermaid discovers a terrible secret upon her entrance to womanhood. Princess Anybody explores the dark and twisted side of the world and the real-life problems a ‘‘princess’’ might encounter.

FEATURING: Finn Kilgore

The Boxer is a monologue from the perspective of Alex, who has to confront his greatest rival in the boxing ring of his own device. Through his confessions, we discover the lost bits of a doomed family’s collective memories, and become acquainted for the first time, an aspect of loss that’s perhaps intangible but nevertheless destructive.

Three shorts plays by James Anthony Tyler.

PLAY 1: FATFATFATFATFATFATFAT. Featuring: Amelia Fowler, Carl Hendrick Louis, and Lorenzo Jackson. An overweight woman wishes to stay home and enjoy her day off, but her husband and cousin pester her to go to the gym, until she’s pushed too far.

PLAY 2: LOVE PLAY. Featuring Reginald L. Barnes and Toni Ann De Noble. A boyfriend rushes into his apartment and demands his girlfriend help him find his insurance papers or else he’s going to be arrested!

PLAY 3: DOLPHINS AND SHARKS. Featuring: Pernell Walker, Chinaza Uche and Flor De Liz Perez. At a Harlem Office store, promotions are rare, but one worker decides to stand up and finally ask for what’s right.

Directed, Edited, and Produced by Eric Emma

Additional Editing by Ellis Stoneback

Sound Design by Andy Stein

Japanese immigrant Jenny is looking for a green card marriage, and her whitewashed Asian-American roommate, Cliff, has nothing else going on, so... 

TRANSCRIPT: http://bit.ly/2ZobItm

Credits 

Tim Liu - Cliff, Yurika Ohno - Jenny , Molly Groome - Myers, Ellis Stoneback - Dana, Yoni Lotan - Chet, Peter DeGiglio - Gordon/Server/Various Voices, Marshall Louise - Melissa/Various Voices, Isa Goldberg – Mother 

 CREW 

Manolo Moreno – Written by, Erica Hart – Casting Director, Chris Cox – Music By, Poster – Jacob Edgar, Andy Stein – Sound Designer, Eric Emma – Editor, Director, and Producer