Season 10: 2003-04

September 2003

BALM IN GILEAD: by Lanford Wilson

December 2003

LOVING MORE: by Tara Ayres and Douglas Holtz [local playwrights]

TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A GO-GO GIRL: by Jill Morley [late nite]

February 2004

GOTTERDRAMA-RAMA: [originals, by local playwrights]

The Last Labor of Helen Clees by Holly Walter Kerby • The Toilette of the Gods by Philip Heckman • Strange Courtship by Buck Hakes • He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother by Marty Mulhern • Oedipus Simple, Sphinx Complex by Christian Neuhaus • Petrified Would by Betty Diamond • Being the True and Complete Adventures of Damon and Pythias by Doug Reed

July 10 and 17, 2004

BLITZ V: 8 plays in 24 hours

July 10
"Great Moments in American Oratory"
Drawn titles from American documents or figures, plus setting challenge

Necessary and Proper by Matt Grzybowski (setting: voting booths) • Domestic Tranquility by Matt Cibula (setting: the woods) • Fear Itself by Philip Heckman (setting: the Largest Ball of Twine in the Contiguous 48 States) • The Pursuit of Happiness by John Sable (setting: a theater) • A Perverted Application of the Scriptures by Debra Neff Nathans (setting: cathedral) • The Impostures of Pretended Patriotism by Kevyn Radcliffe (setting: baby shower) • The Last Full Measure by Steven Van Haren (setting: spaceship) • Loving vs. Virginia by Doug Reed and Andrew Rohn (musical) (setting: submarine)

July 17
"Eight Plays Walk into a Bar"
Drawn titles: punchlines of jokes, plus setting challenge, plus challenge character Sally

Better than Pork by Lisa Konoplisky (setting: bed and breakfast) • I Was God, Now I'm Nobody by George Gonzalez (setting: pool hall) • Only Because I Thought It Was You by Greg Lawless (setting: log cabin) • Because They Can by Rob Matsushita (setting: music studio) • Look, He's Moving! by Betty Diamond (setting: the desert) • He's Dead, Now What? by Therese Kattner (setting: in someone's mind) • In the Morning, I Shall Be Sober by Robert Jahrling (setting: tavern) • Freeze a Jolly Good Fellow by Buck Hakes and Jace Nichols (musical) (setting: Arctic expedition)