2012 One-Act Festival

Auditions for the Summer One Act Festival, Bits and Pieces, will be held on Sunday, May 20 and Wednesday, May 23, with callbacks on Thursday, May 24, all at 7 pm at the Colonial Players Annex, 2132 Renard Court, Annapolis, MD 21401. There will be eight one acts, ranging from Shakespeare to as contemporary as originals penned last year. The festival promises to provide actors with a wide variety of interesting parts, which may be played in repertory. The production dates of the festival are Thursday, July 19 – Sunday, July 29. Coordinator Carol Youmans and directors Kaeti Bradley, Bob Brewer, Michael Forgetta, Karen Grim, Jennifer Dustin, Robin Schwartz, Beth Terranova, and Marty Thompson may be contacted through the email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Auditions Details for plays (arranged tentatively by slate and performance dates)

BITS (SLATE A): Performance Dates: Thursday July 19, Saturday July 21, Friday July 27, and Sunday July 29 matinee

Improvisation or The Shepherd’s Chameleon by Eugena Ionesco, directed by Marty Thompson: 4 men, 1 woman – an absurdist takes on the critics

The Enchanted Mesa by George Maguire, directed by Jennifer Dustin: 1 man, 1 woman - a couple gets perspective on divorce

Labor Day by Brent Englar, directed by Bob Brewer: 2 young men – two brothers reach an understanding

Bismark Comes Back by Margaret Barton Driggs, directed by Robin Schwartz: 1 woman, 1 young man – a woman’s dead cat returns to warn her

‘n PIECES (SLATE B): Performance Dates: Friday July 20, Sunday July 22 matinee, Thursday July 26, and Saturday July 28

Night Hawks by Evan Guilford-Blake, directed by Michael Forgetta: 3 men, at least one African-American, 1 woman – set in Hopper’s eponymous café, strangers reveal startling secrets

Scenes from an Airport: Here to Serve You by Barbara Lindsay and Hearts by Richard Wade, directed by Kaeti Bradley: 5 men, 1 woman – conflict and resolution

12:21 PM by F. J. Hartland, directed by Karen Grim: 2 men, 1 woman – about a groom's upcoming nuptials and his drunken best man

Star Crossed by Jacob Lebowitz, directed by Beth Terranova: 2 young women, 2 young men, 1 director – chaos reigns at a Shakespeare Festival performance

Page updated on 9 May 2012 to include information about each script.