“You’ve Got a Friend” An Evening of One Acts is scheduled to be performed on Friday June 1^st at 8:00PM and Saturday June 2^nd at 2:00PM and 8:00PM

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or leave a message at: (845) 598-1621 

Local authors showcase their original works and nine directors bring out the humor and drama of friendship with the talents of a diverse cast.

BREWSTER, NY – Aspiring playwrights Karen Muendell of Shrub Oak and MG Wells of Union Vale will have an opportunity to showcase their talents in early June as part of Brewster Theater Company’s (BTC) Evening of One-Act Plays. Including 8 short plays written by local or relatively unknown playwrights, each piece explores the complexity of friendship.
“You’ve Got A Friend: An Evening of One Acts” will have performances on Friday June 1st at 8 pm and Saturday, June 2nd at 2 pm and 8 pm at St Andrew’s Church Hall in Brewster.
Although BTC has a long resume of main stage productions under its belt, the theater group is dedicated to providing opportunities for first-time directors, writers and actors. Now in its fourth year, The Evening of One Acts has become BTC's primary forum for promoting new talent and material. A total of 37 actors and 9 directors will participate in the show which features original works by Muendell and Wells. Rounding out the show is a musical number performed by Brewster teens and choreographed by Regina Sweeney of Carmel.
“You’ve Got a Friend” also includes a collaborative piece written by Gail Perillo of the Mahopac Library Youth Service Department with local high school students and people with disabilities along with The Friends Network, a Brewster-based organization for disabled children and adults. This play, brought back to life by Somers Special Education teacher Katy Faivre, features a cast made up of members of The Friends Network as well as students from Brewster High School.
“This production is a perfect opportunity to synthesize the talents of so many people of varying ages, lifestyles and backgrounds into a show with a cohesive theme… that, although we all come with different experiences and perspectives about it, the essence of friendship is acceptance”, says Jennifer Darby, the show’s producer.
Other participating directors include Debbie Levin of Brewster, Antonio Soares of Sleepy Hollow, Richard Manichello of Peekskill, Stephanie Seveloitz of Mahopac, Michael N. Ferrara of Mount Vernon and Richie Grasso, a junior at Brewster High School who directs a cast of other BHS students.
This event is made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program. In Putnam County, the Decentralization Program is administered by the Putnam Arts Council.
Admission to An Evening of One Acts is free, but donations are gratefully accepted. Reservations are highly recommended as there is limited seating. For more info and reservations, please visit us on the Web at www.brewstertheater.org or call (845) 598-1621.
 

 Play Details

Into The Light
A Comedy in One Act
By MG Wells

 Director

Debbie Levin

Cast

LINDSAY: Laurel Lettieri

SHELL:     Nancy Villa Prattley

BARBRA: Theresa Lavelle

HARRY:   Chris Luongo

VOICE:    
Synopsis

Lindsay pays her respects at the grave site of her two best friends, who died in an automobile accident while she was driving.  Departed friends, Shell and Barbra, pay a surprise ‘post mortem’ visit and candidly share their frustrated feelings and complain about the ‘limbo’ in which they find themselves.  Little do they realize that Harry, the driver of the truck that killed them, is an ‘exalted spirit’ who has come to unite the three in eternal friendship? 

Whine & Cheese
A Comedy in One Act
by MG Wells

Director

MG Wells

Cast

LARA:  Karen Muendell

JULES: Mallory Lidsky

HOST:   Martin McGeachy

Synopsis 

Two friends sip red wine and complain about life while they wait for a table outside a trendy French café, where they encounter a smug and surly Host.

Tweaking

Comedy short by Ira Brodsky & Barabara Lhota

Director

Richard Manichello

Cast

Helen: Teresa Hancock

Gina: Rachel Halko

Synopsis 

Two friends scheme a plan to make their significant others jealous in order to spice up their love lives.  The two women spin a web of extended complications in their complex scheming, and in the process they expose their own vulnerability and romance deprivation.

I Am With You Still

Written by Karen Muendell

Director

Karen Muendell and Antonio D. Soares, Jr.

Cast

Ariana: Valerie Murphy

Stacie: Donna L. White

Nurse: Christine Bexley

Melinda: Kia Hunter

Synopsis 

A friend tries to help a mother and daughter come to terms with their rocky past and reconcile before its is too late.

Cutting Remarks

Brodsky and Lhota

Director

Stephanie Sevelovitz

Cast

 Dana: Anastasia Thomson

Candie: Holland Renton

Synopsis 

Dana and Candie meet in hair salon waiting to get their hair cut. Candie is a overworked kindergarten teacher and Dana has been recently fired and is looking for a job she can keep. They end up sharing there most intimate thoughts with one another and end up becoming fast friends.

If You Open Your Eyes

Director

Katie Faivre

Cast

 Bridgette Kuchta

Nicole Hanna

Meeghan Appleman

Marissa Natell

Chris Williams

Mike Condreras

Greg Mancini

Melanie Fischer

Stacey Tumolo

Tina Puleri

Kenneth Torres

Synopsis 

A story about 2 disabled people and their so called "friends" 

"The Philadelphia"

 by David Ives

Director

M. N. Ferrara

Cast

Al:   Keith Napolitano      

Mark: Greg Chadwick        

Waitress: Nancy Gordon         

Synopsis 

The play, which takes place in the present, is about two friends who meet at a restaurant for a meal, their encounter with a world weary waitress, and eventual decent into a parallel, metaphysical universe.  This "world" manifests itself by trapping the participants  in a "state", other than the one their bodies are occupying. The "State" referred to is both  a state of mind, and a city in the U.S.A.

"You've Got a Friend in Me"

Musical Number

Choreographer

Regina Sweeney

Cast

Kia Hunter – singer

Adrian Appleman – Singer

Daniel Blazquesz – dancer

Victoria Blazquez – dancer

Genavive Faivre - dancer

Take a look at Brewster Theater Company Past Productions

This event is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program, administered in Putnam County by the Putnam Arts Council.