Warehouse Theater commissioned 9 of the best playwrights working today and asked them to create short pieces specifically for Warehouse actors working with Upstate directors. The result is LONG STORY SHORT: 9 Short Plays From the Longest Year Of Our Lives.
The latest Warehouse In Your House production will RUN FOR ONLY FOUR DAYS (June 11-14) and we are offering these short plays for FREE. Donations will be graciously accepted and all proceeds will go towards ensuring The Warehouse returns ready to employ, engage, and entertain this Fall.
All 9 short plays are live at this LINK.
THE INCREDIBLE FULL LINEUP:
“Machete Order”
Is the key to life after COVID contained within Rod Hilton’s STAR WARS theory?
Playwright: Marco Ramirez (THE ROYALE, Netflix’s “Daredevil”)
Director: Anne Kelly Tromsness (BOEING BOEING, EURYDICE)
Performer: Shelli Delgado (MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING)
Sponsored by Bob and Bev Howard
“the 1”
Lainey has done her therapy homework (for once) and she REALLY needs to tell her therapist about a life-changing cookie.
Playwright: Cammi Stilwell (MUSE, Recent Furman graduate)
Director: Shelley Butler (Warehouse debut, World Premiere of A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2)
Performer: Clare Ruble (PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, SPRING AWAKENING)
Sponsored by Debra & Tom Strange
“This is Derek”
The former lead singer of Gumball Grenade finds a new revenue stream by recording Cameos, and the requests get stranger and stranger.
Playwright: Paul Grellong (MANUSCRIPT, Amazon’s “The Boys”)
Director: Quinn Xavier Hernandez (assistant director for HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH and BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON)
Performer: Thomas Azar (THE GLASS MENAGERIE, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE)
Sponsored by Linda Archer
“Germs”
Faced with a nervous night out, Luke hides in a bathroom to examine the theology of germs.
Playwright: Dorothy Fortenberry (Hulu’s “Handmaid’s Tale”, THE LOTUS PARADOX)
Director: Jay Briggs (PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, CLYBOURNE PARK)
Performer: Matt Reece (CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS, THE CRUCIBLE)
Sound Design: David Melton
Sponsored by A Friend of The Warehouse Theatre
“The Desert”
Jenny, a young border patrol agent in California, arrests a young woman crossing the border that forces her to examine her path and the desert she loves and protects.
Playwright: Janine Salinas Schoenberg (CW’s “Riverdale”, LAS MUJERES DEL MAR)
Director: Ibi Owolabi (Warehouse debut)
Performer: Ana Zambrana (Warehouse’s artistic intern this winter)
Sponsored by Debra & Tom Strange
“Was Here”
Demetrius, an essential worker, is having an incredibly difficult day.
Playwright: Donald Jolly (bonded)
Director: Ahsha Daniels (Warehouse debut)
Performer: DeBryant Johnson (URINETOWN THE MUSICAL)
Sponsored by A Friend of The Warehouse Theatre
“The Relief of Truth”
A recently divorced father leaves a late night message for his ex-wife about how he wants to come back better.
Playwright: Avery Sharpe (WOKE)
Director: Martin Damien Wilkins (SWEAT)
Performer: Skye Passmore (PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON)
Sponsored by A Friend of The Warehouse Theatre
“Shoots”
What drives professional athletes to leave their team for another?
Playwright: Kristoffer Diaz (Pulitzer Finalist for THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY, Fox’s “RENT Live”)
Director: Kristoffer Diaz (Warehouse debut)
Performer: Jason D. Johnson (THE CRUCIBLE, RICHARD III)
Sponsored by The Law Office of Steven Edward Buckingham
“Hope”
On the eve of giving birth, a pregnant woman tries out names for her child.
Playwright: Bekah Brunstetter (THE CAKE, NBC’s “This is Us”)
Director: Kerrie Seymour (THE THANKSGIVING PLAY, THE CAKE)
Performer: Amanda Sox (THE CAKE, CHRISTMAS ON THE ROCKS)
Sponsored by Meghan Riordan & Chris Prince
