Friday, April 13, 2012

ORIGINAL SHORTS 2012 - Theatre du Mississippi

"Assisted Living" by Jeffrey Neuman; director - Daniel Munson; cast - Alex Courrier, Daryl Lanz, Sontha Reine

"Dead Letter" by Tim J. Brennan; director - Kathy Peterson; cast - Lolly Foy, Ray Felton

"Final Witness" by J.D. Thompson; director - Daniel Munson; cast - Alex Courrier, Daryl Lanz, Sontha Reine

"Flash" by Daniel Munson; director - Lolly Foy; cast - Sean Krage, Andrew Halverson, Tracy Van Voorst, Ray W. Felton, Clare Foy, Bridget Foy, Mara Jarvis, Alex Jung, Jessica Clarke

Four short plays in staged reading format.  All four plays were the winners of the first Theatre du Mississippi playwriting competition.

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A delightful evening of four strong, original works.  I thought the staged reading format would bother me, but all the actors managed to have scripts in hand but pull off strong performances and I never really noticed the scripts.  Rehearsal-style props, and again it never really bothered me.

I hope to see more of this sort of theatrical offering from Theatre du Mississippi.