EX NIHILO: A Staged Screenplay
Schedule
Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 19 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
FRAMEWORK | Portland, OR
Scripts-in-hand performance of a screenplay inspired by Townes Van Zandt's song "St John the Gambler", hosted at FRAMEWORK in SE.About this Event
1928. Western Oregon.
Esther Cunningham, a sharp and brooding country girl, accepts a marriage proposal in the hopes that news of her wedding will bring her estranged brother back home. As the wedding nears and her brother is nowhere to be found, she is drawn astray by a shadowy figure of local folklore named St. John the Gambler, who challenges her notions of right and wrong.
When, on the eve of the ceremony, she enters into a poker game with the gambler, she decides to bet herself - and irreversibly alters the trajectory of her life.
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Hailey Kendall-Bray as Esther Cunningham
Elijah Hatcher-Kay as Edgar Roebuck
Liam Gouldsbrough as Benny Cunningham
Ashtyn Zelek as Lorelai
Travis Bilenski as Willie Cunningham
Georgia Ketchmark as Lacie Cunningham
Ransom Samuelson as St John the Gambler
Where is it happening?
FRAMEWORK, 1626 Southeast 10th Avenue, Portland, United StatesUSD 28.52
