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The Theater Project will present a script-in-hand performance followed by a lively discussion with the playwright, director, actors, and audience. This program takes place at the Cranford Community Center's fully accessible 110-seat theater.
This program has been made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Funds benefiting this program have also been provided by the Friends of the Cranford Public Library.
If you need access to a large print program for the show, please email [email protected] or call the Reference Desk of the Library with two week's notice of the program so we may have it available to you the day of.
Today's play reading is: TWO BY TWO Short plays by Jonathan Samarro and Joseph Vitale
Alas and Alack in Alaska
by Jonathan Samarro
Seeking relief from the tormentors of her school, twelve-year-old Squirm attempts to run away in order to find the mother she doesn't quite remember. Perhaps she's in Alaska? Or maybe she's just in Squirm's head? Squirm’s a little confused about the story of her family. Squirm also doesn't have a lot figured out about “her” own identity or gender or sexuality. A little selfless compassion, acceptance, and support would definitely ease some of her panic. Will her siblings stop fighting long enough to figure out how to quell Squirm's agitation at this very critical moment?
A Cigarette With Santa
by Joseph Vitale
What happens when a burned-out department store Santa meets a joyful elf who just won’t let him quit? Maybe a Christmas miracle.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS
Jonathan Samarro's works include: The Sound from the Edge of the Brook (short play, multiple virtual productions); The Darkness Between Dreams (short play, multiple virtual and in-person productions, multiple prizes, excerpted in Smith & Kraus's Best Men's Stage Monologues 2021); Alas and Alack in Alaska (one act, developmental presentations); The Sentinel of Volume H (monologue, virtual and live productions; multiple awards at Hear Me Out Festival); and Grandma Serafina’s Famous Tiramisu (multiple productions, published by Broadway Play Publishing, Inc.) Jonathan received his MFA in Playwriting at Columbia University and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
Joseph Vitale has written many plays – both full-length and one-acts – that have been performed in New Jersey, New York and around the country. Murrow ran Off-Off Broadway at the Phoenix Theatre in 2016 and has been performed in Little Rock and Dallas. His last full-length play for The Theater Project was The Interpreter in 2024. Joe has won a number of awards, including the national Playwrights First competition this year for his play, The Debate.
This program has been made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Funds benefiting this program have also been provided by the Friends of the Cranford Public Library.
If you need access to a large print program for the show, please email [email protected] or call the Reference Desk of the Library with two week's notice of the program so we may have it available to you the day of.
Today's play reading is: TWO BY TWO Short plays by Jonathan Samarro and Joseph Vitale
Alas and Alack in Alaska
by Jonathan Samarro
Seeking relief from the tormentors of her school, twelve-year-old Squirm attempts to run away in order to find the mother she doesn't quite remember. Perhaps she's in Alaska? Or maybe she's just in Squirm's head? Squirm’s a little confused about the story of her family. Squirm also doesn't have a lot figured out about “her” own identity or gender or sexuality. A little selfless compassion, acceptance, and support would definitely ease some of her panic. Will her siblings stop fighting long enough to figure out how to quell Squirm's agitation at this very critical moment?
A Cigarette With Santa
by Joseph Vitale
What happens when a burned-out department store Santa meets a joyful elf who just won’t let him quit? Maybe a Christmas miracle.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS
Jonathan Samarro's works include: The Sound from the Edge of the Brook (short play, multiple virtual productions); The Darkness Between Dreams (short play, multiple virtual and in-person productions, multiple prizes, excerpted in Smith & Kraus's Best Men's Stage Monologues 2021); Alas and Alack in Alaska (one act, developmental presentations); The Sentinel of Volume H (monologue, virtual and live productions; multiple awards at Hear Me Out Festival); and Grandma Serafina’s Famous Tiramisu (multiple productions, published by Broadway Play Publishing, Inc.) Jonathan received his MFA in Playwriting at Columbia University and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
Joseph Vitale has written many plays – both full-length and one-acts – that have been performed in New Jersey, New York and around the country. Murrow ran Off-Off Broadway at the Phoenix Theatre in 2016 and has been performed in Little Rock and Dallas. His last full-length play for The Theater Project was The Interpreter in 2024. Joe has won a number of awards, including the national Playwrights First competition this year for his play, The Debate.
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