Sunday August 4 * 8pm * $10

8 Short Plays (run time ~60 minutes)
Theresa Columbus is collaborating with Sarah Jacklin to produce and direct "8 Short Plays." The central conceit of the piece is that the audience is watching a surreal vaudevillian variety show: as varied as performance art to classic song n' dance numbers, or avant-garde theater to Sunday morning comics. Often poetry in dialogue, the plot is held together with a wild emotional logic. The ensemble brings to life passionate stories in which characters explore their relationships to art, their peers, and themselves. The curtain opens on eight distinct acts; but when the curtain closes, the play continues, fleshing out the inner-lives of the performers as they fumble towards intimacy and wonder. In the process, traditional forms are celebrated, taken apart, and reinvented.