Tuesday, March 01, 2011
BUFFALO QUICKIES CELEBRATES 20TH SEASON
THE ENSEMBLE of BUFFALO QUICKIES 2011 features:
Sheila Connors, Kate Olena, Andréa Andolina, Jerry Hudson, Andy Herr and Michael Starzynski.
Schedule: March 3-19, 2011. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM.
Tickets: $25/general admission; $13/students, available with no service charges online at alleyway.com or at the box office 30 minutes before each performance. A Pay-What-You-Can Performance will be offered on a rush basis only Thursday, March 10th. Group rates available.
Alleyway Theatre in Buffalo’s Historic Theatre District will present BUFFALO QUICKIES the 20th annual festival of new one-act plays, March 3-19, 2011. This year, the festival will be directed by Joyce Stilson and, once again, feature world premieres of recent finalists and one-act winners of the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition.
Buffalo Quickies 2011 is the fifth production of Alleyway Theatre’s thirty first season dedicated to new works. Always a smorgasbord of tasty theatrical tidbits flavored with the spice of life, this year the festival boasts seven new plays. Rewriting history, making history and changing history are prevalent themes in this year’s collection of quirky short plays. Suitable for adult/teen audiences.
THE LINEUP
IN THE BEGINNING by Rebecca Ritchie
A long awaited documentary on the life of Adam Adamovich will feature his widow Eve, but is interrupted by his first wife Lilith. Will Her-story finally be told? IN THE BEGINNING is the first winner of the Alleyway Theatre 1992 Mazumdar New Play Competition and received its premiere performance in the first year of the BUFFALO QUICKIES festival.
GAME DAY by Steve Guiteirrez
Today the US-Mexican Border has moved into America and into Dan’s garage and he’s going to do something about it. GAME DAY is the winner of the 2010 Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition one act category. World premiere.
LIKEWISE by Judy Klass
Boy and girl meet. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy and girl move in… and then out. But who gets the cat? Buffalo premiere.
THE SECOND ACT PROBLEM by Carey Lovelace
Bryneth has writer’s block and it’s not her fault! How can she finish her second act, get the rewrite to the actors and stay out of jail? Buffalo premiere.
JUMP 2: CONCLUSIONS by Larry Smith
A beautiful girl sits on the ledge of a building at a party waiting for some company… can Jonesy talk her down? Or will he join her?
THERE’S A 200 FOOT COWBOY IN ISTANBUL by Mike Folie
Marketing has evolved over the years… Twitter and Facebook are the rage, but sometimes the old standbys are best, especially for standby products like cigarettes. Buffalo premiere.
Sheila Connors, Kate Olena, Andréa Andolina, Jerry Hudson, Andy Herr and Michael Starzynski.
Schedule: March 3-19, 2011. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM.
Tickets: $25/general admission; $13/students, available with no service charges online at alleyway.com or at the box office 30 minutes before each performance. A Pay-What-You-Can Performance will be offered on a rush basis only Thursday, March 10th. Group rates available.
Alleyway Theatre in Buffalo’s Historic Theatre District will present BUFFALO QUICKIES the 20th annual festival of new one-act plays, March 3-19, 2011. This year, the festival will be directed by Joyce Stilson and, once again, feature world premieres of recent finalists and one-act winners of the Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition.
Buffalo Quickies 2011 is the fifth production of Alleyway Theatre’s thirty first season dedicated to new works. Always a smorgasbord of tasty theatrical tidbits flavored with the spice of life, this year the festival boasts seven new plays. Rewriting history, making history and changing history are prevalent themes in this year’s collection of quirky short plays. Suitable for adult/teen audiences.
THE LINEUP
IN THE BEGINNING by Rebecca Ritchie
A long awaited documentary on the life of Adam Adamovich will feature his widow Eve, but is interrupted by his first wife Lilith. Will Her-story finally be told? IN THE BEGINNING is the first winner of the Alleyway Theatre 1992 Mazumdar New Play Competition and received its premiere performance in the first year of the BUFFALO QUICKIES festival.
GAME DAY by Steve Guiteirrez
Today the US-Mexican Border has moved into America and into Dan’s garage and he’s going to do something about it. GAME DAY is the winner of the 2010 Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition one act category. World premiere.
LIKEWISE by Judy Klass
Boy and girl meet. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy and girl move in… and then out. But who gets the cat? Buffalo premiere.
THE SECOND ACT PROBLEM by Carey Lovelace
Bryneth has writer’s block and it’s not her fault! How can she finish her second act, get the rewrite to the actors and stay out of jail? Buffalo premiere.
JUMP 2: CONCLUSIONS by Larry Smith
A beautiful girl sits on the ledge of a building at a party waiting for some company… can Jonesy talk her down? Or will he join her?
THERE’S A 200 FOOT COWBOY IN ISTANBUL by Mike Folie
Marketing has evolved over the years… Twitter and Facebook are the rage, but sometimes the old standbys are best, especially for standby products like cigarettes. Buffalo premiere.
