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​Above the Fold 
Cast: 6 / Genre: Drama/Dramedy
Above the Fold is set during the 1935 grand jury investigation of the death of rising musical theater star Evelyn Hoey in Glenmoore Pennsylvania. A group of reporters are covering the grand jury whose job it is to determine if there is sufficient evidence to conduct a trial for the murder of singer Evelyn Hoey by her lover Henry Huddleston Rogers III, the son of one of the richest men in the world. Reporter Dorothy Walton wants to tell Evelyn’s real story, not a typical hyped-up news story.
 “A couple months ago, Evelyn Hoey was a living, breathing person with hopes and dreams and fears. Family that loved her. Toast of the town. How does a woman like that end up with a bullet in her brain?”

​Sweet Revenge
Cast: 6 / Genre: comedy, farce
Sunny, a sixty year old perpetual hippie, and her sister, Joni, own “Sweet Revenge,” a bakery in Frederick, MD. Joni’s boyfriend, Brian, convinces them to mortgage their home to renovate the bakery and enter a contest with the Treats and Tweets reality show in order to increase sales. The host of the show, Maurice Bailee and his assistant, Charlie, show up for filming a week early in the midst of the renovations. Expected and unexpected chaos ensue.

Naughty Marietta (Revised 2018)
Cast: 20+ / Genre: operetta
The classic and beloved Victor Herbert Operetta + musical arrangement by William Dowart. Zaffarano's revised book is a campy version of the story set in New Orleans in 1980 of the Contessa Marie D'Altena who escapes to New Orleans to avoid a forced marriage. She joins a group of “caskette maids” who are traveling with dowries to marry and help settle the area now known as Louisiana. Ruthless pirates, betrayal, and true love tales are told through the beautiful music of Victor Herbert.

Stray Cats and Pecan Pie 
Cast: 3 / Genre: drama
"Olivia, a college freshman, seeks out her birth mother, Darlene. While Olivia is “super excited” about the meeting, Darlene is significantly less enthralled. When Olivia pushes Darlene for in-formation about her birth father, Darlene reluctantly reveals far more than Olivia expects. Darlene is suspicious of Olivia – whose tales don’t quite add up. Can these two find their way to acceptance?"

Kentucky Lemonade
Cast: 4 / Genre: comedy, drama
Two sisters, their mother, and their aunt, are brought together by the death of their father. In the midst of their grief and practical needs to move on, a family secret is revealed that changes how they define themselves. Funerals often bring out both the best and worst in people, both in what is said and what is not – this story is no exception.

The PlayMakers
Cast: 6 / Genre: comedy, drama, romantic comedy
Lisa and Sebastian were a successful romantic comedy playwriting team, and lovers, whose professional and personal relationship crashed and burned. After several years apart, they are thrown together by a producer create a new play. As Lisa and Sebastian try to recapture their signature spark, the characters in the play revolt as the line between reality and fantasy disappears.

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One Acts 

​​Spices, Pinball, and Guacamole
Cast: 2 / Genre: comedy
Sydney, proud of her new café, invites her sister, Madison, to lunch.  Sydney is excited to show Madison the plans for the renovations and assumes Madison will make good on her promise to provide financial support.

Not So Charming
Cast: 6 / Genre: comedy
There’s a POP (Prince on the Prowl) in the enchanted forest who is preying on the likes of Snow White, Rapunzel, and Ariel. The police force – aka, the Three Little Pigs – both help and re-victimize the princesses in this adult- themed satire.

Destiny is a Careless Waiter
Cast: 4 / Genre: comedy, farce
Sean invites Emily to dinner to propose marriage. He brings his grandmother’s engagement ring to the restaurant and instructs the server to place the ring in Emily’s dessert. Justin invites Bria to the same restaurant at the same time, planning to break up with her. When the engagement ring intended for Emily ends up in Bria’s dessert, the chaos begins.

Turkey Baby
Cast: 2 / Genre: comedy, drama
Maryann has chosen a special time to tell her sixteen year old daughter Kelly how she was conceived. Kelly’s feelings are decidedly mixed.

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Ten Minute

Good Morning
Cast: 3 / Genre: drama
Shelly awakes from a coma after 16 years. One day, she is 34. The next day she is 50. Her daughter is grown and married. Her husband, responsible for her injuries, has moved on.

Hotter Than Thoreau
Cast: 2 / Genre: comedy, drama
Coke and Denny meet face to face after “meeting” on line. They are both expecting a simple hook-up, but the meeting takes some unexpected twists.

The Roast
Cast: 2 / Drama, horror
Mom has been setting four places at the Sunday dinner table even though only she and Frankie are dining. Why?

Pizza Roles and Palin
Cast: 2 / Genre: comedy, drama
Kaye and her son Shawn spar over their political differences and pizza rolls.

Outside In
Cast: 6 / Genre: comedy, drama
Kiley and Connor meet on their first date after connecting online. They cannot help but bring their learned-behavior baggage. The external voices we have heard since birth internalize into the inner voices that we carry within ourselves. Can we block these inner voices to find our own true self and see the truth in others?