The Last, Best Small Town by John Guerra

directed by Gregg Pica

Sunday, May 5th, 2019 @ 3pm & 7pm – FREE ADMISSION

The Last, Best Small Town tells the story of two neighboring families –one Latinx and one white– who live in the small southern California town of Fillmore. As the first decade of the 21st century unfolds, the children of these families come of age, fall in love, and suffer loss, as they continually hunt for their place in a world that can no longer promise them a better life than their parents.

CAST

PLAYWRIGHT – Shravan Amin*
CHUY – Peter Gonzalez
BENNY – Charles C. Casano
DELLA – Karen Gastiaburo*
ELLIOT – Chris Garcia
HANK – Daniel Popowich*
WILLOW – Haneen Arafat Murphy
MAYA – Hailey Helen Rutledge

*Actors appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

Men Overboard by RICH ORLOFF

Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 @ 3pm & 7pm

To reserve your FREE tickets, email NewWorks@tschreiber.org with the number in your party and the performance you can attend (3pm or 7pm).
Seating is limited, so please reserve in advance. Walk-ins may be accepted as space allows.

In MEN OVERBOARD, a Bar Mitzvah in New York City brings together three Jewish brothers who have taken different life paths (becoming a politician, a therapist, and a Buddhist monk), plus their fading but forceful father, the politician’s 13-year-old son (who doubts he’s ready to become a man), and the boy’s Bar Mitzvah tutor (a woman who loves the boy and possibly one of his uncles). As the boy is torn between obedience and defiance of his father, tensions grow, affecting everyone in the family, until anger becomes abuse and it becomes clear that the family’s status quo is no longer an option. MEN OVERBOARD asks “What makes a man?” as it explores the responsibility each of us has to protect the souls of those we love..

CAST

ERNIE SILVER -Joel Rooks

ROBERT SILVER – Robert Verlaque

DOUG SILVER– Jason Howard

JAY SILVER– Chris Sheller

ABRAHAM SILVER– Sam Chuck

EVA FUZESI– Emilly Ben Ami

By Rich Orloff

Directed by Peter Jensen

THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF FOUR STAGED READINGS:

AFTER IMAGE by KRISTEN PALMER

Sunday, February 3rd, 2019 @ 3pm & 7pm

Following her mother’s death, Mai suddenly drops out of grad school, leaving behind her fellowship, her paintings, and her long-term boyfriend, Fischer. Fischer finds Mai at her family’s home, drinking away her sorrows and avoiding everything from her former life. With Mai’s father refusing to pay her late mother’s medical bills, her sister continuing their long-standing rivalry, and the house at risk of default, tensions rise.

CAST 

BILL – Curtis Shumaker

SHELLY – Megan Grace Martinez

MAI – Maeve Crispi

FISCHER – Drew Lewis

DARYL – Mike Mihm

By Kristen Palmer

Directed by Linsay Firman

 A WORKSHOP PRODUCTION OF THE WINNER OF OUR 2017-2018 NEW WORKS INITIATIVE:

Jenna and Kate are best friends . . . until something happens one drunken night. A play about sex, rape culture, and how to listen.

Limited Seating! Click here for FREE tickets! 

CAST

Jenna: Nedge Victome

Kate: Megan Tomei

Benny: Brian Dole

Derek: Yasharwan (Donny) Blain

Kevin: Chris Sheller

Written by: Lia Romeo

Directed by: Crystal Edn