Summer Shorts 3 (2009)

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Summer Shorts returns for another summer of new American one-acts featuring original plays by the country's top playwrights. Representing some of today's best writing, directing and acting talents, Summer Shorts celebrates theatre, summer and the short form. The festival's two separate series offer a diverse range of voices, styles, and subject matter. 

Summer Shorts 3 lineup:

SERIES A:

THINGS MY AFRO TAUGHT ME
written and Performed by Nancy Giles
A black girl, her hair, her adventures, and eventual escape from a Los Angeles acting cult.

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE
by John Augustine
directed by Robert Saxner
A woman copes with menopause, her birthday, and the death of her husband. Luckily, she has alcohol and candy to help her get through the day. Unluckily, she faces an unwanted visit from her sister-in-law.

A SECOND OF PLEASURE
by Neil LaBute
directed by Andrew McCarthy
A couple head off for a romantic weekend - or do they?

THE ETERNAL ANNIVERSARY
book by Bill Connington
music and Lyrics by Skip Kennon
A hotel chef in 1913 New York City makes the perfect meal for his anniversary dinner. Very much in love with his wife, he is haunted by the suspicion that she was unfaithful to him years ago. Finding a lost bottle of Grand Marnier to complete the meal, he discovers evidence of her innocence. They can finally rest assured in their "perfect love."

SERIES B:

DON'T SAY ANOTHER WORD
by Carole Real
directed by Ian Belknap
Irascible and compulsively honest, Josh tells his girlfriend Laura about a conversation he had with his guy friends. Big Mistake.

THE SIN EATER
by Keith Reddin
directed by Billy Hopkins
El is 14 and her father has been murdered. She's plotting revenge and nothing is going to stop her. Not the police, not the court appointed psychiatrist, and definitely not her mother. Because her mother was the one who killed El's father.

IF I HAD
by Roger Hedden
directed by Billy Hopkins
Landscape maintenance, class struggle, and a bikini-clad girl collide in a country with potable water.

THE KILLING
by William Inge
directed by José Angel Santana
Desperation leads one man to ask for the ultimate favor from a stranger.