June 2023:

Six Nights of One Acts
Comedy

Each of these one-act plays will be performed each night:

Jersey Bad Boys – an homage to 1930s gangster flicks.
Written by Joe Simonelli

Inspiration – William Shakespeare faces a mid-life crisis and writers’ block. Written by Joe Simonelli.

On the Porch One Crisp Spring Morning – A mother and daughter sip coffee on the porch one gloriously crisp spring morning, but the peace may be deceptive. Written by Alex Dremann

Performances:
Dates: June 2, 3 4 & 9,10, 11
Times:
Fridays & Saturdays @ 7pm
Sundays @ 3pm
Stage: Bradford Academy, 172 North Main Street, Bradford, VT.
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August 2023:

East O’ The Sun, West O’ The Moon
Family

Written and Directed by Melissa Mann
The Isaksen family lives on a simple farm in Norway, where they work hard to feed their large family. One night they are visited by a White Bear, who tells them that he has been enchanted, and will remain a Bear until he finds the one who can break the enchantment. The Bear, Prince Eirik, feels
certain that Emma is the one, and gets permission to take her to his castle. Just as the year is nearly up, Emma is convinced that she must find out if the bear is a prince or a troll. As a result of her curiosity, Prince Eirik is dragged off to Troll Castle, East O’ the Sun, West O’ the Moon, and Emma must find him before he is forced to marry a Troll Princess.

Performances:
Dates: August 11, 12, 13 & 18, 19, 20
Times:
Fridays & Saturdays @ 7pm
Sundays @ 3pm
Stage: Bradford Academy, 172 North Main Street, Bradford, VT.
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OCTOBER 2023:

Scotland Road
Mystery

THE STORY:
Written by Jeffrey Hatcher
 In the last decade of the twentieth century, a beautiful young woman in nineteenth-century clothing is found floating on an iceberg in the middle of the North Atlantic. When rescued, she says only one word: Titanic. The woman, Winifred, is taken to an isolated spot on the coast of Maine where an expert on the sinking of the liner, a mysterious man named John, has arranged to interrogate her for six days. His goal: to crack her story, get her to confess she’s a fake, and reveal her true identity; his one clue: her enigmatic references to an unknown place called “Scotland Road.” In a stark, white room furnished only with a ship’s deck chair, John, assisted by a skeptical doctor named Halbrech, plays a cat-and-mouse game with Winifred, probing and searching for ways to break her down. But Winifred is a formidable opponent, and as John is drawn closer to her, he becomes desperate. As time runs out, Halbrech tracks down the last, living survivor of the disaster, a reclusive old woman named Frances Kittle who has lived in seclusion for seventy-five years. Miss Kittle is brought to meet Winifred to test her, but the tables turn when Winifred recalls an earlier confrontation with Miss Kittle, one that took place on board the fated liner the night is sank, three quarters of a century before. By the play’s end, one of the characters is dead, all the character’s identities have been questioned, and John and Winifred’s shared secret is revealed as they make one final journey to Scotland Road.

Performances:
Dates: October 6, 7, 8 & 13, 14, 15
Times:
Fridays & Saturdays @ 7pm
Sundays @ 3pm
Stage: Bradford Academy, 172 North Main Street, Bradford, VT.
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DECEMBER 2023:

The Psychic

Comedy/Murder Mystery

THE STORY:
Written by Sam Bobrick
Directed by Scott Johnson
A down and out mystery writer, unable to pay his rent, hangs up a sign offering Psychic readings in his window. To his surprise, he blurts out to his first customer, an attractive young woman, that her husband is planning to kill her. Much to his alarm and confusion he soon finds himself embroiled in a string of bizarre and hilarious murders.

Performances:
Dates: December 1, 2, 3 & 8, 9, 10
Times:
Fridays & Saturdays @ 7pm
Sundays @ 3pm
Stage: Bradford Academy, 172 North Main Street, Bradford, VT.
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