NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS 1998

A One-Minute Performance Festival

The first ever One-Minute Performance Festival was a logistical challenge: 58 plays/performances were divided into two weekends, which meant that 29 pieces and 30 actors had to go on and off in only 2 hours each night. The actors were divided into groups: each group had one director, who was assigned several pieces. Many participants did double-duty; playwrights and directors acted, and several actors had their playwrighting debuts in the Festival. Actors, playwrights and directors also worked production and technical crew.

Thanks to word of mouth and notices in The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Weekly, the Festival sold out almost every night. Thirty people had to be turned away on the second night of the Festival. The City Paper sent a photographer backstage on the third night to capture the esssence of original live theatre in Philadelphia.

Thanks to all participating actors, directors, production staff and Brick members, The Night of 1000 Plays One-Minute Performance Festival is the most successful Brick production to date.

Part 1 - January 9, 10, 11

ACTOR GROUPS

Group #1

• Art? by Dan West
• On the Road with Hack and Jack by Mark Cofta
• Peaches and Pepto by B.J. Burton
• The Middle of the Bridge by Mark Cofta

Group #2

• Red is Fast, Green is Last by John Jones
• What We Know by Linda Lough
• Night Lines by Fern Sternberg
• A Risk Well Taken by Seth Rosen
• The Rabid Rabbit by John Jones

Group #3

• The Tune-Up by Jay Nachman
• Surf Angel by Nancy McClernan
• Whetting the Appetite by Linda Lough
• The Perfect Love by Rich Colucci

Group #4

• Charlie, Fran, Bill & Alice by B.J. Burton
• Relationships at the Speed of Sound by Rich Colucci
• Pick-Up Patter by Bill McKinlay

Group #5

PLAYS

• The Ascent of Man by Fred Siegel
• Primal Therapy by Stan Westwolf
• Directionless, Mark I by Craig J. Clark

Group #6

• Expectant Mother by Rich Colucci
• The Walking Tree by John Jones
• Practice by Craig J. Clark

Group #7

• Earth and Jupiter by Jay Nachman
• Men Come From Martian Swine Farms by Bill McKinlay
• The Coffee Clutch by Diane Cribbs
• The Liberated Eunich by John Jones

Part 2 - January 16, 17, 18

ACTOR GROUPS

Group #8

PLAYS

• Q&A WIth Gloria DeVeux by John Anthony
• Mars and Venus by B.J. Burton
• The Sacrificial Lamb by Carolyn West
• Reality Sandwich by John Jones
• Hot Dog by John Jones

Group #9

• Midnight Madness by Jay Nachman
• National Pastime by Jay Nachman
• Two-Minute Warning by Jay Nachman

Group #10

• Old Smokies by Michael Cheikin
• Alzheimer's Desire by John Jones
• Mrs. Abbott by David Usner
• The Boy Scout by Rich Colucci

Group #11

• Principles by Craig J. Clark
• Greener Grass by John Jones
• Hanky Spanky by J. Martin Bishop
• Twenty-Second Birthday by Craig J. Clark
• The Take-Off by Jay Nachman

Group #12

• The Question by John Jones
• Genesis Redux by Rich Colucci
• Stage Business by Craig J. Clark

Group #13

• The Headshot by David Usner
• Bloody Stool by Craig J. Clark
• You Blinked, I Think by Linda Lough
• Strange Coincidences by Dan West

Group #14

• The Token by Dwight Wilkins
• The Trestle by Trish Tindall
• Affairs of the Heart by Rich Colucci
• The Screaming Girl by John Jones

NIGHT OF 1000 PLAYS SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Artistic Director - Linda Lough
• Artistic Associate - Dan West
• Literary Manager - Corinna Burns
• Literary Associate - Bill McKinlay

PRODUCTION STAFF

• Producing Director - Dan West
• Production Manager - Craig J. Clark
• Lighting Technician - Dan West
• Sound Technician - Chris Thompson
• Photographer - Roseanne Rosello
• Videographer - Beth Fox
• Program Editor - Linda Lough
• Poster Design - Nancy McClernan
• Postcard Assistants - Naomi McClernan, Samira Abdurrah, Alison Corgan

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