MV-LCT is proud to announce auditions for their Spring Short Play Festival!! The production consists of ten short plays (about 10 minutes) written by playwrights in the area and will be performed March 15th-18th. There are several different sized parts with possibilities for many different age groups! If you have ever wanted to be in a play, but didn't have the time, now is your chance to shine! There is no prep necessary. Just be there!

See below for informationon the plays. Packets of the plays available to check out at the LIsbon Library. For more information, contact Braden Rood at 895-8476 or by email.

THE PLAYS

"Confessions at a Wading Pool" by Barbara Lau—2 F This partial scene from the middle of a longer play entitled "Raising Medusa" contains a short dialogue that is a little argument between the middle-aged Mother and her 13-year-old daughter Maddie. Afterwards, the mother confesses to the audience that it was much easier to love and enjoy her daughter when she was a little girl.

"Cinderella Stonesmith" by Steven Hunt—1 M, 1 F In this touching comedy, a grandmother (Cinderella Stonesmith) is trying to tell her young grandson (Son Boy) a nighttime story in an effort to keep him from bringing up the subject of his missing father.

"A Ghost Story: Janusz Visits Magda" by Marianne Taylor—1 F, 1 M This is a "dual monologue," intended to be delivered nearly simultaneously (but with adequate pauses so both actors are heard). Neither character can hear the other since Janusz (pronounced YA-noosh), who has been watching his wife, Magda (MAHHG-da), in bed with another man, is dead. During their speeches, we learn about their past life together, and realize that Janusz is trying to warn Magda about her future and that of their children. Magda does not hear his message and resolves to be rid of him through an exorcism. It becomes clear that in death, as in life, neither character is capable of fully understanding or "hearing" the other.

"The Big Not-So Easy" by Emory Gillespie—1 F, 1 M Katie, who is visiting New Orleans to help her daughter through breast reconstruction surgery, loses the button on her blouse. She and her husband, John, search for it and argue about the upcoming surgery in a conversation that is both humorous and endearing. The play culminates in a dramatic act of motherly devotion as Katie, who has been the model of modesty thus far, strips down to her undergarments in an effort to minimize her "complete" body, hoping to quell some of her daughter's sadness. John, who has been the lone champion for romance throughout the play, is shocked speechless by his wife's sudden leap of promiscuity and, as they sew on the button together, the two become reunited in their quest to be loving parents in a hard time.

"A Precious Family Heirloom" by Nina Scott—1 M, 2 F A married couple receives a rather unappreciated gift of family history. While discussing the burden of other people's stuff, the item is accidentally damaged. "Covering" the crime is the central focus of the action until the ultimate truth is revealed.

"Not Like Giving Birth" by Nina Scott—monologue, 1 F In this brief view of how the reality of adoption is of course different than what we expect, a mother tells the story of taking an adoptive daughter to visit the gravesite of her so called "real" family and contemplates what it really means to be a parent.

"Duck Walks Into a Bar" by Amy White--1 M, 2 F Three teenagers sit in a church basement after their high school is evacuated because of a bomb threat. Each of them takes a different approach to enduring the situation.

"Get Organized!" by Amy White--monologue, 1 F Becca Bell has recently started her own professional organizing service. While presenting a seminar, however, she reveals that she does not quite have it all together.

"Everybody's Suicidal!" by Kelly Rhone--2 M, 3 F Five people from different backgrounds show up on the rooftop of a city building during lunch hour. Each is curious about why the others are there.

"The Nekky-Bird Song" by Mike Moran—monologue, 1 M A strange nekky-bird has come to the forest of a sparrow and wren. While observing her, the sparrow catches a glimpse of what it takes to make a beautiful song, and the wren learns what it means to picnic proper. A story and song performed by the Iowa Goatsinger. (Note: this piece will be performed by the author.)