2017 One Acts
2017 One-Act Festival
The Masqueraders Present: The 2017 One-Act Play Festival
Overview:
The 2017 Masqueraders One-Act Play Festival featured seven individual one-act plays, all of which were entirely directed by and performed by midshipmen. Of those seven pieces, three are midshipman-written originals. A captivating blend of comedies, dramas, and contemporary pieces, this play lineup featured a dynamic group of casts using a minimal set design to emphasize the language of the plays. The show was comprised of the following list of plays, complete with directors and full casts:
- End of Shift (written and directed by Hayden Burger) - Two brilliant detectives unravel a seemingly routine burglary that quickly deteriorates into a case of betrayal, smuggling, and murder, all through a dead security guard’s last words
- Lightly: Justin Keck
- Straight: Nicholas Hajek
- Waters: Jon Mendez
- Creeves: Aniz Taylor
- Michaels: Aaron Lewis
- Gashood: Mike Ware
- Coroner: Madison Evans
- Time Flies by David Ives (directed by Jess Miller) - A successful date means these two mayflies will live happily ever after, until they realize their entire lifespan is a mere 24 hours
- Horace: Daniel Moriarty
- May: Sarah Spain
- Sir David: Evan Wray
- Trophies (written and directed by Sarah Claudy) - Paul Falco is an easy man to hate. He is selfish, egotistical, and hates his wife. But is that really true, or is our information skewed because Paul’s wife - Melissa - is having an affair with the narrator?
- Paul: Mike Ware
- Melissa: Spencer McVeigh
- Robert: Enrico Lentini
- Jamie: Shenandoah Daigle
- The King and Them (written and directed by Evan Wray) - A king proves to a knight that all of his orders are followed in order to get his servitude. Somehow the knight winds up dead and Shakespeare makes an appearance among others
- King: Eli Vernon
- Knight: Zach Lonsdale
- Wilhelm: Will Paris
- Shakespeare: Justin Keck
- Peasant: Benedict Immanuel
- Clive: Joshua Haith
- Such Things Only Happen in Books by Thornton Wilder (directed by Nelson Chandler) - The usual boring nightly routine for John and his wife Gabrielle is abruptly broken with a visit from their local doctor, who is caring for their bed stricken maid, and a curious stranger interested in the history of their house
- Gabrielle: Jessie Baynes
- John: Cody Oliphant
- Dr. Bumpas: Jon Mendez
- Mr. Graham: Harrison Kubena
- Mirror, Mirror by Bruce Kane (directed by Emma Carlson) - “Sleeping Beauty” gets a 90210 facelift as the jealous stepmother takes drastic action when she finds she’s been surpassed in the looks department by her stepdaughter in this contemporary spin-off of the fairy tale
- Stepmother: Julia Kalshoven
- Narrator: Nicholas Hajek
- Mirror: Jelani Williams
- Stepdaughter: Natalie Wender
- Prince Charming: Jason Chan
- Enigma by Floyd Dell (directed by Benedict Immanuel) - Two people have a domestic conversation about whether or not they should continue seeing each other, given the atrocities they’ve committed against each other
- He (Paul): Evan Wray
- She (Helen): Clara Navarro
