A Show of One Acts
Richmond Community Theatre presents...
"A Show of One Acts"
Auditions
December 2nd and 3rd 2024
Show Dates
January 17th, 18th & 19th 2025
Doors open at 7:00 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. for Friday and Saturday evenings. Doors open at 1:30 p.m., show starts at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoons.
Synopsis
Join us for a wonderful Show of One Acts, one weekend only! A production suited for all ages, we invite you to join us as we showcase three short one-acts, featuring...
"Do Over" written by Frederick Stroppel
Directed by Erilee Lowe
Summary:
As a young lady is preparing for a date, she discovers a young man on her living room floor -- frightening her half to death! The man turns out to be her date, but he's twenty minutes early, and how did he get in, anyway?
The truth comes out: he's not really in the apartment at all; he's miles and years away. He has appeared from the future to ask her not to keep their date, knowing that their love affair will not work out. The woman disbelieves him but he tells her things that would otherwise be impossible for him to know. A contemporary love story with a marvelous twist.
"Fortress" written by Michael Scanlan
Directed by Emma LaPlante
Summary:
Billy is nine when he finds out, accidentally, that he's adopted. Feeling betrayed, he retreats into a world of his own, cuts his mother and father off completely and builds up his own Fortress of Solitude, modeling his life after that of the most famous orphan ever, Superman. His only ally, friend and sometimes enemy, is Kim, who watches Billy as they both grow through high school, and who is frustrated by Billy's determination not to need anyone but himself. When Billy is forced finally to admit this need, it is a shattering moment, but with Kim's help, the pieces of his life can be rearranged, put back together to build something new and stronger, based on mutual need and friendship.
"When Bad Things Happen to Good Actors" written by Jason Pizzarello and Ian McWethy
Directed by Kaaren Schoof
Summary:
A simple one-act production of The Wizard of Oz gets derailed by missed cues, forgotten lines, and a renegade sound board op who refuses to play anything but dinosaur noises. A comedy that proves, when it comes to live theatre, everything that can go wrong, will go wrong, and it will be hilarious.