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The Dirty Blondes presents

THE COMMENTS SECTION

a Play in a Day Festival
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January 31, 2016
​Theaterlab
As the internet grows more and more important and influential in our lives, comment sections seem to grow longer, and longer. In searching through the anonymous comment boards we encounter sexism, racism, fear, bravery, loathing, body shaming, transphobic, anti-religious hate speech, and literally everything in between.

​Instead of ignoring these often ignorant and sometimes upsetting comments, The Dirty Blondes will bring together playwrights, directors and actors to collaborate and create a night of seven original 10-minute plays based on selected comments from the internet. The added catch: actors, directors and playwrights have to come together to create this new work from scratch in just one day.


Writers will be given a prompt at 8pm on Saturday, January 31st where they will meet their randomly selected director and cast. The teams meet again at 9am on Sunday with final scripts and Directors + cast get to work to stage a show for a live audience at 8pm on Sunday night! It's a wild and unforgettable ride.

THE PLAYS

GRANNY’S BOY
PLAYWRIGHT, Sean Pollock
DIRECTOR, Josh Boerman
ACTORS, Anna Rock & Hannah Van Sciver
​BLO
PLAYWRIGHT, Rebecca Aparicio
​DIRECTOR, Michael Bello
​ACTORS, Travis Emery, ​Erin Posanti & Jessie Winograd
GOD BLESS YOU AND BE SAFE
PLAYWRIGHT, Alexis Roblan
​DIRECTOR, Darren Edward Johnston
ACTORS, Madeline Dockery-Fuhrmann & ​Christina Roman​
​DELIBERATIONS
PLAYWRIGHT, Hope Weiner
​DIRECTOR, Todd Brian Backus
ACTORS, Molly Elizabeth Bennett, ​​Eloise Edwards & Tyler Gardella
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FIRE
PLAYWRIGHT, Natalie Sacks
​DIRECTOR, Alex Perez
ACTORS, Brandon Ferraro, Lindsay Danielle Gitter &​ Jo'Lisa Jones
​THREE MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT IN MEXICO
PLAYWRIGHT, Rebecca Jane Stokes
​DIRECTOR, Marissa Shadburn
​ACTORS, Justin Hoch, Kelvyn Mitchell & ​Samantha Randolph
FLOWERS FOR DAN
PLAYWRIGHT, Katharine Henner
DIRECTOR, Marcina Zaccaria
ACTORS, Michal Birnbaum & Patrick Taylor​
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