over our head players announce snowdance finalists
Over Our Head Players has announced the 11 finalists
selected for performance at the “2010 Snowdance 10 Minute Comedy
Festival.” A Snowdance record 241
scripts were received. Playwrights from
36 states and five foreign countries entered the competition; the Snowdance
selection committee has chosen these finalists to further compete in
production. These original comedies will be performed together by the OOHP
Snowdance ensemble at Sixth Street Theatre in February. At each performance, audience members can
vote for their favorite individual comedy; the audience favorites win cash
prizes.
The winning titles and their authors:
Wedding Belles
by Brett Hursey, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
A young bride gets more than just bad luck
when she sees her future husband moments before the wedding
Ray
Who? by David Berger, Madison, Wisconsin
It may be “Up North,” but has a Green Bay
Packer legend really been turned in to the game warden for "practicing" with local deer?
10x10
by Roy Sorrels, Santa Fe, New Mexico
10x10 = all you need to know about modern
life in 10 scenes, 10 lines each. Or
maybe it just equals 100.
Chewbacca
and Costello by Joe Thompson, Madison, Wisconsin
Who’s on first? Costello tries to figure out the names of the
players on Chewbacca's team
Award-Winning
Entry
by Jeff Neuman, Denver, Colorado
Is it?
Toys
in the Attic by Michael Burgan, West Haven,
Connecticut
When David and his wife venture into his parents’ attic to find
a childhood toy, they find it and a whole lot more.
The
Covenant by Tim Bohn, Jonesboro, Arkansas
Smelt fishing on the shores of Lake Michigan can teach many lessons.
Context
by John C. Davenport, Seattle, Washington
No need to read between the lines as a couple works through a painful break-up
Please
Report Any Suspicious Activity by Rick Park of Boston, Mass.
On a Boston
subway, “suspicious” is a relative term.
Bottom
of the Ninth by Rand Higbee, Hager City,
Wisconsin
It’s the bottom of the ninth with the winning
run on second. What could be more
important?
How
Now, Brown Couch? by William S.E. Coleman,
Des Moines, Iowa
Family and furniture collide over news of a very unexpected
ppregnancy.
The Snowdance 10
Minute Comedy Festival is a competition of original 10 minute comedies. In the ultimate interactive experience, the
audience can vote for the production they enjoyed the most. The votes will be tallied throughout the four
week festival run, and the Snowdance “Best in Snow” will be awarded after the
final performance on February 28th. A
cash award of $300.00 goes to “Best in Snow”, with a $100.00 award going to
both second and third place. OOHP
presents Snowdance January 29 – February 28; they run four shows each
weekend. Reservations are available at
(262)632-6802.
Among the
finalists are four previous Snowdance playwrights, including two winners. In addition, two of the finalists are former
Racine residents.
The 2010 Snowdance 10 Minute Comedy Festival is sponsored by Minuteman Press. Rich Smith leads the Snowdance acting and directing ensemble, which also features John Adams, Tom Amacher, Barbara Akey, Brianna Hubbard, Emily Breiwick, Diane Carlson, Nathan Davis, Rick Ditter, Melissa Hughes Ernest, Brianna Hubbard, Mike Kishline, Mona Lewis, Chuck Lindas, Elizabeth McGregor, Joseph Piirto, Matt Rangel, and Ron Schulz.
All five previous Snowdance Festivals played to sold out audiences. Previous competitions were produced by Time-Warner Cable for Wisconsin on Demand television after the run. |
