Baltimore Footlights: 2017 Readings
The Pope's Doctor by Robin Cuddy
Thursday, January 12 @ 7:30 PM @ Vagabond Theatre
Stephen Flaherty, an American doctor who runs a clinic for children and adolescents in Haiti, has come to New York City for a much needed rest. Soon after arriving at his cousin's apartment in Chelsea, he has a blackout and becomes increasingly distraught that "something evil" is stalking him.
Marrying In by Miryam Madrigal
Thursday, January 26 @ 7:30 PM @ Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre
Yael and Noam Gold are an interracial Orthodox Jewish couple that moves into to an insular, religious (Jewish) section of Baltimore. A racist incident on Purim threatens to break them apart. The central question is: Can love between two people transcend the environment that surrounds them?
Give Me Moonlight by Ariel Mitchell
Thursday, February 2 @ 7:30 PM @ Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre
Give Me Moonlight tells the fictionalized true story of Bessie and Albert Johnson. In an attempt to help her husband see that life is worth living after a paralyzing train accident, Bessie makes a deal with a con artist, Walter E. Scott (or Scotty for short), to fund his gold mine in Death Valley. Based on the history of Scotty's Castle, this new play is about adversity, why we have it, and what it takes to overcome it.
Around the Snake Turn by Patricia Connelly
Thursday, April 20 @ 7:30 PM @ Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre
After Baaba's son is accused of a crime and a curse is placed on her family by the local priest in their West African village, Baaba pits herself against family, custom, and tradition in order to prevent her young daughter from being sacrificed as a sex slave in atonement to the gods.
Rep and Rev by Rich Espey
Saturday, June 10 @ 11:00 AM @ Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre
Wroxeter Academy's tricentennial celebration is dedicated to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. But recently discovered documents show that the tony private school sold the enslaved workers who built Trustee's Hall to weather a 19th century financial crisis. As Wroxeter thrives, what happens to the descendants of that legacy, and who gets to "celebrate"?
Thursday, January 12 @ 7:30 PM @ Vagabond Theatre
Stephen Flaherty, an American doctor who runs a clinic for children and adolescents in Haiti, has come to New York City for a much needed rest. Soon after arriving at his cousin's apartment in Chelsea, he has a blackout and becomes increasingly distraught that "something evil" is stalking him.
Marrying In by Miryam Madrigal
Thursday, January 26 @ 7:30 PM @ Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre
Yael and Noam Gold are an interracial Orthodox Jewish couple that moves into to an insular, religious (Jewish) section of Baltimore. A racist incident on Purim threatens to break them apart. The central question is: Can love between two people transcend the environment that surrounds them?
Give Me Moonlight by Ariel Mitchell
Thursday, February 2 @ 7:30 PM @ Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre
Give Me Moonlight tells the fictionalized true story of Bessie and Albert Johnson. In an attempt to help her husband see that life is worth living after a paralyzing train accident, Bessie makes a deal with a con artist, Walter E. Scott (or Scotty for short), to fund his gold mine in Death Valley. Based on the history of Scotty's Castle, this new play is about adversity, why we have it, and what it takes to overcome it.
Around the Snake Turn by Patricia Connelly
Thursday, April 20 @ 7:30 PM @ Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre
After Baaba's son is accused of a crime and a curse is placed on her family by the local priest in their West African village, Baaba pits herself against family, custom, and tradition in order to prevent her young daughter from being sacrificed as a sex slave in atonement to the gods.
Rep and Rev by Rich Espey
Saturday, June 10 @ 11:00 AM @ Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre
Wroxeter Academy's tricentennial celebration is dedicated to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. But recently discovered documents show that the tony private school sold the enslaved workers who built Trustee's Hall to weather a 19th century financial crisis. As Wroxeter thrives, what happens to the descendants of that legacy, and who gets to "celebrate"?