The Winter Guard Play, 2023
Full Lengths:
The Age Of Mary (cast of 4)
Mary, an actress in her seventies, is tasked with playing a teenage girl using motion capture technology. At first, Mary is very anxious to find herself in a skin-tight body suit, her face covered in dots, the ingenue of a big-budget film. But over the course of filming, something unlocks within her and she discovers fears and longings she was unable to explore when she was an actual teenage girl.
The Winter Guard Play (cast of 7)
Winter Guard is NOT Color-guard. Forget the football, forget the pompoms. In Mechanicsfield Pennsylvania, a High School Winter Guard team attempts to choreograph a routine on the topic of Global Warming. A play about catching flags, catching each other, and realizing the grown ups aren't going to save you.
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Pleasers (cast of 4)
Miriam is tutoring Evan on his college essay. Her adult son Tyler, wants to be his friend. Evan wants to be Miriam’s friend. A play about mothers and sons and Westchester.
Sick Day (cast of 5)
Two girls traverse the New York City Medical System on one very hot day. You may have seen them, at Urgent Care, at the Eye Doctor, in the Ambulance, squeezed into a single bed in the ER. They were talking loudly, and laughing loudly too. Sick Day tells the story of two dear friends, performing for strangers, themselves and each other, trying to keep reality at bay.
Short Plays:
The Donor (cast of 2)
Single mom Suzanne needs an actor for a discreet personal favor. It should be simple. But when she casts Mike, she grossly underestimates the lengths an out-of-work actor will go to to make an impact.
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The Beginners (cast of 5)
Four women hurl themselves down an icy mountain. In other words, they take a beginner's ski lesson.
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The Winter Guard Play, Skidmore College. Photo by Sue Kessler.