Casting is Complete!

Our thanks to all who auditioned—the dedication and support of a talented pool of performers ensures an excellent festival.

One-Act Play Festival

October 2-4, Cook Theatre, FSU Center for the Performing Arts, Sarasota

A Change of Heart by Arianna Rose

Director: Ann Morrison

Is a second chance a lifeline when it doesn’t feel like your life anymore? A heart transplant patient with strange cravings and desires seems a stranger to her fiancé and herself. A story about the struggle for self-acceptance and moving forward with the hand we’re dealt.

DONNA — Lucinda Schlotterback

LEVI — Scott Ehrenpreis

JAMIE — Hannah Hooten

ZACH — Myrnyi Alexander

HEART—Jess Pope

Reasonable Doubt by Philip Middleton Williams

Director: Marcus Johnson

As they wait to be selected for jury duty, Chuck and Barry discuss the state of the justice system and how the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth can be an illusion.

BARRY — Michael Mercado

CHUCK — Brice Carlton

Sunday Sauce by Claudia Haas

Director: Bob Trisolini

Giancarlo has died. Anna and Emilia run to Tess’s side to help her through this difficult time. But Tess is amazingly calm. Is the make-up of a family blood? Bones? Pasta and opera? If you’re Italian – it probably is.

TESS — Leona Collesano

EMILIA — TBD

ANNA — TBD

Waiting to Film Waiting for Godot by Mathew Green

Director: Lee Gundersheimer

Two veteran actors wait on a set for filming to begin. They are eventually joined by a young woman, also waiting. As they wait, they converse about life, art, and the birds circling overhead.

JUNIUS BLANCHARD — Anthony Van Eyck

RONNIE PLATT — Don Walker

LES — Nick Schroeder

ELLIE SANGER — Ali Wasmund

QUINCE MORN — Daniel Evans

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