Tickets for the 2026 ONE-ACT FESTIVAL are now available!
Tickets for individual weekends are below. For a pass to both weekends at a discounted price, click here! Shows are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. Thursday PWYC previews are also at 8:00 p.m.
WEEKEND ONE (AUGUST 14 – 16, pay what you can preview Aug. 13)
“Harriet and Ruth” by Louise Parker Kelley, directed by Saúl Díaz Cruz
Harriet Tubman is traveling from Philadelphia to Baltimore with a Jewish woman, Ruth, who has come to America after experiencing anti-Semitic violence in Turkey. Harriet questions Ruth’s loyalty to working with the Underground Railroad. A white man comes upon them and starts acting threateningly. Both women respond to pressure in a way that helps to prove Ruth’s loyalty.
Harriet: Aliya Gardner
Ruth: Gabriella Stein
Isaiah: Tom Schiller
“Creation” written and directed by Erica Smith
Kelvin’s excitement at having Garrett read her new novel curdles when her brother’s reviews are less than kind. What’s Garrett hiding? Is the book really that bad? And just what is in that sandwich?
Garrett: Brian Lloyd Jimenez
Kelvin: Cate Minichino
“My Hollywood Crashout” by Sam Intrater, directed by Alan Gonzalez Bisnes
Two actors find themselves alone in a dressing room. One was recently cast in the next “Hunger Games” movie; the other was not. Things are about to get a little tense.
Sam: Sam Intrater
Ben: Kash Sridhar
“Chameleon” by Claudia Bach, directed by Bruce Hirsch
Mr. and Mrs. Wordsworth live an unimpeachable life in the countryside, but when accusations are made and an inspector comes to call, the assumptions of their lives are turned on their head, and not everyone may be what they seem.
Mr. Wordsworth: David Savolaine
Mrs. Wordsworth: Jeanne Adams
The Inspector: Jeanine O’Rourke
“Vertical Constellation with Bomb” by Gwydion Suilebhan, directed by Maura Suilebahn
New York during World War II. A nun, eagerly collecting scrap metal for the war effort, and Alexander Calder, desperate for raw material for a new sculpture, plead with a grieving mother, clutching a crushed airplane tightly to her chest. Will she let it go? And for what?
Vernell: Jelisa Newman
Calder: Jim Adams
Nun: Pamela Northrup
WEEKEND TWO (AUGUST 21 – 23, pay what you can preview Aug. 20)
“Anne Sexton Has a Band” by Anne Valentino, directed by Sarah Baczewski
Little known fact: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anne Sexton had a band. They were called Anne Sexton and Her Kind. This play examines an imagined moment in Sexton’s life. Taking a poetry class under the tutelage of Robert Lowell and coping with the fallout of a tempestuous marriage, Anne Sexton searches for an alternative to the heavy hand of men looking to direct her work and her life — and finally realize the artistic respect that has eluded her… on her terms.
Anne Sexton: Pilar Bruyere
Robert Lowell: Tom Wenz
Kayo (Male #1): Robert Vainshtein
Female #1: Sue Struve
Male #2: Eric Henry
“Mama’s Boys” by Raymond J. Ingram, directed by Cainan Asher Grier
Sometime after their formidable mother’s funeral, three brothers reunite underneath their childhood home to decide what comes next-for her house, her belongings, and unintentionally, for themselves. What should be a simple conversation of arrangements and responsibilities quickly turns into a chaotic, hilarious, and grief-filled night full of unresolved issues, childhood memories, and dark comedic truths.
Ruben aka Rue: Lenox Kamara
M.C. aka Malik: Matthew Murray
Isaac aka Star Child: Drew Okoye
“Wormwood” by Barbara Blatner, directed by Jacob Haythorn
A Ukrainian woman and her husband at the front during the current Russia/Ukraine war read their texts to each other. The woman also converses with the ghost/spirit of her uncle, who has not “officially” died but is communicating with her from afar.
Lillya: Melanie Gordon
Mykola: Eric Henry
Anton: Wesley Brown
“Hope Trapped Inside” by Robin Berl, directed by Mari Fluegeman
Pandora has just released all the evils into the world and remains inside with Hope. Initially, she tries to keep Hope inside but must make the decision of whether to go back to the world and whether to allow Hope to go too.
Pandora: Kat Binney
Hope: Mani Yangilmau