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Media Arts Council

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Synopsis Ground zero of the next pandemic, organ harvesting, a redemption pill, disserfiction, a future couch dystopia, a little time travel, or a dead body could show up at any point during an evening of 10 very short comedic plays about connection, grief, love (or lack thereof), redemption and what it means to be a good person in a bad situation, even if you&rsquo;re the bad guy. &nbsp; Directors: Griffin Horn, Cate Pappas, Ryan Walden About the PlaywrightAlex Dremann is a Philadelphia-based playwright with over 600 productions and readings of his plays worldwide. &nbsp;Full-length plays include: &ldquo;omniHappy&rdquo; (Getchell Award winner, South Eastern Theater Conference), &ldquo;The Cure&rdquo; (FutureFest Award winner, Dayton Playhouse) and &ldquo;The :nv:s:ble Play&rdquo; (Philadelphia Theatre Workshop, Madlab Theatre, Theatre of NOTE, and Cone Man Running). &nbsp;Short plays include: &ldquo;On the Porch One Crisp Spring Morning&rdquo; (Humana Festival Heideman Award finalist and published in &ldquo;The Humana Festival: The Complete Plays&rdquo;). &nbsp;He studied playwriting at the University of Southern California and is a member of the Dramatists Guild and New Play Exchange. <a fr-original-style="" href="http://www.alexdremann.com" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">www.alexdremann.com</a> About the SeriesThe Media Arts Council (MAC) Play Reading Series was created by playwrights Julie Zaffarano, Dave Ebersole, and Keenya Jackson, in partnership with the MAC to create a space for local playwrights to hear their work read by talented actors and receive feedback from a public audience. The only regular new play reading series in the area, it brings exciting new stories to Delaware County. Playwrights, actors, and directors who are interested in being involved in the series should Dave Ebersole, Keenya Jackson, Griffin Horn, or Julie Zaffarano at <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:macplayreadingseries20@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">macplayreadingseries20@gmail.com</a>. Due to the limited budget for this project, we are unable to offer actors or directors a stipend through the MAC.

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Synopsis Ground zero of the next pandemic, organ harvesting, a redemption pill, disserfiction, a future couch dystopia, a little time travel, or a dead body could show up at any point during an evening of 10 very short comedic plays about connection, grief, love (or lack thereof), redemption and what it means to be a good person in a bad situation, even if you’re the bad guy.   Directors: Griffin Horn, Cate Pappas, Ryan Walden About the PlaywrightAlex Dremann is a Philadelphia-based playwright with over 600 productions and readings of his plays worldwide.  Full-length plays include: “omniHappy” (Getchell Award winner, South Eastern Theater Conference), “The Cure” (FutureFest Award winner, Dayton Playhouse) and “The :nv:s:ble Play” (Philadelphia Theatre Workshop, Madlab Theatre, Theatre of NOTE, and Cone Man Running).  Short plays include: “On the Porch One Crisp Spring Morning” (Humana Festival Heideman Award finalist and published in “The Humana Festival: The Complete Plays”).  He studied playwriting at the University of Southern California and is a member of the Dramatists Guild and New Play Exchange. <a href="http://www.alexdremann.com" target="_blank">www.alexdremann.com</a> About the SeriesThe Media Arts Council (MAC) Play Reading Series was created by playwrights Julie Zaffarano, Dave Ebersole, and Keenya Jackson, in partnership with the MAC to create a space for local playwrights to hear their work read by talented actors and receive feedback from a public audience. The only regular new play reading series in the area, it brings exciting new stories to Delaware County. Playwrights, actors, and directors who are interested in being involved in the series should Dave Ebersole, Keenya Jackson, Griffin Horn, or Julie Zaffarano at <a href="mailto:macplayreadingseries20@gmail.com" target="_blank">macplayreadingseries20@gmail.com</a>. Due to the limited budget for this project, we are unable to offer actors or directors a stipend through the MAC.

Media Arts Council

MAC Original Play Reading Series: spark. & other short plays by Alex Dremann

302 S Jackson St

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