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Molting - A Short Play by Michael Towers

“At a lunch table for 2 at a seaside Clam Shack, the world is reduced to a microcosm, just for a moment, but it’s enough to change a few lives, and eventually perhaps the world too.”    -All Out Arts

Michael Towers' new play "Molting" is an entire world in an 11-minute microcosm, as a young father must explain to his young daughter why their family life is about to change drastically. In the words of one viewer "There is honesty, tenderness, and a lot of comedy as the two work through a new set of circumstances. I admire Michael's ability to make us laugh and cry in only 10 minutes.”

We have been working on the RadioPlay version of the work since mid 2023, and are now posting the revised audio version of the play which meanwhile has already gone on to win short play contests in Georgia, New York, Florida, and New Jersey, - and is already a Semi Finalist in the Samuel French Short Play Festival.

Author & Director: Michael Towers; Zack Dictakis (the Father), Lily Rogers (the daughter); Dramaturgy by Maia Cataldo. Sound Engineering by Zack Dictakis -Long Sought Films.

Full Season Program available on our website: FreshFruitFestival.Com

DYKER BYKES

An exciting - and ultimately a surprisingly touching - half hour by Claire Koenig.

We get to follow a young runaway and her adventures with an all-female motorcycle gang. In the author's words, "It's the queer motorcycle romance adventure that I have always wanted, and we all deserve!"

note: ADULT CONTENT

 

     The cast (in order of 'appearance'):

Victory:    Madeleine Russell

Harley:     Jihan Haddad

Kawasaki: Ro Reddick

Ducati:     Fiona Maguire

Trucker Daddy; Hot Waitress; & Bar Patrons: Jesús I. Valles

 

Writer/Director: Claire Koenig

Sound Designer: Caroline Eng

Audio Engineer: Hazel Peters

This project is made possible by the Brown Arts Initiative, and is the opening presentation in the 2023-24 Fresh Fruit Festival season of Radioplays.

Photos, Bios and more details in downloadable full-season Program Book at FreshFruitFestival.com

 

The Strange Case of Nick M.

"How many of our memories are manipulated into being? Does this make them any less of a memory?" 

 

Our second offering for 2022, by New York City author Drew Pisarra, is an electrifying journey into a Podcast investigating the secret agenda of medical experiments on a concert pianist with a 30-second memory!. Seemingly helped by experiments he is subjected to, he wonders how many of his newly recovered memories are real, and which are implanted by his wife and her friend, his doctor!

A RadioPlay in the 2021-22 season of the Fresh Fruit Festival by All Out Arts. Details and Program Book info during the closing remarks.  Photos and more details at FreshFruitFestival.com

Man On The Moon

"Some things have to be said before a major journey. Some things have to be done."

Our Season opener for 2022 by Dr. Catalina Florina Florescu of Pace University, takes place in an imaginary realm. In this little "world-theater" which Dr. Florescu offers us, two women are about to embark on the 'rest' of their lives.

A RadioPlay in the 2021-22 season of the Fresh Fruit Festival by All Out Arts. Details and Program Book info during the closing remarks.  More details at FreshFruitFestival.com

UP & COMING – Panel 3: Theatrical Designers

The STAGE is a BLACK BOX - UNTIL the designers work their magic!  Lighting and Set Design, Costuming and Sound Design, work TOGETHER to make the author & director's vision transform our lives. Meet 5 highly skilled designers with Broadway credits answering YOUR questions on moving up to the next professional level.   

A part of the 2021-22 season of the Fresh Fruit Festival by All Out Arts.
Host:  Dennis Corsi, Artistic Director, the Fresh Fruit Festival

Panelists:

• Zach Blane: Lighting Design – “Wicked in Concert” PBS Television
• Wilson Chin: Set Design – Pass Over, Broadway; Next Fall, Broadway; Cost of Living, MTC
• Shirlee Idzakovich: Costume Design – Fig Jam, Lonely Wolf; Broadway, Off-Broadway, Film & TV
• Twi McCallum: Sound Design – Chicken and Biscuits, Broadway
• Riw Rakkulchon: Scenic Design – Twelfth Night, Yale Rep

More Details at https://freshfruitfestival.com/up_and_coming/

UP & COMING - Panel 2: Stage Management

A part of the 2021-22 season of the Fresh Fruit Festival by All Out Arts.
Broadway Stage Managers share their thoughts on employment, their career paths, and what early and mid-level Stage Managers can be doing to help their chances in the field. 
Host:  Dennis Corsi, Artistic Director, the Fresh Fruit Festival

Panelists:
- Valerie Lau-Kee: Mary Poppins, Spiderman . . .

- Chris Munnell: An American in Paris, War Horse . . .

- Chris Zaccardi: Lestat, Hello Dolly . . .

- Saori Yokoo: The Inheritance, Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS . . .

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"Up & Coming" is a series of 1-hour panel discussions featuring Broadway Industry professionals, designed to help emerging artists build their careers. Performing arts leaders from Rockefeller Center, the Beaumont Theater, shows such as Spiderman, Hello Dolly, War Horse and many others share thoughts on starting the journey to a more professional level.

 

UP & COMING - Panel 1: Stage Directors

A part of the 2021-22 season of the Fresh Fruit Festival.
Artistic Directors share their thoughts on how they choose directors, and what early and mid level directors can be doing to help their chances in the field. 
Host: Dennis Corsi, Artistic Director, the Fresh Fruit Festival
Panelists:
-Natasha Sinha - Playwrights Horizons
-Jim Nicola - New York Theatre Workshop
-Daniella Topol - Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
-Ralph Peña - Ma-Yi Theater Company

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"Up & Coming" is a series of 1-hour panel discussions featuring Broadway Industry professionals, designed to help emerging artists build their careers. Performing arts leaders from Playwrights Horizons, Signature, NY Theatre Workshop and many others share thoughts on starting the journey to a more professional level.

 

 

Benedictions on the Escapes

“While waiting for their son Diego to return from a demonstration, Esper wonders about his safety and about her husband who has returned home early from work. Esper has recently passed the citizenship test. At first reluctant to tell her, Manny finally admits that he has been furloughed from his work because of the Covid-19 virus. When Diego arrives, energized from the demonstrations, he inspires Esper and Manny to review and renew their lives in this country.”

Can you join protests if you are worried about paying the light bill or the rent? And what of losing a job, struggling with online classes, fighting for subsidies . . .  Our 20-21 season of Radioplays ends with this dramatic yet uplifting family offering by playwright Benjamin V. Marshall, directed by John Pietrowski. Presented in 1-Act of about 38 minutes, this compressed "world-theatre" manages to cover the big three concerns of our time: Immigration, the Covid pandemic, and the Black Lives Matter movement, and makes us all stronger in the process.

A RadioPlay in the 2020-21 season of the Fresh Fruit Festival by All Out Arts. Details and Program Book info during the closing remarks.  More details at FreshFruitFestival.com

The Switch - by Charlie O'Leary

A RadioPLAY version of "The SWITCH" - Written by and Featuring Charlie O'Leary. Directed by Ivey Lowe, and presented as part of the 2020-21 season of the Fresh Fruit Festival by All Out Arts. Running Time is 1 hour and 5 minutes, including announcements. Presented as a single Podcast episode for your listening convenience. Details and Program Book info during the announcements. More details at FreshFruitFestival.Com

* Warning: This play contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence *

A podcast within a Radioplay within a . . .   The Switch is a work of fiction set within a virtual broadcast studio. An analysis of "Freaky Friday" leads to a blurred continuity between caller and host, redefining submission and dominance in an electronic era.

"The Switch is a work of fiction inspired by the writing of Steve Almond, John Paul Brammer, Daniel M. Lavery, Dan Savage, and Cheryl Strayed; as well as by Sarah Lunnie’s 2016 Salon piece “Maybe the word ‘rapist’ is a problem,” Susan Choi’s novel Trust Exercise, Davey Wreden’s game The Beginner’s Guide - and of course, Freaky Friday."

Tip Of The Tongue, ACT-1

Act-1 of the RadioPLAY by Allison Moon, presented as part of the 2020-21 season of the Fresh Fruit Festival by All Out Arts.

"A young artist seeks mentorship from a veteran famous for her risqué photographs. As their relationship grows into more intimate− and dangerous− territory, their individual secrets threaten to destroy their bond, their reputations, and their careers."

*Adult Situations and Language

2 Acts are presented as 2 Podcast episodes for your listening convenience. Details and Program Book info during the closing remarks in each episode.  More at FreshFruitFestival.com