ALLEGANY, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University’s theater program will present One Act Festival 7 at Garret Theater on campus Oct. 25-28, reviving a One Act Festival series dating back a few years ago.
Six of the seven short plays, all comedies, are audience favorites from some of the last six festivals.
Dr. Ed. Simone is the theater program director.
The six comedies in encore productions are “Poof!” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage; “Universal Language” and “The Philadelphia” by David Ives, a Helen Hayes and Drama Desk Award winner; “Waterbabies” by playwright, actor and screenwriter Adam LaFevre; “The Ferry” by playwright, novelist and blogger Ryan Hill; and “An Ongoing Examination of the True Meaning of Life” by playwright and blogger S. W. Senek.
New to the roster of comedies is “Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread,” also by David Ives. For this mini-musical, Dr. Les Sabina, chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, and music lecturer Laura Peterson, along with music major Michelle Onofrio created a synthesizer score using the music from the original Primary Stages production.
Twelve actors make up the cast of One Act Festival 7: Rachel Hoag, Lily Rannacher, Abraham Troska and Abbey Schandelmeier, Breanna Grayson, Taylor Morton-Lewis, Jeancarlos Aponte, Taquan Percy Brown, Carolyn Haswell, Bryce Spadafora, Matthew Tyssee and Bridget Hoag. Stage managing One Act Festival 7 are Lizz Freeman and Caroline Orfano. The production is designed by theater program designer and technical director Becky Misenheimer, associate professor of theater.
One Act Festival 7 will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25-28 in the university’s Garret Theater, located in the east wing of Devereux Hall. The show runs about 90 minutes. An audience talk-back will follow the Oct. 27 night performance.
Reserved tickets are $8 for the public, $6 for senior citizens, students and SBU employees. For tickets, call the box office at (716) 375-2494. Free student rush seats (one ticket per valid student ID, in-person only) are made available to students from any school one hour before showtime.
Audiences are advised that One Act Festival 7 contains adult language and subjects.
