BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260822T000000Z DTEND:20260823T210000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Playwrights' Round Table: Summer Shorts Play Fest DESCRIPTION:Join us for a great set of eight new short plays by our member playwrights based around the theme of HOT TAKES! (Apropos for our August weather!) Featuring the work of an excellent ensemble cast and four amazing directors\, you don't want to miss it!\n\n \n\nTickets ON SALE NOW at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/theprt/6849\n\n \n\nShow dates August 21st\, 22nd\, 28th and 29th at 8pm\, with Sunday 3pm matinees on August 23rd and 30th\, all at the Mandell Theater at the Orlando Shakespeare Center!\n\n \n\nFEATURING:\n\nBEAUTY by FJ HARTLAND\n\nDirected by SAM GREY\n\nThe Client -- UMAR FAROOQ\n\nThe Escort -- AJ SHOWE\n\nAn older gentlemen and a beautiful male escort connect on an unexpected level.\n\n\n\n \n\nCURS'D BE MACBETH by DONNA LATHAM\n\nDirected by BRANDON BORUCH\n\nRavenzara -- CHERYL DONOVAN\n\nCalyia -- KIMBERLY BOYLE\n\nEyrie -- VICTORIA HIGHSMITH\n\nWill Shakespeare -- ROB DEL MEDICO\n\nFamed playwright of note needs ideas for his new play about some obscure Scottish king.\n\n\n\n \n\nFAIRE by KAILY ANDERSON-BARR\n\nDirected by DAVID STRAUSS\n\nAgnes -- CINNA DUCKER\n\nKing -- ROB DEL MEDICO\n\nSquire Justin -- BRYAN BINDMAN\n\nAt a small Renaissance Faire\, the witch trial show goes very off-script.\n\n\n\n \n\nPAULIE SELLS ALL HIS SH*T by SCOTT COOPER\n\nDirected by MICHAEL McNAMARA\n\nPaulie -- ERNESTO BEDOYA\n\nJu-Ju -- ALEC ACEVEDO\n\nBricks -- TOM SULLIVAN\n\nDejected and disgusted by the current political climate\, Paulie is selling all his things to move to Ireland. A buddy and a former buddy come to see him off.\n\n\n\n \n\nSABOTEUR by JOHN MABEY\n\nDirected by SAM GREY\n\nDanny - AJ SHOWE\n\nProfessor Hunter - LIZ CURTIS\n\nThe distinction between sabotaged and saboteur becomes especially tangled by those studying the mechanism.\n\n\n\n\n\nTIDES OF DESIRE by CHUCK DENT\n\nDirected by BRANDON BORUCH\n\nUltima -- BRENNA ARDEN\n\nHiram -- ALAN SHEPPARD\n\nDani -- SHELBY RANDLE\n\nIn this farcical treatment of romance novels aka "bodice busters" the woman who is the world's #1 cover model finds that her hotness cannot move a handsome new male model.\n\n\n\n \n\nTOURISTS by Jim Moss\n\nDirected by DAVID STRAUSS\n\nStroc -- ALAN SHEPPARD\n\nRosie -- SHELBY RANDLE\n\nConrad -- BRYAN BINDMAN\n\nA back alley in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the final hours of Mardi Gras reveals a pair of revelers who made a wrong turn.\n\n\n\n \n\nWILL AIN'T FREE by Joe Kolasa\n\nDirected by MICHAEL McNAMARA\n\nHarriett -- SHELBY RANDLE\n\nOlivia (Ollie) -- VICTORIA HIGHSMITH\n\nTeddi -- CHRISTINE NGUYEN\n\nWaitress -- GRACE AULS\n\nA trio of friends hilariously face an existential discovery.\n\n\n\n\nPlaywrights' Round Table (PRT) is Orlando's only theater dedicated solely to new stage work.\n\n \n\n\n\nOur mission is to find and nurture new local\, national and international playwrights\, give a home to their new stage works\, and enliven the page-to-stage process.\n\n \n\n\n\nWe also serve both new and experienced playwrights by providing a venue to vet their new works. The plays are read in a collaborative setting\, and receive immediate actor and/or audience feedback. Many later go on to be produced as part of our season.\n\n \n\n\n\nOur members have enjoyed productions across Florida\, New York\, Massachusetts\, Texas and the rest of the US\, and reach across the globe to Australia\, Singapore and South Africa.\n\n \n\n\n\nWe're always open to new ideas\, so please share them!\n\n \n\n\n\nOur main website is at www.thePRT.com. You can also follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Playwrights as well as on Instagram. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Join us for a great set of eight new short plays by our member playwrights based around the theme of HOT TAKES! (Apropos for our August weather!) Featuring the work of an excellent ensemble cast and four amazing directors\, you don'\;t want to miss it!
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Tickets ON SALE NOW at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/theprt/6849
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\n\n
Show dates August 21st\, 22nd\, 28th and 29th at 8pm\, with Sunday 3pm matinees on August 23rd and 30th\, all at the Mandell Theater at the Orlando Shakespeare Center!
\n \;
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FEATURING:
\n\n
BEAUTY by FJ HARTLAND
\nDirected by SAM GREY
\n\n
The Client -- UMAR FAROOQ
\nThe Escort -- AJ SHOWE
\n\n
An older gentlemen and a beautiful male escort connect on an unexpected level.
\n
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CURS'\;D BE MACBETH by DONNA LATHAM
\nDirected by BRANDON BORUCH
\n\n
Ravenzara -- CHERYL DONOVAN
\nCalyia -- KIMBERLY BOYLE
\nEyrie -- VICTORIA HIGHSMITH
\nWill Shakespeare -- ROB DEL MEDICO
\n\n
Famed playwright of note needs ideas for his new play about some obscure Scottish king.
\n
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\n\n
FAIRE by KAILY ANDERSON-BARR
\nDirected by DAVID STRAUSS
\n\n
Agnes -- CINNA DUCKER
\nKing -- ROB DEL MEDICO
\nSquire Justin -- BRYAN BINDMAN
\n\n
At a small Renaissance Faire\, the witch trial show goes very off-script.
\n
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\n\n
PAULIE SELLS ALL HIS SH*T by SCOTT COOPER
\nDirected by MICHAEL McNAMARA
\n\n
Paulie -- ERNESTO BEDOYA
\nJu-Ju -- ALEC ACEVEDO
\nBricks -- TOM SULLIVAN
\n\n
Dejected and disgusted by the current political climate\, Paulie is selling all his things to move to Ireland. A buddy and a former buddy come to see him off.
\n
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SABOTEUR by JOHN MABEY
\nDirected by SAM GREY
\n\n
Danny - AJ SHOWE
\nProfessor Hunter - LIZ CURTIS
\n\n
The distinction between sabotaged and saboteur becomes especially tangled by those studying the mechanism.
\n\n

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\nTIDES OF DESIRE by CHUCK DENT
\nDirected by BRANDON BORUCH
\n\n
Ultima -- BRENNA ARDEN
\nHiram -- ALAN SHEPPARD
\nDani -- SHELBY RANDLE
\n\n
In this farcical treatment of romance novels &ndash\; aka &ldquo\;bodice busters&rdquo\; &ndash\; the woman who is the world'\;s #1 cover model finds that her hotness cannot move a handsome new male model.
\n
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TOURISTS by Jim Moss
\nDirected by DAVID STRAUSS
\n\n
Stroc -- ALAN SHEPPARD
\nRosie -- SHELBY RANDLE
\nConrad -- BRYAN BINDMAN
\n\n
A back alley in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the final hours of Mardi Gras reveals a pair of revelers who made a wrong turn.
\n
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\n\n
WILL AIN'\;T FREE by Joe Kolasa
\nDirected by MICHAEL McNAMARA
\n\n
Harriett -- SHELBY RANDLE
\nOlivia (Ollie) -- VICTORIA HIGHSMITH
\nTeddi -- CHRISTINE NGUYEN
\nWaitress -- GRACE AULS
\n\n
A trio of friends hilariously face an existential discovery.
\n
\n
\nPlaywrights'\; Round Table (PRT) is \;Orlando'\;s only theater dedicated solely to new stage work.
\n \;
\n
\n\n
\n
Our mission is to find and nurture new local\, national and international playwrights\, give a home to their new stage works\, and enliven the page-to-stage process.
\n \;
\n
\n\n
\n
We also serve both new and experienced playwrights by providing a venue to vet their new works. The plays are read in a collaborative setting\, and receive immediate actor and/or audience feedback. Many later go on to be produced as part of our season.
\n \;
\n
\n\n
\n
Our members have enjoyed productions across Florida\, New York\, Massachusetts\, Texas and the rest of the US\, and reach across the globe to Australia\, Singapore and South Africa.
\n \;
\n
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\n
We'\;re always open to new ideas\, so please share them!
\n \;
\n
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Our main website is at www.thePRT.com. You can also follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Playwrights as well as on Instagram.
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\n LOCATION:The Mandell Theater at Orlando Shakes 812 E Rollins St\, Orlando\, FL 32803 UID:e.1857.7574 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260820T165731Z URL:https://www.maitlandchamber.com/events/details/playwrights-round-table-summer-shorts-play-fest-7574 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR