Our third annual 48-hour festival, co-produced with the Foothill College Theatre Arts Department explored what happens to Shakespeare’s plays when a random piece of technology is introduced to the story.
The setup
Dates: December 9-11, 2016
Co-producer: Foothill College Theatre Arts Department
Location: Lohman Theatre, Foothill College
Theme: What happens to Shakespeare’s plays when a random piece of technology is introduced to the story?
Required dialogue: “Resistance is futile”
Required prop: the selected technology item
Surprise element: Something from Star Wars
The plays
The Shrew Strikes Back
(The Taming of the Shrew + electric toothbrush)
written by Akemi Okamura
directed by Keenan Flagg
featuring Melissa Weinstein, Sarah Kishler, Alexis Standridge
Active Voice(The Tempest + Amazon Echo)
written by Rhee Bevere
directed by Paul Pinza
featuring Paul Pinza, Tom Shamrell, Becca Gilbert, Umut Yagmur Yalcinkaya
The Day After the Laughter (or, The Bureaucratic Tragedie of Mabel, a Yeoman of Ephesus)
(The Comedy of Errors + paper shredder)
written by Melinda Marks
directed by Drew Benjamin Jones
featuring Sara Renée Morris, Greg Schrader, Stephanie Cory
Your Mother or Your Wife
(Hamlet + walkie-talkies)
written by Michael Meadors
directed by Tonya Duncan
featuring Shawn Andrei, Arcadia Conrad, Jonathan Wright, Sherrill Lawrence
The (Face)Book of Love – voted Audience Favorite runner-up
(Romeo & Juliet + FaceBook)
written by Melissa Weinstein
directed by Jackie Montellato
featuring Stephanie Ann Foster, Jacquelyn Pass, Audrey Del Prete, Maki Okamoto
The Audition
(The Merry Wives of Windsor + boom box)
written by Brittany Pisoni
directed by Erin Southard
featuring John Ralston, Skip Huffman, Josie Lawson
Puck It
(A Midsummer Night’s Dream + eHarmony)
written by Kimberly and Bryan Martin
directed by Will Brown
featuring Ivette Deltoro, Nicholas Boucher, Abbey Eklund, Sonia Motlagh
Burning for You – voted Audience Favorite
(Twelfth Night + Samsung Galaxy Note 7)
written by Kelly Endersby
directed by Elyssia Tingley
featuring Larry Barrott, Courtney Baldwin, Melissa Choban