Dating Games

By: Garth Wingfield

An endless string of horrid blind dates (Mary Just Broke Up With This Guy), a presumptuous pick-up attempt gone awry (Daniel on a Thursday), and singles literally sniffing singles (Run)... Dating Games is a collection of five short plays about contemporary dating -- straight, gay, dog -- and every configuration in between.

"HILARIOUS, ENGROSSING & BRILLIANTLY EXECUTED. With the precision of a skilled surgeon, Wingfield cuts right to the center of each character's neuroses as he or she attempts to navigate the treacherous waters of big city dating life." --Variety

"BRILLIANT! A hilarious excursion into the dating dilemmas of a needy but oh-so-choosy newcomer to the dating scene." --Variety

"Wingfield has fun turning the notion of dating on the rebound on its ear, and gives his leading ladies juicy parts to sink their teeth into in the process." --NYTheatre.com

"A very funny, very smart play, filled with surprises." --NYTheatre.com

Jeffrey

By: Paul Rudnick

Jeffrey, a gay actor/waiter, has sworn off sex after too many bouts with his partners about what is "safe" and what is not. Suddenly, just after he's reconciled himself to celibacy, Jeffrey's flamboyant friends introduce him to the man of his dreams, who also happens to be HIV-positive. What follows is an audacious and moving romantic comedy with a difference—one in which the quest for love and really fabulous clothes meet, and where unflagging humor prevails even when tragedy might be just around the corner.

"WILDLY FUNNY.... Just the sort of play Oscar Wilde might have written had he lived in 1990s Manhattan and taken aim at an epidemic that was decimating his circle of friends.... For all its fun, Jeffrey captures the strained social tenor of manhattan life as it is lived right now perhaps more acurately than any play." --Stephen Holden, New York Times

Sidewalk Cafe * Workshop

By: Darnelle Radford

Emery introduces an Open Mic series to Sidewalk Cafe as Hilly reaches for a new direction in her life. Edwin becomes inspiration as his music strikes a chord with Sarah who’s growing into her position as the assistant to Starr Steven and her newfound freedom. Steven, whose company, Steven, Inc. is growing out of it's current comfort zone.