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SEASON 1

POETRY NIGHT on NEW YEARS DAY 

Presented Jan. 1, 2021


Featuring original works and readings by:


David Andrews

Michael Cavanaugh

Kevin Kelly

Hannah Logan

Elaine Madsen

Don Norman

Devon O'Brien

Poetri

Buffy Shutt

Shirley Sniderman


BOXING DAY: The Deluxe Christmas Extravaganza Edition, featuring added Yuletide footage!!Presented

Presented December 25, 2020


By Gena Acosta

  • Pamela Roylance as ..........FOXIE
  • Gregory Mortensen as......BASIL
  • Gary Armagnac as ..............SIR NIGEL ONIONS


If  you thought you knew Basil and Foxie before, THIS Boxing Day truly  reveals what they will do to achieve the magic of Christmas. 

EPICENTER BY TOM BAUM

Presented December 18, 2020


Directed by Mitch Levine

  • Kelsey Griswold as ............ JERI 
  • Lisa Robins as .........................SARA 
  • Jess Weaver as ......................WENDELL


Where Wendell goes, disaster seems to follow.  Can his therapist stop this time bomb from ticking?

HENRY by Christina Hart

Presented December 11, 2020


Directed by Todd Felderstein

  • Richarda Abrams .................. RACHEL 
  • Kate T. Billingsley ..................PAISLEY 
  • Heather Rousseau ................LAURA 


Paisley has a choice to make. Whatever her choice, Paisley, Henry,  Rachel and Laura will be affected by this decision for the rest of their  lives. All she has to do is choose between the hard one and the hard  one.

A night of holiday storytelling

as told by Smartphone Theatre Storytellers

  • Christine Blackburn 
  • Eugene Butler 
  • Paul Coates 
  • Will Manus 
  • Lisa Robins 
  • Stewart Zully


Presented December 4, 2020


T'was the night after Thanksgiving and all through the house... everyone  was hungry for more Smartphone Theatre!  On this Friday eve we reached out to our community of actors, directors and playwrights to share one of their favorite stories and personal holiday  experiences with our global audience. Think of this night as a fireside chat with your extended Smartphone Theatre family.

MOTHER by Joel Madison

Directed by Todd Felderstein

  • Ellen Gerstein  ................LORAINE
  • Brenda Hamilton  ........GAIL
  • Jon Arkin  ......................... BARRY
  • Aly Pangaro  ....................HANNA
  • Raajeev Aggerwhil .....MR. SANJEEV
  • Marie Broderick ............MARGERY
  • Jennifer Lassalette......MARY-LOU
  • Jorie Janeway.................MS. THORP


After  crunching the numbers, a working couple with young kids decide it makes  financial sense to have grandma move in and help with childcare no  matter how difficult she may be.


FAUX VAN GOGH by David Field

Directed by Stu Berg

  • Joyce Lee as LIBBY TOUGHY
  • Kevin Kelly as FRANK AMOS
  • Michael Cavanaugh as ARTHUR BRONSKI 
  • Rick Sandack as RHYS CROWN


If you believe the world of fine arts is rife with
fakery and massive egos, this tale will strengthen your faith.


HOLY WATER BY EUGENE H BUTLER

Directed by eugene h butler

  • Robert Hays as JOHNATHAN "JOHNNY" COOPER
  • Michael Cavanaugh as ROGER SACHS


When Johnny confines himself to his bathtub for seven days in order to wash away his past Roger, his brother-in-law and genius baker, pays him a visit. This conversation not only brings his own personal failures and victories to light but also fuels his determination to get Johnny out of the bubbles and back into life.

HOMEFIRES by Joe Keyes

Directed by Peter Flood

  • Lily Knight as RENA
  • Steve Hofvendahl as BOB


A husband and wife find themselves alone, after their last child leaves home, and risk telling the truth to save their marriage.

... SO THAT HAPPENED, a new comedy by Paul coates

Directed by Keith Bulla

  • Paul Coates as DANIEL
  • Peter Herrick as JOHN
  • Kimberly Green as KENDRA


John  and Daniel have a pretty fabulous life with a happy marriage, loads of friends, family, show dogs… all wrapped into a gorgeous home in the Hollywood Hills. When they are paid a shocking visit from a  stranger their lives are changed forever.

COOL HAND LOU, a conversation with... actor/director lou antonio

Lou Antonio, with an acting and directing career that spans more than 50 years and 150 credits in theatre, TV and film, shares timeless stories from his autobiography, "Cool Hand Lou." A member of the  famed Actors Studio since the 1960's, in this hour he is joined by Mitch  Levine, the legendary Barbara Bain, his daughter Elkin Antoniou and  Jennifer Lassalette who read passages from his book as Lou details his journey from Oklahoma to New York City before settling in Los Angeles as one of Hollywood's most sought after actors and directors of that era. 

FRACTALS by Carolyn Boriss-Krimsky

Directed by Todd Felderstein

  • Annette Fox as EMILY
  • Jon Avner as FRANK


When Emily runs into her estranged husband Frank, a day before their divorce, it also raises the question she thought she already answered: is there anything left to save?

HEAR ME OUT by Bruce Goldsmith

Directed by Asaad Kelada

  • Lisa Richards as RACHEL
  • Ellen Gerstein as JANICE


Even though New York City is hunkered down during a freezing winter blizzard, Rachel insists her best friend of 40 years, Janice, meet her immediately at an isolated Central Park bench to hear her out. Rachel is desperate; why?

ADAM & EVE by eugene h. butler

Directed by gena l. acosta

  • Devix Szell as ADAM FOSTER
  • Cindy Dolenc as EVE FOSTER
     

It's   Sunday morning. Springtime. Birds chirping. This backyard is graced   with a beautiful set of old-fashioned wicker lawn furniture. This is  the  backyard of the Foster family, one of the more prominent families  in  the small town of Founders Square, GA.

the imperfect storm: a conversation with... director howard storm

From New York's Lower East Side to Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy, Howard Storm continues to enjoy a life and career that spans from stage to screen. In this conversation, Howard shares stories from his book and his relationship with "funny."

RARE INDULGENCE (Act I) by Bruce J. Robinson

Directed by Todd Felderstein

  • Richard Fancy as MARCUS CARNOFF
  • Devon O'Brien as JENNY CARNOFF
  • Emily Townsend as SHANNON TODD
  • Aly Pangaro as RANDY STEINBERG


Foodies extraordinaire Marcus and Jenny Carnoff plan to eat the ultimate   meal - endangered French songbirds.  When animal activist and vegan   Shannon Todd discovers the bill o' fare, the menu changes more   dramatically than you can imagine.

RARE INDULGENCE (Act II) by Bruce J. Robinson

Directed by Todd Felderstein

  • Richard Fancy as MARCUS CARNOFF
  • Devon O'Brien as JENNY CARNOFF
  • Emily Townsend as SHANNON TODD
  • Aly Pangaro as RANDY STEINBERG


Foodies extraordinaire Marcus and Jenny Carnoff plan to eat the ultimate   meal - endangered French songbirds.  When animal activist and vegan   Shannon Todd discovers the bill o' fare, the menu changes more   dramatically than you can imagine.

TABULA RASA by David Field

Directed by Stuart Berg

  • Stewart Zully as HARRY PIERCE
  • Beege Barkette as LADY


An insider comes out.

KIKI by Kieran Angelini

Directed by Jonathan Levit

  • Jack Kehler as MANNY
  • Marcia Haufrecht as WINKY
  • Andrea Leigh as EMMY


A wife, furious at her unfaithful husband, must also deal with her recently widowed mother, who has a secret.

STADIUM STORIES as read by Stewart J. Zully and Brad Schreiber

MY LIFE IN YANKEE STADIUM read by Stewart J. Zully

MUSIC IS POWER read by Brad Schreiber

HOLLYWOOD DUBBING SESSION By Jim Geoghan

Directed by Jack Kehler

  • Lisa Richards as MARGARET 
  • Stan Davis as EDDIE

21st CENTURY SECURITY by Bruce J. Robinson

Directed by Mitch Levine

  • Allison Blaize as JASMIN DEEVER
  • Alan Blumenfeld as CLIFFORD OSCAR
  • Stephen Tyler Howell as GREG DEEVER


"A quandary that straddles the fine line which separates where safety begins and  freedom ends."

JUICY FRUIT by Gena Acosta

Directed by Greg Mortensen

  • Megan Dolan as WANDA WILLIE RUTH
  • Tom Alper as ANTHONY ALLESSANDRO BONAVICCI


"Nap time was never like this!"

A GUEST OF HONOR (Act I) by David Field

Directed by Todd Felderstein

  • Dey Young as ARLIS/ELIZABETH/LOTTIE
  • Jon Arkin as TOM BADER/JOHN STARK
  • Moe Irvin as SCOTT JOPLIN/DEZ BATES


A GUEST OF HONOR is titled after Scott Joplin’s first opera that only  had one performance in 1903. The opera score then disappeared and has  never been heard from again. Until now.

A GUEST OF HONOR (ACT II) by David Field

Directed by Todd Felderstein

  • Dey Young as ARLIS/ELIZABETH/LOTTIE
  • Jon Arkin as TOM BADER/JOHN STARK
  • Moe Irvin as SCOTT JOPLIN/DEZ BATES


A GUEST OF HONOR is titled after Scott Joplin’s first opera that only  had one performance in 1903. The opera score then disappeared and has  never been heard from again. Until now.

FINDING THE WAY by Natalie Bates

Directed by Jonathan Levit

  • Marty Ryan as DAN GREER
  • Lisa Robins as DORRIE GREER
  • Yaz Canli as ZOE GREER
  • Kimberly Green as LAUREN BREWER


It's the day before Thanksgiving in the Greer home as their daughter  returns with a special friend to a surprising life of peace, tranquility  and Tofurky.

boxing day by gena acosta

  • Gregory Mortensen as BASIL
  • Pamela Roylance as FOXIE


On an English holiday, Basil and Foxelia Shropshire Blue discover what lengths they will go to keep their martial tranquility.

ANNA by Savannah (Act I) by Devon O'Brien

Directed by Martha Gehman

  • Joanna Merlin as ANNA
  • Kelsey Griswold as SAVANNAH


Set  in a penthouse on Park Avenue in the 1980's, Anna, a 90-year old  woman  with no wish to die, makes a deal with Savannah, an artistic and   confused twenty-something who has little will to live.

ANNA by Savannah (Act II) by Devon O'Brien

Directed by Martha Gehman

  • Joanna Merlin as ANNA
  • Kelsey Griswold as SAVANNAH


Set  in a penthouse on Park Avenue in the 1980's, Anna, a 90-year old  woman  with no wish to die, makes a deal with Savannah, an artistic and   confused twenty-something who has little will to live.

TOILET SONATA by Shirl Hendryx

Written & Directed by Shirl Hendryx       

  • Ellen Gerstein 
  • Michael Cavanaugh


Me species... you species by eugene h. butler

Directed by Katelyn Ann Clark             

  • Lauren Francesca as "Marcie" 
  • Brandon Irons as "Sammy"

UNDER CONSTRUCTION (Act I) by Peter Onorati

Directed by Todd Felderstein

  • Gena Acosta as ANTOINETTE
  • Tom Alper as ANTHONY
  • Candy Trabucco as AUNT MILLIE
  • Jack Kehler as UNCLE PHILLIE
  • Herb Mendelsohn as JOE MCGLONE


It's New Jersey, 1984. Tradition, habit or necessity; why is it that we do some of the things that we do?

UNDER CONSTRUCTION (Act II) by Peter Onorati

Directed by Todd Felderstein

  • Gena Acosta as ANTOINETTE
  • Tom Alper as ANTHONY
  • Candy Trabucco as AUNT MILLIE
  • Jack Kehler as UNCLE PHILLIE
  • Herb Mendelsohn as JOE MCGLONE


It's New Jersey, 1984. Tradition, habit or necessity; why is it that we do some of the things that we do?

checkmate and a couple of horses' asses

Directed by Stu Berg

CHECKMATE by Willard Manus  

  • Kimberly Green as "Ming" 
  • Stewart J. Zully as "Clark"  

Cold War turns hot over a game of chess."

(Begins at 00:57)  



A COUPLE OF HORSES' ASSES by David Field 

  • Lisa Richards as "Anne" 
  • Stephen Mendillo as "Michael"

A long-time reunion, a little too late.

(Begins at 18:30)  

WRITTEN IN INK by Jim Geoghan

Co-Directed by Peter Flood & Jonathan Levit  

  • Sofia Vassilieva as "Maria" 
  • Curtis Belz as "Steve"


The day a tattoo changes your life. 

Pinkie and pearl by gena acosta

Directed by Sarah Gurfield

  • David Franco as Pinkie Greengrass
  • Jennifer Lassalette as Pearl Tompkins


A scheme once thought in the bag ignites a fandom and two lonely hearts with an uncertain destiny.

CONFESSIONS AT A WAKE by eugene h butler

Directed by Todd Felderstein  

  • Cindy Dolenc (Frannie) 
  • Jennifer Lassalette (Ellie)


Rivaling sisters, a small town in Georgia, a dead Mayor and an act of  betrayal converge in the waiting room of Goodies Funeral Parlor…and all  hell breaks loose.      

NIGHT TRAIN by Gena Acosta

Directed by Gregory Mortensen

  • Annie Vest as WOMAN
  • Brendan Patrick Connor as MAN


AIR BORN by Gena Acosta

Directed by Todd Felderstein

  • Catherine Carlen as SYLVIA MORRIS
  • Stewart Zully as LEONARD MORRIS


Leonard Morris wants to surprise his wife 

Sylvia for her birthday.   Sylvia deserves the best - so after seeing Sylvia worry about their  recently returned Viet Nam veteran son's well-being, Leonard thinks he  has the perfect surprise for her.  Or does he?

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