SEASON 2
A CHRISTMAS CAROL performed by the original cast of dark shadows (Livestream - 20K+ Views!)
Performance Date: December 19, 2021
*Winner "Best Event" at the 20th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
The original cast of the beloved Dark Shadows reunites for the first time in decades to perform this not-to-be-missed Charles Dickens classic.
Alexandra Moltke-Isles; David Henesy; David Selby
Jerry Lacy; James Storm; Kathryn Leigh Scott
Lara Parker; Marie Wallace; Mitch Ryan; Nancy Barrett
SPERM
Performance Date: December 17, 2021
Written by Tom Baum
Directed by Mitch Levine
starring:
Bradley Bentz ................ RYAN
Joelle Arqueros ............. ANGELA
Lisa Robins .................... LINDA
Michael Hyland ............. ASHER
Rosalind Jewett ............. PAIGE
"A teenage science whiz goes in search of her sperm-donor dad…and discovers that toxic masculinity may not be all she thinks it is."
a conversation with mitch ryan (Livestream)
Performance Date: December 3, 2021
With a career that spans over 60 years on stage, screen and now as an author, Mitch shares stories of triumph and challenge most recently documented in his memoir: Fall of a Sparrow.
things & quiet car (Livestream)
Performance Date: November 19, 2021
(Things was presented along with Quiet Car in the same evening)
THINGS
Written & Directed by Eugene H. Butler
Sometimes a relationship can end without either partner being able to explain how or why. Sometimes it's just.... THINGS
Starring:
Michael Cavanaugh & Darcy Shean
things & quiet car (Livestream)
Performance Date: November 19, 2021
(Quiet Car was presented along with Things in the same evening)
QUIET CAR
Written by Richard Alleman; Directed by Cate Caplin
Starring:
Carl Weintraub, Spencer Weitzel & Willem De Vries
Quiet Car takes place in the eponymous car of an Amtrak train traveling from Washington to New York, where a buttoned-up businessman, wanting only to read his New York Times in peace, and a scruffy drifter, craving constant attention, wind up elbow to elbow in the last available seats.
HOMEFIRES 5 by joe keyes
Performance Date: October 22, 2021
Directed by Peter Flood
Rena explores a new world; Bob faces a frightening discovery, and Freddy, their estranged son, escapes the basement.
Rena ............. LILY KNIGHT
Bob .............. STEVE HOFVENDAHL
poetry Show #5, "Closing the door"
Performance Date: September 10, 2021 (Livestream)
With a special group reading of: 9/11 In L.A.
by Devon O'Brien
POETS
David Andrews Michael Cavanaugh Kevin Kelly Stephen Mendillo Smokey Miles Devon O'Brien Luivette Resto Shirley Sniderman Dig Wayne
KALIFA REPORTS FOR TREATMENT
Performance Date: July 30, 2021
Written by Tom Baum
Directed by Mitch Levine
-Players-
JORDAN COLEY ............ Kalifa
JOHN MEDICI ................ Dr. Andrew Goldstein
A Black activist, court-ordered to psychiatric treatment, meets via Zoom with her Jewish psychotherapist…while protesters clash in the world outside.
July 30th Livestream: LINK
A conversation With ALAN ARKIN
Conversation Date: July 23, 2021
Alan Arkin has a long outstanding career that encompasses acting, directing, producing and screenwriting.
Alan has been nominated for a Best Actor Academy twice for his performances in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Little Miss Sunshine and received critical praise and another Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in Argo.
July 23rd Livestream: LINK
A conversation With Mark Rydell
Conversation Date: July 2, 2021
Having directed 13 pictures which have been recognized by the Academy 27 times including a Best Director nod for "On Golden Pond," highly acclaimed Actor/Director Mark Rydell shares heartfelt inspirational stories from his life with Meisner, Kazan, Broadway and Hollywood in this not to be missed conversation.
July 2nd Livestream: LINK
Poetry night: Summer passions!
Performance Date: June 18, 2021
Poets:
Poetri
Hannah Logan
Shirley Sniderman
Elaine Madsen
Smokey Miles
Michael Cavanaugh
Joseph Walsh
Buffy Shutt
Devon O'Brien
Kevin Kelly
HOMEFIRES 4 by Joe Keyes
Performance Date: June 4, 2021
Directed by Peter Flood
Same kitchen, same table, different result . . . Rena makes a decision.
Rena ............. LILY KNIGHT
Bob .............. STEVE HOFVENDAHL
WOMAN NO. 6 by Paul Coates
Performance Date: May 28, 2021
Directed by Todd Felderstein
A deep dive into the lifestyles of the Uber rich and set against the City of Light, glamorous young Americans Howard and Diana arrive at the Hotel de Crillon for a festive evening of excess, game playing and disaster.
Jean-Marc Desmarais ............. PAUL COATES
Diana Wilkes ........................... KIMBERLY GREEN
Howard Viewig ....................... STEPHEN TYLER HOWELL
Bonita "Bunny" Viewig .......... CHRISTINA HART
WHAT FRIENDS DO (#EXPENDABLES) By Susan Sullivan
Performance Date: APRIL 30, 2021
Directed by Asaad Kelada
Four old friends (the actors as well as the characters they play) reach out with a touch of humor, a modicum of reality and a smidgen of romance… to help each other get back into the game.
Ruth ...................... Kathryn Leigh Scott
Bevi ....................... Susan Sullivan
Max ....................... David Selby
Harry ..................... Mitchell Ryan
homefires 3 by Joe Keyes
Performance Date: APRIL 9, 2021
Directed by Peter Flood
"Bob questions the strain of his work and decides to bring booze back into the house. All is well, until their drinking party leads them back to a painful memory."
- Players -
Lily Knight ......................... RENA
Steve Hofvendahl ............ BOB
"Feeling foolish" - A Night of poetry with the SPT poets on the day after april fools day
Performance Date: April 2, 2021
Featuring:
Michael Cavanaugh
Buffy Shutt
Elaine Madsen
Bob "Smokey" Miles
Rick Sandack
Shirley Sniderman
Joseph Walsh
Devon O'Brien
Kevin Kelly
THE HUNTSVILLE GUN SHOW by Gena Acosta
Performance Date: March 26, 2021
"The Huntsville Gun Show: You can cage her but just try and kill her."
- Players -
Andrea Leigh .................... TEQUILA
Stan Davis ........................... POPS
Elijah Douglas .................. FELIX
SOPHIE-ALEXANDER-LISBOA by wendy graf
Performance Date: March 19, 2021
Directed by Todd Felderstein
“A chance meeting in an airport lounge in Lisbon during a snowstorm leads to endings, new beginnings and maybe love.”
- Featuring -
Kimberly Green .............. Sophie
Blaine Kern .................... Alexander
Christian Rodrigo .......... Bartender
Country Life by Joe Keyes
Performance Date: March 12, 2021
Directed by Peter Flood
“Way out in the country, a farmer is captured by a mysterious muse, as his poor wife suffers.”
- Featuring -
Joe Keyes as "Milton"
Cheryl Hawker as "Louise"
VA Blues by will manus
Performance Date: March 5, 2021
Directed by Stu Berg
- Players -
Leslie A. Jones ................. MAN
Barika Phillips Bell ............... WOMAN
Time is generally regarded as the great tool that heals all wounds, large and small. When a recovering war veteran encounters a visiting young woman perched at the foot of his hospital bed at the VA, their truth may be the healing elixir that both have been waiting for all their lives. Or not.
A Conversation with... director asaad kelada
Performance Date: February 26, 2021
With a career that spans from the theatre to over 500 episodes of groundbreaking sitcom television (Family Ties, Who's the Boss, The Facts of Life, Rhoda ...), in this passionate and riveting conversation, Asaad Kelada shares stories from his his childhood in Cairo, Egypt through Yale University and then into TV history.
POETRY NIGHT before VALENTINE'S DAY
Performance Date: February 12, 2021
Enjoy our seasoned poets who come together for a wonderful hour reflecting on the theme of "romance" on this Friday before the day of love.
Featuring: David Andrews, Michael Cavanaugh, Kevin Kelly, Hannah Logan, Elaine Madsen, Stephen Mendillo, Smokey Miles, Devon O'Brien, Poetri, Buffy Shutt, Shirley Sniderman & Joseph Walsh
Homefires 2 by joes keyes
Directed by Peter Flood
(Performed Jan, 22, 2021)
*(Encore Performance: Jan. 29, 2021 LINK)
In this next installment of Homefires, Bob finds Rena in the kitchen pondering her discontentment. He encourages her to accept her suffering but she exposes him to a secret that leaves him stunned and clinging to his own fragile hope.
Featuring:
Lily Knight as RENA
Steve Hofvendahl as BOB
(Homefires 1: LINK)
2 Comedies by jim geoghan
Performance Date: Jan. 8, 2021
THE NEXT IVAN SHARANSKY
Directed by Cate Caplin
Featuring:
Shannon Wilcox as IDA
Robert Towers as CARL
FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET
Directed by Jonathan Levit
Featuring:
Lois Bostwick as IDA
Laurence Braude as CARL
Copyright © 2022 Smartphone Theatre ® - All Rights Reserved.
Powered by GoDaddy Website Builder
This website uses cookies.
We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.