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Free* Staged Reading with Audience Feedback

August 17 at 7:30 PM

3315 Wade Ave, Raleigh, NC 27607 (Peace Hall Assembly Room 201/Clara Barton Room changed to Founders Hall on lower level to better accommodate Raleigh’s 8/13 mask mandate)

Supernatural signs surface at sleepy Saint Lucy’s. Can a bumbling band of blabbermouths, busybodies, and bureaucrats keep the congregation from noticing and still recover their beloved lost statue?

Featuring a fully vaccinated cast:

          Mia Peters as Rita

          Pimpila Violette as Katey

          Michael Parker as Rev. Parker

          Aubrey Hancock as Ellie

          Nicola Lefler as Violet

To best comply with building rules for this space, we ask that audience members be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and wear masks during the production. The cast have agreed to be screened before the reading, and we ask that guests only attend if feeling well that evening. Check back here before August 17 to see if conditions change.

After completion of the 90-minute reading, we’ll hold a moderated discussion that invites audience members to share thoughts and ask questions to help improve the script (written by Raleigh NC playwright Ken Walsh).

Partly produced under the auspices of Cary Playwrights’ Forum’s “Workshop Series” program. Logo design by Emily Graham.

Contact Ken Walsh at kennywalsh@mindspring.com or 919-833-3395 for any further details. https://www.facebook.com/events/356448362745649

* Tip jar (no Venmo) available to help director Noelle Barnard Azarelo and cast pay bar tabs.

The Glimmer Within – an audio play in four parts

Written by Ken Walsh

All parts are available to stream on https://cpfradiohour.podbean.com as of July 30, 2021!

Listen to Part I

Listen to Part II

Listen to Part III

Listen to Part IV

The Story

In a dystopian America where electricity is scarce, children are seized by the government, and paranoia is palpable, Grief Counselor Olivia Woods seeks her own human connection. Her shortlist of confidantes includes a scientist lacking any sense of human chemistry, a ministry investigator with a convenient imagination, and a stoic colonel who promises a brighter but darker future. Can Olivia sift through the science, the lies, and the subterfuge to find a ray of hope?

This audio production was recorded, designed, and edited between August 2020 and July 2021. Walsh’s story is brought to life by a cast who, like their characters, were living in a world of fear, mixed messages and isolation. All performers recorded scenes without an acting partner, relying on their acting instincts to carry a play packed with drama. Original sound effects were created to bring Walsh’s unique vision to life.

Written by Ken Walsh

Direction / Production / Sound Design by Christian O’Neal

Starring (in order of appearance)

Danny Mullins                   as The Narrator

Liz Webb                           as Haley Firstwater

Lia Fitzgerald                    as Olivia Woods

David Klionsky                  as Gerald Samson

Marina Enslen                   as Col. Maisy Turret

This audio play is produced by The Cary Playwrights’ Forum.

Listen to all of our audio productions here:        https://cpfradiohour.podbean.com/

Questions? Please contact Christian O’Neal <christian.b.oneal@gmail.com>

Welcome!

The SPRING 2021 NC RADIO PLAY FESTIVAL is a collaboration with the Cary Playwrights’ Forum and the Greensboro Playwrights’ Forum.

This year’s theme is Rebirth / Renewal !

All audio plays are free-to-stream on Spotify, YouTube, and Podbean. Click on a title to visit the PodBean site. Search for “CPF Radio Hour” on Spotify.

Festival Lineup

After the Here-After (Comedy)

• Written by Teddy Durgin
• Directed by Louis Panzer
• Sound Design and Editing by Louis Panzer
• Featuring the Voices of Carl Grasso, Bonnie Durgin, Evan Winney, Nancy Torkewitz and Kurt Benrud

Call Center (Comedy)

• Written by Kirby Callan
• Directed by Terrell Brown
• Sound Design and Editing by Terrell Brown
• Featuring the Voices of John Paul Middlesworth, Jason Christ and Lauren Schneider

Lost Time (Drama / Musical)

• Written by Grace Ellis
• Directed by Mike Brannon
• Sound Design and Editing by Mike Brannon
• Featuring the Voices of Emily Chiola and John Galas

The Shwake (Drama / Musical)

• Written by Brian H. Bornstein
• Directed by Meredith D. Stephens
• Sound Design and Editing by Meredith D. Stephens
• Featuring the Voices of Linda Donnell and Blake Wilson

Spring Fling (Horror Comedy)

• Written by Doug Simpson
• Directed by Todd Fisher
• Sound Design and Editing by Louis Panzer
• Featuring John Swain, Carrie Moscoe, David Klionsky, Bonnie Marie Williams, Elena Clevenger, Glenn Weyler and Jay Zadeh

Under the Sea (Fantasy Comedy)

• Written by Andy Rassler
• Directed by Thom Haynes
• Sound Design and Editing by Thom Haynes
• Featuring the Voices of Joe Campo, Kalynn Chambers, Rhonda Lemon and Lyra Grace Benjamin

We’re All on Stand-By (Fantasy)

• Written by Sally Kinka
• Directed by Mia Peters
• Sound Design and Editing by Mia Peters
• Featuring the Voices Sarianna Gregg, Maribeth McCarthy and Gary Pezzullo

Where are we Going (Drama / Musical)

• Written by Debra Kaufman
• Directed by Natasha Jackson
• Sound Design and Editing by Christian O’Neal
• Featuring the Voices of Joanna La Forgia and Rebecca Stanifer

Links to YouTube Premieres

May 8 – “Call Center” and “Lost Time” Facebook, YouTube

May 15 – “After the Here-After” and “Where are we Going” Facebook, YouTube

May 22 – “Under the Sea” and “We’re All on Stand-By” Facebook, YouTube

May 29 – “The Shwake” and “Spring Fling” – Facebook, YouTube

Questions?

Please contact one of the producers: Christian O’Neal <christian.b.oneal@gmail.com>, Mike Brannon <gsomojo@gmail.com>

The votes are in, check out our 1st 2nd and 3rd place winners in the list below!

Viewing options:

1. Watch at the CPF Facebook page or
2. Watch at the CPF YouTube channel; the direct link to the video is HERE.

The voting for BEST TEAM ends EOD Mar 6. After you have watched the show, please vote here!

You can watch the reveal soiree 15 min video here, but here’s the overarching theme ….. the Seven Deadly Sins!

The 7 teams and their assigned sin:

1. Bonnie Milne Gardner (writer), David Akiva Klionsky (actor), Pride THIRD PLACE
2. Elizabeth Gordon (writer), Kenny Hertling (actor), Lust
3. Jinna Kim (writer), Kalynn Chambers (actor), Wrath
4. Ashley Curry (writer), Juliana Valente (actor), Sloth FIRST PLACE
5. Mac McCord (writer), Carla Dale Fuller (actor), Envy
6. Paul Baerman (writer), Stephanie Turner (actor), Gluttony
7. Elyse Ribbons (writer), Mary Rowland (actor), Greed SECOND PLACE

“It’s Been One Week,” a new monologue-writing competition! 

These dynamic duos will have one week to write, rehearse, and record a memorized, brand-new, 2-5 minute monologue based on the prompt randomly assigned them.  The monologues will livestream premiere on February 27th at 7:30pm, and, after a period for voting, the creators of the audience favorite will win $150!

Also, the top three writers will receive a free year-long subscription to www.playsubmissionshelper.com, the most comprehensive and up-to-date online directory of play submission opportunities available anywhere.

Here’s an interview our producer Jorie Slodki had with Wayne Leonard of “Lights Up!” (WHUP Hillsborough radio 104.7) – starts at 20:35.

Questions? Ask:  jorie.slodki@caryplaywrightsforum.org