Names next to roles below. Congratulations!

Performances will be on Friday, November 21 at 7:30 pm, Saturday, November 22, at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm at the new ‘The Cary’ movie-house/black box theatre.

VOLUNTEERS needed:
We need volunteers for crew and ushers (three for each performance)! If you are interested in volunteering back stage to help with costumes, lights, props, stage management or anything else, or as an usher, please contact either Fred Yaffe (flyaffe@gmail.com) or Lydia Sbityakov (lydia@caryplaywrightsforum.org) to sign up.

The six scripts:

‘A Time to Change’ by Gus Allen, directed by Laura Arwood
Not all is as it seems for husband and wife Allan and Sarah. They talk to each other about not being able to have children and they both seem to accept that they will never have kids. But both of them have other plans in mind for their marriage and for children. The characters are:
Sarah, a wife in her 20s: Danielle Snook
Allan, a husband about ten years or more older than her: Sean Malone
Gwen, a neighbor: Lia Fitzgerald

‘UPSIE’ by Brook North, directed by Fred Yaffe
Based upon a real incident where an Air Force plane has inadvertently dropped a nuclear warhead in rural North Carolina. The bomb did not detonate and now officials are a bit confused as to what happened, why it happened and what to do about it. Confusion, paradox and irony run supreme as civilian and military personnel attempt to determine what to do. The characters include:
McGeorge Bundy, advisor to the President: David Klionsky
General Curtis LeMay, head of the Strategic Air Command: Mike Bennett
Eugene Allen, butler to the President: Seema Kukreja

‘Behind the Wire’ by Phillip F. Lewis, directed by Lydia Sbityakov
A young woman confronts a German prisoner of war behind a barbed wire POW encampment along the coast of North Carolina during World War II. As they talk with each other they discover some tragic commonalities they share with each other. This leads them to try and understand the nature of war and its consequences. The characters are:
A young woman: Marina Enslen
A young German soldier: Dustin Britt
A prison guard: Stanley Walker

‘Blalock’s Discharge’ by John Paul Middlesworth, directed by Thom Haynes
In 1865 Keith Blalock, a North Carolina soldier in the Union Army, has a severe head wound and is being nursed by his wife, Malinda. He deliriously switches back and forth from his present condition to memories of an earlier illness during the war. He recalls enlisting in the army with his “younger brother” and the conditions surrounding his discharge from the army. The characters are:
Keith Blalock, a young man (20s): Nick Popio
Malinda Blalock, a young woman (20s): Michelle R. Wood
An army physician Dr. Thomas Boykin (actor also plays an Army Colonel): Jim Cox

‘Cracked Grain’ by Carol Torian, directed by Steve Gallagher
A husband and wife, both of whom had worked in the furniture industry in North Carolina, find themselves out of work because the industry has collapsed. They discuss their increasingly desperate situation and lack of money resulting in mounting bills and the potential loss of their home. They contemplate the things they can do to improve their work skills. They realize that the strengths and opportunities they have are based upon the love and respect they have for each other. The characters are:
A middle-aged husband: Justin Peoples
A middle-aged wife: Connie DiGrazia

‘The Wright Stuff’ by Hugh Oyake Murchison, director Nicola Lefler
Orville and Wilber Wright try to get permission from a North Carolina government clerk to attempt to launch their newly-created flying machine along the sands of Kitty Hawk. The clerk is reluctant to allow the brothers to attempt what he perceives as a risky and potentially deadly venture. The brothers discuss with each other and the clerk their hopes and reasons for attempting to fly their creation. The characters are:
Wilber Wright: Nick Popio
Orville Wright: Dustin Britt
A government clerk: Noelle Barnard Azarelo