2024-2025
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Sarasota Area Playwrights Society 

Thursday, October 3, 2024
LIVE 5:30-7:30 pm (Selby Library)
The Night the Lights Went Out a forty-five play
by Dan Landon

Charlie Agurcia as Bart
Don Walker as Robert
Joanie Anton as Benny
Connie Schindewolf as Little Bob
Jill Schroeder as Greta
David Coe as Billy
Steve Black as Bobby
Aaron Schroeder as Hymie 
Jenny Aldrich as Maggie
Dianne Brinn as Narrator
Director Steve Black

Thursday, October 17, 2024
LIVE 5:30-7:30 pm (Selby Library)

Cooling Off, a ten-minute play by Lyle Landon

Jill Schroeder as Jeanne
Charlie Agurcia as Steven 
Director and Narrator, Lee Gundersheimer

All Things Reversed, a forty-five-minute play by Alan Brasington

Alice Cotman as Lucy Lee
Jill Schroeder as Myrtle Mae

Mirror, Mirror, a ten-minute play by Joe Cyr

Dianne Brin as Wanda

Monday, October 28,2024
ZOOM 6:00-8:00 pm
Mary and David Found Stella and Joey a fifty-minute adaptation
by Alan Brasington and Betty Robinson

Thursday, November 7th LIVE 6:00-8:00 pm (Tree Fort Productions at the Crossings which is the same mall as the Players) Readings which celebrate George Loukides- the plays will all be written by him.

November 18 ZOOM 6:00-8:00 pm

That's Nice, a ten-minute play by Cynthia Jordan
Haleu Hines as Marcy
Lynne Doyle as Samantha
Jill Schroeder as Gracie
Aden Russell as Brenda
as Waitress (non speaking)
Director, Steve Black

December 3rd LIVE 5:30-7:30

A Day at the Circus, a ten-minute play
by Steve Ashman
David Coe as Seamus O'brien
Alan Brasington as Anderson
Keith Whalen as Ringmaster (off stage)
Narrator:  Dianne Brin
Director:  Joanie Anton

WHO'S CHEATING WHO, a ten-minute play
by Cynthia Jordon
Aden Russell as Marianne
Lyle Landon as Lucy
Director: Steve Black

December 16 ZOOM 6:00-8:00 pm
THE HERMENEUTICS OF HOLIDAY LIGHTENING
POST RELIGIOUS WESTERN CULTURE: THEIR SYMBOLISM AND SEMIOTICS
An eighteen-minute Monologue
by Eric Leventhal
Read by Lynne Doyle

The Well-Intentioned Lesson, a twenty-minute play
by Martin Tucker
Dianne Brinn as Jean
Alice Cotman as Adele
David Meyersburg as Jerry
Alan Kitty as Noah
David Coe as Hank
Margo Drewis as Grace
Narrator: Jill Schroeder
Director: Steve Black

January 16th LIVE 5:30-7:30pm

THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT (Act 2) 
by Dan Landon
David Meyersburg as Bart
Steve Black as Robert
Joanie Anton as Benny
Connie Schindewolf as Little Bob
Jill Schroeder as Greta
David Coe as Billy
Alan Kitty as Bobby
Aaron as Hymie
Jenny Aldrich as Maggie
Cynthia Jordan as Norma Snow
Narrator: Dianne Brin
Director: Jan Wallace

MISSED CONNECTION, a fifteen-minute play
by David Coe
Jan Wallace as Joyce Taylor
Alan Kitty as Roger Taylor
Sandra Musicante as Elaine
Terry Ochiogrosso as Tanza
Steve Black as Gregor
David Meyersburg as Voice/Pete 
Dianne Brin: Narrator
Director: Jill Schroeder

February 6th LIVE 5:30-7:30 pm

Where Time Goes, a ten-minute play
by Alan Brasington
Jill Schroeder as Janet Armstrong
Alan Brasington as Jimmy Armstrong
Narrator: Joanie Anton

The Locket, a forty-minute monologue 
by Jan Wallace

Rite of Passage, a twelve-minute monologue
by Bruce Segal

February 17th ZOOM 6:00-8:00 pm

Playing the Lottery, a ten-minute play by Jim O'Hara
Don Walker as Hank Sullivan
Aaron Schroeder as Gregory Sullivan
Joseph Klens as Ric Mancuso
Jill Schroeder: Narrator and Director

Operation Overboard, a ten-minute play by Jim O'Hara
Dianne Brin as Gabriella Gonzales de Pettingill
Alice Cotman as Charlottee Spence
Shawn Genther as Unnamed Officer
James Kassees as Voice on the PA system
Joanie Anton: Narrator and Director

Stowaway, a ten-minute play by Jim O'Hara
Neil Levine as Nick Saunders
Terry Occhiogrosso as Nora Saunders
Aden Russell as Dewi - Asian Female
David Meyersburg as Danillo - Brazilian
Susan Bachman as Maggie Horner
Director: Eric Leventhal

Brothers Forever, a ten-minute play by Jim O'Hara
Alan Kitty as Rocco Morelli
Fred Sirasky as Rory Cahill
Michael Bille as Francis Taft
Riselle Bain Duncan as Lorraine Taft
Narrator: Don Walker
Director: Jenny Aldrich Walker

February 27th LIVE 5:30-7:30 pm
What Heaven We're In,
a full-length play by Eric Leventhal
Terry Occhiogrosso as Albie VanDerHunk
Alan Kitty as Henry Myles
Steve Black as Colonel Bellefontainne
James Kassees as Guy Bassington
Jill Scroeder as Cecile
Narrator: Philippe Koenig
Director: Jan Wallace

March 10th ZOOM 6:00-8:00 pm
PIE IN THE SKY, a seventy-minute,
full-length play by Sue Bachman
Jill Schroeder as Adeline
Aden Russel as Ma
Joanie Anton as Bernice
Keith Whalen as Johnny
Dianne Brin as Magdalena
Steve Black as Domenico
Alan Kitty as Max, Baseball Announcer/coach/porter
Donna Defant as Etsy
David Myersburg as Joe
as Max Carter
Susan is (non-speaking)
Narrator: Betty Robinson
Director: Alan Brasington

Note:  Max and Announcer could be read by the same actor

March 27th LIVE 5:30-7:30 pm

A Day At The Circus, a twenty-five minute play
by Steve Ashman
David Coe as Seamus O'brien
Alan Brasington as Anderson
Dan Landon as Ringmaster
Narrator: Philippe Koenig
Director: Jan Wallace

The Shopping Cart, a ten-minute play
by Connie Schindewolf
Steve Black as Earnest
Aaron Schroedere as Kevin
Donna DeFant as Rosie (no lines)
Joanie Anton as narrator and Director

Second Chances, a ten-minute play 
by Ron Pantello
as Micky
as Kathy
as Jim
as Lois

Ghostwriter, a ten-minute play 
by Seva Anthony
as Angie
as Donatella


April 7th ZOOM 6:00-8:00 pm
SHOULD a ten-minute play
by Fred Sirasky
as SID
as JILL

April 24th LIVE 5:30-7:30 pm
ANNA AND GEORGE ON AN ISLAND, OR A TOUCH OF SHAKESPEARE,
a full-length play by Martin Tucker
as Anna
as George
as Dombrini
as Calbrana
as Miranda
as Adonis Philip

May 1st LIVE 5:30-7:30 

The Compact, a fifteen-minute play
by Alan Brasington 
Alan Brasington as Shandor
Jill Schroeder as Jill

Pitman & Gregg Shorthand Restaurant,
a three-minute play by Alan Brasington
Alan Brasington as JL
Jill Schroeder as LN