Theatre 810

ACADIANA REPERTORY THEATRE

NEW WORKS FESTIVAL

 FRIDAY, JUNE 29:

100 Planes--Lieutenant Kay McClure, a hotshot pilot, meets her match in Major Anne Clarkson. As Anne pushes Kay harder and harder, questions arise. What exactly is Anne training Kay to do? David, an aspiring reporter and Kay's lover, probes deeper and discovers Anne's true motivations. 100 Planes examines the tug of war between love and ambition for female pilots in the Air Force.
 The cast of 100 Planes includes Evan Melancon, Etienna Wright, Jody Powell, and Sarah Brown.
100 Planes  will be read at 6:30pm on June 29th.
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The Human Capacity-Set in East Berlin before and after the fall of the Wall, the play follows the journey of a Stasi officer as he seeks redemption from the woman whose life he shattered. Both torturer and victim find themselves caught in a struggle to reconcile the horrors of their past with their hopes for the future. The Human Capacity is a searing look into a society and a family in turmoil, and an exploration of the human capacity for cruelty, perseverance, and forgiveness.
 The cast of The Human Capacity includes Kayla Lemaire, Evan Melancon, Bobby Bender, Casey Harmon, Kevin Miller, and Kate Schneider.
The Human Capacity will be read on June 29th at 8:30 pm

SATURDAY, JUNE 30:
Principal Principle--Armed only with her dreams of making the world a better place and a fresh teaching degree, Kay Josephs quits her corporate job to teach English in an urban high school.  She wakes up to harsh realities: the copy machine is broken, the system is broken, and the spirits of her fellow teachers are broken.  Or are they?  A dark comedy of academic intrigue, Principal Principle takes a peek at the politics behind the closed doors of the teachers' lounge.
 The cast includes Etienna Wright, Apiyo Obala, Kristina Marshall,Shana Ledet Qualls, and Kate Schneider.
Principal Principle will be read Saturday, June 30th, at 6:30pm. All you teachers out there should put this one on your calendar!
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A Place to Land--Graham and Rebecca are a couple on the brink of non-coupledom.  Feeling too young to have been married so long, they seek advice and indiscretion from their closest friends, Casey and Miyo.  But when Casey and Miyo discover that the closeness they truly want comes from each other, a hilarious downward spiral of secret-revealing, feelings-hurting, and self-discovery is initiated.  Why is it sometimes so much sadder to see a couple stay together than to see one break up?  And why do the most revealing and tense moments of our lives so often take place at mealtime?  As funny as it is heartfelt, A Place to Land is a new relationship examination for a new generation, whose themes are as familiar as the voices inside your head.
 The cast includes Lindsay Finley, Bobby Bender, Etienna Wright, and Steven R. Landry.
The show will be read on June 30th at 8:30pm...and if you want to be a little star struck, the playwright will be there!

SUNDAY, JULY 1
A Home Across the Ocean--Connor and his boyfriend think they’re ready to start a family; Connor’s recently widowed mother thinks she needs to re-start a family herself. When a thirteen-year-old foster child and a poet from London arrive into their lives, they’ll find out exactly how ready they are.
 Cast members for this show are Jody Powell, Steven R. Landry, Gabe Ortego, Moresa Robinson, and Duncan Thistlethwaite.
 A Home Across the Ocean will be read at 3:00pm on July 1st, the finale of our festival.