Past Productions
Signs of Trouble
by Shel Silverstein
Directed by Zach Stasz
Produced by Elliott Pruitt
October 2nd - 11th, 2015
MuCCC, Rochester NY
From the late, great, mind of Shel Silverstein, ten one act plays comprise this evening of laugh-out-loud comedy. We've got it all, from down on their luck sign salesmen, to dogs masquerading as husbands. Mr. Silverstein tickles the funny bone all while having that Shel Silverstein wit.
Cast included Lynne Sánchez-Fries, Misty Macey, Grace Mae, Nicholas Templeton, John Shaff, Zach Stasz, and Elliott Pruitt
Woyzeck
By Georg Buchner
Directed by Zach Stasz
Produced by Elliott Pruitt
Jan 26th - Fed 12th, 2012
SPACE ON WHITE, a performance space in Manhattan, NY.
Soldier Franz Woyzeck is everyone's man but his own. To his superiors he is just an ant marching in line. To his comrades, a weak and pathetic soldier. To his doctors, a specimen for medical experimentation. As Woyzeck’s mental stability deteriorates and his wife’s actions with another man are questioned, he hears the fires of nature burn within him - pushing him down a gruesome path of which he cannot escape.
Cast included Mark Lindberg, Jessica O'Hara-Baker, Emily Kaplan, Jara Jones, AJ Ditty, Evan Maltby, Adam Adrianopoulos, Jes Levine and Ben Leasure.
Deflowering Waldo
by Adam Szymkowicz
Directed by Spencer T Chistiano
Produced by Elliott Pruitt
Febuary 4th - 13th, 2011
MuCCC, Rochester NY
Waldo is having a bad day. He’s afraid of crowds, spiders, skyscrapers, flowers, brown soap and sex. His father won’t stop being Scottish. His Mother won’t leave him alone. His therapist wants to seduce him. His ex-girlfriend could spontaneously combust at any moment. And the new woman in his life seems to want something else completely. Will he manage to find true love—or at least mow the lawn?
Cast included Joshua Radford, Kate Sherman, Alex Kent, Betsy Benedict, Kelly Webster and Roger Gans.
A Kind Kind Man
by Catherine Weingarten
Directed by Zach Stasz
Produced by Elliott Pruitt
Febuary 24th - March 5th, 2011
Under St. Marks, Manhattan NY
Part of the 2011 NY Fridged Festival
When 14-year-old Flora shows up on Willard's doorstep selling toothpaste with a smile, Willard's repressed masculinity surfaces -triggering desires to drop his perfect muffin baking wife and run off with the unwilling Flora to the Virgin Island. A comedy for lonely people with intense toothpaste cravings.
Cast included Jeffrey Coyne, Tali Custer, and Victoria Guthrie
The David Ives Zone
by David Ives
Directed by Zach Stasz
Produced by Elliott Pruitt
December 3rd and 4th, 2010
Producer's Club, Manhattan NY
You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of language and motion but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land where three monkeys try to recreate Hamlet, a casual meeting turns into a conversational minefield, and a language lesson of verbal pyrotechnics brings two people together. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the David Ives Zone!
Cast included Sarah Rathbun, Brian Thomas Wilson, Ben Leasure, Laura High, Joya Mia Italiano, Tommy Heleringer, Sarah Cronk, Tinks Lovelace, and Stefano Della Pietra
Wonder of the World
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Zach Stasz
Produced by Elliott Pruitt
January 15th - 24th, 2010
MuCCC, Rochester NY
Nothing will prepare you for the dirty little secret Cass Harris discovers in her husband's sweater drawer. It is so shocking that our heroine has no choice but to flee to the honeymoon capital of the world in a frantic search for the life she thinks she missed out on. It's a wild ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel of laughs as Cass embarks on a journey of self-discovery that has her crossing paths with a blithely suicidal alcoholic, a lonely tour-boat captain, a pair of bickering private detectives and a strange caper involving a gargantuan jar of peanut butter, all of which pushes her perilously close to the water's edge.
Cast included Nicholas Templeton, Sarah Rathbun, Shannon Laverty, Rebecca Anderson, Trish Annese, Roger Gans, and Brandin Jones
BASH
by Neil LaBute
Directed by Zach Stasz
Produced by Elliott Pruitt
June 4th - 12th, 2010
MuCCC, Rochester NY
BASH – a collection of three darkly brilliant one-acts – forms a trio of unforgettable personal accounts. From a woman’s tragic relationship with her junior high english teacher, to a business man in Utah confessing a most chilling crime, to a young couple’s recount of violent events at an anniversary weekend in New York City; all three are unblinking portraits of the complexities of evil in everyday life.
Cast included Sarah Rathbun, Kate M. Blomquist, Ben Leasure, and MA Sheridan
An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein
by Shel Silverstein
Directed by Zach Stasz
Produced by Elliott Pruitt
July 24th - August 2nd, 2010
September 3rd - 12th, 2010
Upstairs Theatre at Nasty D's, Rochester NY
An Adult Evening is a compilation of ten comedic scenes taken from a broad range of Silverstein's one act collection. Ranging from innocent conversations that turn into manic farces to ironic twists on old clichés, each unique story carries that unmistakable Silverstein style. An evening for mature audiences from our favorite children’s poet!
Cast included Nicholas Templeton, Sarah Rathbun, Reissa Ress, Maureen Higgins, Wayne Dunbar, Anthony Casciano, Elliott Pruitt and Jim Valone
A Little Happy Mess
by Anthony White and Zach Stasz
Directed by Zach Stasz
Produced by Elliott Pruitt and David Henderson
April 24th - May 4th, 2009
MuCCC, Rochester NY
Carrie, a 25-year-old woman who never seemed to amount to anything, is forced to choose between her best friend, who she's known since they were in diapers, and her 35-year-old artist boyfriend, who wants her to settle down and marry. The result is a humorous and sometimes frightening tale of just how far these two will go to win her over and what happens when they go too far.
Cast included Nicholas Templeton, Shannon Laverty, and Joanne Perdergast
Fat Pig
by Neil LaBute
Directed by Zach Stasz
Produced by Elliott Pruitt, Zach Stasz, and Method Machine
December 12th - 20th, 2008
Upstairs Theatre at Nasty D's, Rochester NY
Inner beauty battles outer beauty in this man-meets-plus-size-beauty story. Things start when Tom meets Helen. She's everything Tom has been waiting for in a woman. She's witty, smart, funny, charming, and just plain fun. However, she's "plus-size". Enter judgmental friends, stage left. Love, peer pressure and junk food tango around the grazing stations. Is Tom strong enough to have a relationship with Helen amidst a low-carb, calorie counting society? If you miss this show, YOU'RE the biggest loser.
Cast included Nicholas Templeton, Marlena Dater, Joanna Pendergast, and Elliott Pruitt
