Cone Man Running Productions
*winner of Houston Press' 2017 Mastermind award*
THEATRE
WINNERS
BEST USE OF GENRE: "Full Moon Over Beaver Gulch" by Peter Wittenberg (Western)
BEST USE OF THEME (SECOND): "2nd Anniversary Near Taurus Major" by Gene Kato
BEST USE OF NEW SLANG/VERNACULAR: "Love in the 23rd Century, Sort of" by Connor Farrell ("thorping")
BEST USE OF GUILTY PLEASURE SONG: "As Teardrops Fall" by Michael Weems ("Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler)
CAST THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD THE MOST FUN: "2nd Anniversary Near Taurus Major" by Gene Kato, directed by Sam Martinez, starring Taylor Biltoft, Louis Crespo, Margaret Lewis and Rachel Wesley
BEST SCRIPT: "2nd Anniversay Near Taurus Major" by Gene Kato
BEST IN SHOW: "Full Moon Over Beaver Gulch by Peter Wittenberg, directed by Keshia Lovewell, starring: Anita Darby, LeeAnne Denny, Bryan Maynard and Jason Tull
The Second Coming of a Spontaneous Smattering
A 24 hour play festival
We are gathering eight talented playwrights, infusing them with a healthy dose of caffeine, and making them stay up all night to write short plays that will be handed off the next day to an incredibly versatile group of directors and actors who will rehearse like their lives depended on it to bring to you a night of short plays filled with the spontanaeity and insanity that you expect from Cone Man Running Productions.
March 30, 2013
2 performances ONLY
7PM & 9:30 PM
Obsidian Arts Space
3522 White Oak
Tickets: $15/$12 students/seniors/CMR
PARAMETERS
Theme: Second
Line: Create new slang/vernacular
Prop: Directors had to incorporate at least 10 seconds of Guilty Pleasure Song
WALT DISNEY PRESENTS DUCKTON ABBEY
by Fernando Dovalina
Directed by Tim Ashby
Starring: Randi Hall, Melissa Huckabay, Tad Howington and Clarity Welch
Genre: Disney
Guilty Pleasure Song: "Bad Touch" by The Bloodhound Gang
LOVE IN THE 23RD CENTURY, SORT OF
by Conor Farrell
Directed by L. Robert Westeen
Starring: Jessica Bell, Scott Holmes, Heather McLean and Tyrrell Woolbert
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Guilty Pleasure Song: Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"
FULL MOON OVER BEAVER GULCH
by Peter Wittenberg
Directed by Keshia Lovewell
Starring: Anita Darby, LeeAnne Denny, Bryan Maynard and Jason Tull
Genre: Western
Guilty Pleasure Song: "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" by Big & Rich
AS TEARDROPS FALL
by Michael Weems
Directed by Nicholas M. Garelick
Starring: Lindsy Greig, Eddie Rodriguez, Sam Schnuer and Robert Tatum
Genre: Documentary
Guilty Pleasure Song: "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler
THE EPIC OF GILBERT G. MESH
by Ben Plopper
Directed by Haley E. R. Cooper
Starring: Sierra Irwin, Mike McDermott and Katherine Rinaldi
Genre: Adventure
Guilty Pleasure Song: "Games Without Frontiers" by Peter Gabriel
2ND ANNIVERSARY NEAR TAURUS MAJOR
by Gene Kato
Directed by Sam Martinez
Starring: Taylor Biltoft, Louis Crespo, Margaret Lewis and Rachel Wesley
Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction
Guilty Pleasure Song: "I Touch Myself" by Divinyls
WE THREE QUEENS
by Eric James
Directed by J. Cameron Cooper
Starring: Julio Alonzo, Bob Galley and Danny Seibert
Genre: Coming of Age
Guilty Pleasure Song: "Survivor" by Destiny's Child
THE DEATH OF ART
by Leighza Walker
Directed by Lulu Mire
Starring: Jada August, Onyinye Yvonne Ewulu and Melissa Mumper
Genre: Horror/Mystery
Guilty Pleasure Song: "Thriller" by Michael Jackson