Season 49: 2021-22

October 10, 2021

Latinx Play Reading

For Hispanic Heritage Month we held an afternoon of scene readings from plays by Latinx playwrights.
Organized By: June Clark Eubanks, Melissa Goldman, and Jaclyn Loewenstein

Plays & Readers

Borderline by Andrew Siañez-De La O
Tío Ofelio: Victor Ruiz
Rosita: Izzy Gonzalez
Enzo: Elena Carrillo
Tony: AJ Paramo
Veronica: Melissa Goldman

Fade by Tanya Saracho
Lucia: Mariana Seda
Abel: David Gonzalez

Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Yaz: Mariana Seda
Elliot: Victor Ruiz

Dream Hou$e by Eliana Pipes
Patricia: Erica Cruz Hernández
Julia: Jackie Obando Carter
Tessa: June Clark Eubanks
Patricia: Celina Trujillo
Julia: Melissa Goldman

El Nogalar by Tanya Saracho
Valeria: Jackie Obando Carter
Dunia: Erica Cruz Hernández
Anita: Neri Martins-West
Lopez: AJ Paramo

Elliot: a Soldier’s Fugue by Quiara Alegria Hudes
Elliot: Gabe Ortiz

November 14, 2021

Fairview
By Jackie Sibblies Drury

We held a reading of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury.
Organized by: Misty Martin and June Clark Eubanks

Readers:

Beverly: Nikia Brown
Dayton: Prince Robertson
Jasmine: Charence Higgins
Keisha: Keke Antoinette
Suze: Martha Mills
Jimbo: Casey Long
Mack: Thomas Fitch
Bets(y): June Clark Eubanks
Stage Directions read by Samuel Smith

Story

It's Grandma's birthday and the Frasier family have gathered to celebrate. Beverly just wants everything to run smoothly, but Tyrone has missed his flight, Keisha is freaking out about college, and Grandma has locked herself in the bathroom. Fairview is (both) an interrogation of our subtly destructive preconceptions and a radical examination of power.

March 25-27, 2022

Following
By Ben F. Locke
Directed by: Kendall Jeonson

We held a staged reading of a new play.

Readers:
Darnell: Marshawn Bingham
Rashaad: Solomon Robinson
Tey: Mariah Smith
Julia: Zoë Dunn
The Man: Jon Faw

Story

Darnell is an up and coming app designer. His popularity attracts a lot of fame and attention. It all seems great until he finds out that he's being stalked. Can Darnell solve the mystery before it's too late? Following explores what exactly it means to be an ally. Do we do what we do because it's the right thing to do or do we all have our own selfish motives that dictate what we deem as what's right and wrong?

April 28- May 8, 2022

Borderline
By Andrew Siañez-De La O
Directed by: Jackie Obando Carter Assistant Director: Jacqueline Moreno

View Program here: Borderline Program

Cast:

Tío Ofelio: David González
Rosita: Elena Carrillo
Enzo: Elian Carrillo
Tony: Noe Cornejo Herrera
Veronica: Ines Gracia-Valdivia The Man: Felipe Carmona
The Musician: Joe Reichlin

Understudies: Jacqueline Moreno, Lucas Tosi, Li Reichlin

We are all told ghost stories as kids, but for children of the border, those stories are about more than just what goes bump in the night. They are very real warnings about the world outside their home. In the old cotton fields of Socorro, Texas, Enzo and Rosita have snuck away to write ghost stories, while Tony and Veronica are both building up the courage to tell the other a secret. Threatened by a creature in the darkness, these two generations will have to rely on each other and the voice of the repentant Tío Ofelio to escape the desert alive. It’ll take made-up-myths, stories of the past, and a rendition of La Llorona to defeat the very real monster stalking children in the borderlands.

October 30-31, 2021

Scary Stories at The Station Halloween Showcase

An evening of storytelling written and performed by local artists.
Organized by: Vivian Krishnan and June Clark Eubanks
Sound Design: Tan Mishra
Lighting Design: Jesse Folks

Works & Performers

Narrator: Misty Martin

Rave Ghosts by Aki Aukhauri
Performer: Alex Noa
Illustrated by: Larissa Almanza

After Rosemary by Thom Schnarre
Performer: Corban Eagles

Honest Work by Andy Long
Performer: Mikel Matthews

A Lovely Shade of Wine by Brianna Malotke
Read by: June Clark Eubanks
Performed by: Konstanza Stormont & Aaron Clark

Together by Andy Long
Performed by: Melissa Goldman

The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Performed by: Misty Martin
Illustrated by: Vivian Krishnan

December 3-5, 2021

Feeding the Dragon
By Sharon Washington
Directed by: Jaclyn Loewenstein

Performed by: Latrelle Bright

This autobiographical one-woman play traces the unorthodox childhood of a little girl who grew up in an apartment on the top floor of the New York Public Library branch where her father served as the building's custodian. A love of literature and boundless imagination helped the playwright as a child persevere over dragons of all forms.
Sound Design: Lindsay Jones
Lighting Design: Jesse Folks

April 1-3, 2022

Simpler Hearts
By Cris Eli Blak
Directed by: Misty Martin Assistant Director: J’Lyn Hope

We held a staged reading of a new play.

Readers:
Young Nadine: Laura Litchfield
Young Moe: Solomon Robinson
Older Nadine: Nikia Brown
Older Moe: Prince Robertson

Story

Simpler Hearts" is a Brown-skinned love story focusing on the relationship of Moe 'Twister' Cooper, an aspiring big-time boxer, and Nadine Barrera, an aspiring author who wants to tell the stories of her ancestors, told through vignettes, or "snapshots," of moments during their five-year relationship, from first meeting to the final year.