We are excited to have a weekend featuring new works of aspiring playwrights, both local and national!

WHEN

ONE WEEKEND ONLY
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday November 6, 7, & 8 at 7:30pm
Saturday, November 8 at 2pm
Doors open 30 minutes to door

VENUE

Royal Stage Theatre
6174 Sunrise Blvd.,
Citrus Heights, CA 95610
(Note: the venue is on the Greenback end of the mall, in between where Macy’s Mens and Zumiez used to be)

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$15 online (no fees!)
$20 at the door

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Learn About the Plays

Time

Written and Directed by Edward A. Nason

Synopsis

Imagine finding yourself in a barren room with no idea how you got there. A strange person is there with you and keeps checking a pocket watch. They finally speak, talking about death and the psychological wounds you carry from growing up in an orphanage. They force a life or death decision on you. What would you do?
RATING: PG-13 for language. Parental discretion advised.

Cast List

  • Jamie Lee as Time
  • Elora Branton as Emily

The Laundryman

Written by Chris Tan

Directed by Tana Aivaz Colburn

Synopsis

Wei and his brother-in-law, Shen, travelled from China to California during the Gold Rush–Shen to make his fortune and Wei to provide a better life for his wife and child. When the gold started to peter out, the white miners began to resent the Chinese miners. Shen left to find a better claim, and Wei never heard from him again. Wei started a laundry, but then the city began pushing the Chinese out of the neighborhoods.

Cast List

  • Chris Tan as Wei
  • Marcus Daniel as James
  • Denise Anderson as Mrs. Thompson
  • Jamie Lee as Mrs. Carver
  • Bruce Seymour as Mr. Carver
  • Joshua Laquian as Shen

The Shots You Never Take, a brief tragedy

Written by Noah Harris

Directed by Emma Eldridge

Synopsis

Stewart and his friend Kyle are hanging out at the local dive bar. Kyle steps out to pick up a pizza. Cassie pretends Stewart is her boyfriend to get rid of a very drunk Eric, who will not leave her alone. Cassie and Stewart have a great conversation . . . until Kyle returns. Stewart has a lot going for him, so why is it Kyle always gets the girl?

Cast List

  • Bender Kynaston as Stewart
  • Said Noori as Kyle
  • Bryn Riley as Cassie
  • Edward A. Nason as Eric
  • Chris Stewart as Ray
  • Elora Branton as Megan
RATING: PG-13 for language. Parental discretion advised.

Love is Blind

Written by Brad White

Directed by Tana Aivaz Colburn

Synopsis

A simple DNA test leads a couple to a shocking revelation, sending them into a spiral of confusion, denial, and increasingly absurd rationalizations. As they struggle to make sense of it all, they debate whether to reveal the truth or keep  it buried. But just when they think they have a plan, their daughter turns everything on its head.

Cast List

  • Marcus Daniel as Martin
  • Chris Stewart as Lisa
  • Aladria Brown as Katie

The Pier

Written by Emmy Kreilkamp

Directed by Deanne “Deedee” Farinha Eldridge

Synopsis

Louisa’s husband died unexpectedly while they were having marital difficulties. She knows it’s time to move on, but letting go is hard. She and her sister, Anna, are standing on a pier over the water of the Pacific Ocean. Will letting go of the symbol of the love Louisa and her husband once had, allow her the peace to move on? Or, is she just not yet ready?

Casting List

  • Amy Woodman as Louisa
  • Jean Thompson as Anna
RATING: PG-13 for language. Parental discretion advised.
NOTE: no performance for this play at the 2pm production on November 8.