Program A: Accessible Final Dress 2017

Preview the 2017 Pittsburgh New Works Festival during the final dress rehearsal.  American Sign Language interpretation and Audio Description will be offered for this performance.

Roosevelt’s Ghosts
by Aaron Scully

Warresnburg, MO
Produced by CCAC South Campus Theatre

On February 14th, 1884, Theodore Roosevelt suffered the loss of his mother and his wife within hours of each other. Legend has it that Roosevelt spent time in his study alone and when he came out he hardly ever spoke of his mother or wife again. This play explores one idea of what may have happened during that time in his study.

The Pivot
by Seth Freeman

Pacific Palisades, CA
Produced by The Summer Company

In this very short play’s genre-bending structure, an apparently well-qualified job applicant simultaneously faces and doesn’t face unexpected obstacles.

Doing Time
by Mary Poindexter McLaughlin

East Aurora, NY
Produced by The Theatre Factory

Confined in an undefined time and place, a young man attempts to write his “Book of Life” amidst the interruptions of an old man. Together, they argue about the significance of memory and the consequences of an undocumented life, ultimately helping each other learn the greatest lesson of all: the freedom of letting go.