Here’s a little bit about the Author:

Edward Falco

Falco is also the author of the novel Winter in Florida (Soho, 1990), the hypertext novel, A Dream with Demons (Eastgate Systems, 1997), the hypertext poetry collection, Sea Island (Eastgate Systems, 1995), and the prose poem collection, Concert in the Park of Culture (Tamarack, 1985), as well as two collections of short stories:  Acid (Notre Dame, 1996) and Plato at Scratch Daniel’s & Other Stories (University of Arkansas Press, 1990).  Acid won the 1995 Richard Sullivan Prize from the University of Notre Dame, and was a finalist for The Patterson Prize.  He has won a number of other prizes and awards for his fiction, including the Emily Clark Balch Prize for Short Fiction from The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Mishima Prize for Innovative Fiction from The Saint Andrews Review, a Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, two Individual Artist’s Fellowships from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and The Governor’s Award for the Screenplay from The Virginia Festival of American Film.  His stories have been published widely in journals, including The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, and TriQuarterly, and collected in the Best American Short Stories, the Pushcart Prize, and several anthologies, including, most recently, Blue Cathedral: Short Fiction for the New Millennium.

As a playwright, Falco is the author of Home Delivery, which won the Hampden-Sydney Playwriting Award in 1992, and was subsequently staged by the Hampden-Sydney Theater Department.  Earlier versions of the play were given staged readings in Mill Mountain Theater’s Centerpiece and Theater B reading series.  Two recent plays, Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha and Radon, premiered in university productions at Virginia Tech.  Both were directed by David Johnson.  In the summer of 2001, Falco worked with artists and actors from the United States, England, Greece, Bosnia, and Germany in an international theatre project meant to explore the healing power of drama.  Scenes from The Cretans, a play begun during the project, were presented for a small audience in an amphitheatre on the Aegean in the village of Kolympari, Crete.  His most recent play is Welcome to Castle in the Air.
 
Ed Falco lives in Blacksburg, Virginia, where he teaches writing and literature at Virginia Tech, and edits The New River, an online journal of digital writing.

Moving on to Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha!  Rehearsals have started and we couldn’t be more excited to start this piece.  It’s an excellent show written by Viriginia Tech Professor Ed Falco.  Make sure to put this on your calendar, as it’s the area premier!  More information to come about a talk back with the author!

Dorothy Meets Alice or the Wizard of Wonderland

Judson – Wayne Jacques
Dorothy – Katie Rees
Alice – Christine Young
Wicked Witch – Katie Pond
Queen of Hearts – Laura Fontaine
Mad Hatter – Asher Miller
White Rabbit – Ra’Shawn Durell
Dormouse – Allie Backer
Scarecrow – Luci Samp
Tin Man – Will Olivier
Cowardly Lion – Walt Rieker

Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha

Marilyn: Mary Jo Levesque
Una: Marianne Meyers
Chris: Wayne Jacques
Patty: Allegra Joffe

Auditions:
July 7, 7pm-9pm
July 8, 7pm-9pm
You will be doing cold readings from the script
Looking for Ages 16 & up

Show Dates:
August 7 & 14 @ 11am and 1pm
August 8 & 15 @ 12pm

Location:
Waddell Theater on NOVA’s Loudoun Campus
1000 Harry Byrd Highway
Sterling, VA 20164

Synopsis:
This new play version of the delightful meeting of two of literature’s most famous young ladies unfolds when a young man puts off a book report till the last minute, then suddenly finds himself in a strange place somewhere between Oz and Wonderland. It then becomes his responsibility to unscramble the stories and steer the familiar characters—the Cowardly Lion, the Mad Hatter, the Scarecrow and the White Rabbit, among others—to their ultimate destinations while avoiding the Wicked Witch and the Red Queen. This hilarious, adventuresome romp is filled with laughter and surprises at every turn. And a couple of lessons emerge along the way as well.

Cast List:
Judson – Male, character age probably around 12-14
Dorothy – Female, character age probably around 14-17
Scarecrow – Male or Female, character age unknown
Tin Man – Male
Cowardly Lion – Male, character age unknown
Wicked Witch – Female

Alice – Female, character age probably around 12-16, will need to speak with a British Accent
Mad Hatter – Male, character age unknown, speaks in riddles and rhymes
White Rabbit – Male, character age unknown, will need to speak in a British Accent
Dormouse – Female, will need to speak in a Cockney Accent
Red Queen – Female, will need to speak in a British Accent.

Friday June 25^th 7:30-9:30pm
Saturday June 26^th 12-3pm
Call Backs – Sunday 4-6pm

Location:
Waddell Theater on NOVA’s Loudoun Campus
1000 Harry Byrd Highway
Sterling, VA 20164

*NOTE: The first two rows of the Splatter Zone have been blocked off on Friday, June 11 for a school field trip; but due to the high demand, we will be extending the Splatter Zone rows, and the tickets for this area will be the standard $18 instead of the $20 Splatter Zone Upgrade.  These seats will still be first come, first served.  Expect to get hit in the third, fourth and fifth rows as well.

We hope you’ll join us…

Written by Jose Pineda

It’s an old tale. You’ve probably heard it a hundred times, but Taking Flight Theatre Company took the cult hit Evil Dead: The Musical, and made it fresh and enjoyable.

Evil Dead: The Musical is about five college students who steal away into an abandoned cabin in the woods during spring break. They soon discover a shotgun, The Book of the Dead, and a recording of demon-summoning words. Soon enough, each of them become Candarian Demons, and eventually, all turn against Ash, the story’s protagonist.

As Ash, Jesse Baskin was to die for! His vocals were on point and his comedic timing was excellent. “Housewares Employee,” a duet with Katie Pond as Linda, was hilarious and showed Baskin’s talents as the romantic lead. Susanna Todd as Ash’s demonetized sister Cheryl was a blast. She had such a powerful belt and showed so much comfort with her character. She and Baskin were very believable as brother and sister….

For the rest of the review, please go to:  Showbizradio.net Review

A little update on our next show – Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha, Auditions are coming up at the end of the month!  Make sure you check out the Sabbath page for more information!

See you all at the theater!