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‘Mixtape’, written by Heather Lee Wallen, is a collection of short plays & shorts excerpts from plays surrounding songs. Get tickets here. This is a Stage Door Production. Members register for FREE. Not a member? Join here.

ACT ONE

Stories

Never Afraid  by MC Lars

Performed by Jessica Lee Rota

Out

h d w g h ? by Stop Light Observations

**This is a piece of a larger full length play**

Performed by Elle Blevins, Jess Edwards, and Maedene Piper

Dear Persephone

Can’t Help Falling in Love (DARK VERSION) feat. brooke by Tommee Profitt

Performed by Jessica Lee Rota

Monstrous

Control by Halsey

Performed by Maedene Piper

The God Question

Counting Blue Cars by Dishwalla

Performed by Ryan Perry

Through the Window

Window by Magic Giant

Performed by Christopher Leatherman and Maedene Piper

*INTERMISSION*

ACT TWO

Shaking off The Dust

Shake it out by Florence + The Machine

Performed by Elle Blevins, Maedene Piper, Jess Edwards, and Christopher Leatherman

Lighthouse

Alone Sometimes by The Mowgli’s

Performed by Jess Edwards

Funeral Flowers

Stones Around the Sun by Lewis Watson

Performed by Christopher Leatherman and Ryan Perry

Artists Anonymous

Way Less Sad by AJR

Performed by Christopher Leatherman, Ryan Perry, and Maedene Piper

There will be a Talkback with the Playwright directly following the performance.

With the Potomac Playmakers “Buy a Seat”  campaign, you can name a perpetual seat in the Lee Stine Auditorium for only $125.

A commemorative 1.5″ x 3″ brass plate with a special inscription will be placed on the back of one of the seats in the theatre. We cannot ensure the specific placement of each plaque location, but early donors will be placed in the frontmost rows.

Please consider this long lasting tax-deductible gift to show your ongoing support of the Potomac Playmakers. Purchase your seat HERE

The patrons, donors, and volunteers who have supported the Playmakers since 1926 have been the lifeblood of this organization. The Playmakers are now offering a chance to show the whole community your support for the live, affordable, and accessible entertainment the Playmakers offer at the Potomac Playmakers Performing Arts Center (3PAC). Thanks to a generous donation from Warehouse Cinemas in Leitersburg, the auditorium now has comfortable, reclining theatre seats. For a tax-deductible donation of $125 you can have your name, the name of a loved one, the name of your organization, or perhaps a memorial acknowledgement of a departed theater lover, displayed on a brass plaque that is mounted on the back of a seat. Show other patrons that you support the Playmakers and the Arts throughout the tri-state region. There are 94 seats available on which to purchase naming rights. Plaques will be placed on seats on a first-come, first-served basis.

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‘Mixtape’, written by Heather Lee Wallen, is a collection of short plays & shorts excerpts from plays surrounding songs. Get tickets here. This is a Stage Door Production. Members register for FREE. Not a member? Join here.

Show Summaries

• Out– An excerpt of a full length play by the same name. Ellie’s husband has just left her and their affectionless marriage. The strange thing is he left her everything but the dog- she’s more of a cat person anyway. Ellie is still reeling from the aftermath of the break up when her best friend Cooper arrives and doesn’t help much by teasing her about the reason .Everyone seems to think Ellie is Gay- and she’s starting to think maybe it’s true. Things become more complicated when Ellie’s mother Norah arrives with her expectations for Ellie’s future prospects.
• Twenty Seconds on the Sidewalk– A three minute play about two strangers who meet on the sidewalk and their internal monologues about the occurrence. This play is more about movement and body language than spoken words. The whole play, though several minutes long, covers about twenty seconds of time.
• Through the Window-  A verse play inspired by music, poetry, and Shakespeare. A modern take on the cliche balcony scene. Two teenage lovers exchange poetry, revealing feelings they have been failing to express in other ways..
• The God Question/Divinity –  A monologue in which the main character decides to set out to find god in a variety of places, and the questions they intend to ask when they find them.
• Dear Persephone – A monologue about escaping a traumatic situation and relationship. About identifying and ignoring red flags because the green ones seem worth the risk. About how much trust you are expected to give a person at the start of a relationship. A woman writes letters to Persephone asking for advice only she can give.
• Stories –  A monologue about needing more than anything to tell stories.
• Monstrous – A Monologue about the desire to be monstrous, and the benefits of getting that wish.
• Manic Panic –  Part of a larger piece. A college sophomore has made a name for herself being a Manic pixie dream girl. Using the trope to get friends of guys (and sometimes girls) to pay her for being that all important romantic push. However her once seemingly large campus pool of students is getting smaller. She plans one more job before quitting before she gets caught. In this scene she and her best friend talk about her new and final target.
• Shaking off The Dust –  Cecily is building walls- new ones- stronger than before. Before when she let someone in. Before when she thought it was love. Her inner voice guides her through her memories as she struggles to decide what she gets to keep.
• Lighthouse –  A monologue about a lost friendship that may have been toxic from the very beginning.
• Way Less Sad –  Experimental. “No I ain’t happy yet, but I’m way less sad” An observation on how we settle. Three characters explore what it means to be happy. Or Happy enough. A spoken word piece with dialogue from three seemingly unique perspectives that overlap in various ways.