Heartland Theatre Company
2008-2009 Season
The 7th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival
The Coffee Shop
May 29,30,31 & June 5,6,7,8,12,13,14,18,19, 20,21
Eight Winning Plays from play submissions representing 38 states and 5 countries!
Your Turn to Watch Dad, by Walter Thinnes, NYC, NY
A father and daughter trip to the coffee shop could be a lesson on life, love and a nice glass of wine. Or it could be a major hassle. It’s up to the aging dad, his busy daughter and a sympathetic waitress to sort it out.
Death Loves Chocolate, by Bruce Boeck, Normal IL
When Death comes to collect a middle-aged woman who isn’t ready to go, it’s a case of immoveable object attempting to best eternal force with chocolate, chance and a most unusual game.
Time to Go, by Joan Dunayer, Champaign IL
Minutes before 2:30 pm, Jane announces that she dreamed last night she will die at exactly that time. Was it predestination or just a bad dream? Will the outcome be tragic, comic, or neither?
The Desert Surprise Coffeeshop, by Christine Bush, Center Valley PA
A respite from the desert sun, an oasis of care and kindness for the dust weary traveler… Those who wander into the Desert Surprise Coffee Shop may get more than a muffin for their trouble.
The Pollock Mug, by John Conley, Baltimore MD
A dispute over a coffee mug, allegedly painted by Jackson Pollock, complicates negotiations over the sale of a coffee shop and forces Eileen to ponder what her life’s treasures are really worth.
Uncovered, by Michael Burgan, Chicago IL
It’s easy to lose yourself in a good up of coffee and the world inside your laptop, even when the outside world is going to hell in a handbasket. IM 2 James: Apocalypse now. No, really. Now!
Hot Cup of Soul, by Blaise Miller, Olathe KS
Who knew you had to pass an interview to sell your soul to the Devil? Poor Joe finds all that selling-your-soul business a little more complicated than he thought when he goes toe-to-toe with the big guys.
Critical Care, by Bara Swain, New York City, NY
Carol and her daughter have a cup of coffee and bide their time while Carol’s brother-in-law is in the hospital, but their conversation reveals a thing or two about Carol and her complicated relationship with her sister.
Bill W. and Dr. Bob
by Stephen Bergman and Janet Surrey
Directed by Don LaCasse
September 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21
Wall Street securities analyst William Griffith Wilson (1895-1971) was a smashed-up wreck until one day in 1935, when, in the Akron, Ohio, parlor of a lady bountiful named Henrietta Sieberling, he was introduced to “Dr. Bob” — Dartmouth graduate Robert Holbrook Smith (1879-1950), an Akron surgeon who, to his terror, often operated when plastered.
The Clean House
by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Sandi Zielinski
November 6,7,8,9,13,14,15,16,20,21,22,23
The Clean House" is an exuberant and heartbreaking piece of work. It's "about" a cleaning woman who hates to clean, but it's really about laughter and death and fury and love, about all the ways we misunderstand each other but somehow manage to connect anyway, and about our longing to make sense of an often senseless world.
Rabbit Hole
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Cyndee Brown
February 19,20,21,22,26,27,28 & March 1,5,6,7,8
David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole, is teeming with wit, compassion and honesty. Becca and Howard Corbett have everything a family could want until fate shatters the balance and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. Rabbit Hole is a story of family, with beautifully developed relationships that allow us to recognize ourselves in the characters. “A beautifully observed new play.” -NY Times
Russian Dream
by Olga Mikhailova
Directed by Diane Mishler
April 16, 17,18,23,24,25,26,30 & May 1,2,3
“Russian Dream” is a romance between Moscow resident Ilya Petrovna and visiting American, Kimberley, that stretches over fifteen turbulent years of change in American/Russian policies. The entire play transpires in Ilya’s room which is a part of a commune where his grandmother, mother and three nosey neighbors respond to the growing love as we see it materialize and mature. Considered a rising star of the contemporary Russian theatre, Olga Mikhailova has crafted a comedy that is exceptional in many different and imaginative ways.
Selections and Calendars are Subject to Change Without Notice
Please Call 309 452 8709 or write boxoffice@heartlandtheatre.org in advance
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