Primary Stages

Secret Room Theatre is joining forces with the Philadelphia Dramatists Center and The Shubin Theater to bring back the "Primary Stages" staged reading series. Primary Stages is a staged-reading series of 10 minute plays that blurs the lines between a script-in-hand reading and a fully produced night of theater. We rehearse a few times, including the writer, director, and actors in a collaborative process that begins the process of refining the play even prior to the staged reading. In this process, we all find moments that bring the plays to life and make it much more than some cold reading with the actor's faces buried in scripts. We move around and incorporate simple lights, sounds, costumes, props, and simple sets...  We make the plays rock as we put them in front of an audience, so that the writers can get further feedback in the form of a live audience response. We also invite that audience to stick around after and enjoy some refreshments.  Writers, actors, and directors connect with audience members and engage in active dialogues over how they liked and perceived the work on stage.

Philly’s Primary Stages…Love Stinks! 2010 Play Selections

Tuesday 2/9/2010 and Wednesday night 2/10/2010

 "Zombie Heart Salad" by Greg Romero directed by V.F. Zialcita
"Room For Rent" by Maureen Clarke directed by Dan Ruppel
"Grunge is Dead by Katharine Sherman directed by Dan Ruppel
"For the Love of Miss Bishop" by Josh McIlvain directed by Jenn Macmillan
"Happily" by Jessica Bear directed by Mark Jesse Swanson
"The Rebound" by Josh McIlvain directed by Bryan R. Caine
"Fighting Mr. Right" by Barbara Lindsay directed by Ray King Reese
"An Hour to Kill" by Susan Cain McQuilkin directed by Peter Danzig
"Just Looking" by Ken Kaissar directed by Malika Oyetimein
"Abram’s Bridge" by Rob Wiseman directed by John D’Alonzo
"Mate" by Robert Castle directed by Frederick Andersen
"The Trap" by Josh McIlvain directed by Frank Bruckner
"The Language of Love" by Will Packard directed by Lise Raven
"Elevator Music" by Kristen M. Scatton directed by Charles Tyson
"Into the Dark" by Rachael Joffred directed by Ilana Vine
"Quid Pro Quo" by Quinn Eli directed by Cara Blouin

Todd Holtsberry and Bill Rolleri
Co-Producers of Philly's Primary Stages
Co-sponsored by the PDC, Secret Room Theatre and the Shubin Theatre

Primary Stages... the Return!

Tuesday 11/24/2009 and Wednesday 11/25/2009

The nights begin at 8pm and each night will feature a different set of plays so you can come both nights and have a totally different experience.

Performances will be at The Shubin Theatre, is a great spot for intimate theater and is located at 407 Bainbridge St, in S. Philly...just one block south of South Street, between 4th and 5th Streets.

Writers
George Tietze, Walt Vail, Tom Tirney, Robin Rodriguez, Tom Tunnington, Samuel Toll, V.F. Zialcita, Alex Dremann, Susan Cain McQuilkin, Eric Balchunas and Greg Romero.

Directors
Jen Fellman, Malika Oyetimein, Ray King Reese, V.F. Zialcita, Bryan R. Caine. Cara Blouin, Ken Kaissar, Amanda DeMarco, Tom Tirney, and Todd Holtsberry

Actors
Len "Cruze" Webb, Race Brown, Amanda Carlisle, Ian Boston McCafferty, Clinton Hill, Chris Braak, Anabelle Garcia, Aaron Oster, Felicia Leicht, Denise Shubin, Jen Fellman, Todd Holtsberry, Chris Morse, Lucas Nguyen, Bill Murray, Porter Eidam, Fred Andersen, Christine Perrotta, Chris Davis, Johanna Dunphy, Jake Blouch, Ken Sandberg, and a few other actors that we expect the directors will tell us about by show time!

Amazing Tech Person
Molly Edelman

Todd Holtsberry and Bill Rolleri
Co-Producers of Philly's primary Stages
C0-Sponsored by the PDC, Secret Room Theatre, and the Shubin Theatre