Play-in-a-Day 2020
It’s that time a year again for our Annual Beth Marshall Presents Play-In-A-Day, only this year we are asking you to STAY-AWAY (at least in person, anyway).
BMP is partnering with the team behind Central Florida’s Social Distance Showcase, to bring you a virtual event featuring artists, all working from their own homes and collaborating in 14 Zoom Teams (as we are calling them) to make short theatrical video plays within the course of a 24-hour span.
On Fri. June 19th at Noon the theme and twists (oh yes, there are twists) will be announced and the Zoom Teams will work to create their piece and have in within 24 hours. The original home-recorded videos will then all be sent to our video technician, Rich Charron to prep them post the regularly schedule Social Distance Showcase and then our STAY-AWAY-PLAY-IN-A-DAY will air on Sunday, June 21st at 5:30pm via Live Stream from our Beth Marshall Presents FaceBook Channel and will replay immediately afterwards on our YouTube Channel.
Normally, when the event is live, there are nearly 150 plus artists involved but given that this is a new venture and we aren’t using tech crews or front of house, we have reduced our number of artists by more than half. However, we will be going FaceBook live with our theme and twists and encourage ALL artists to create their own Play-In-A-Day works that they submit to us within that 24-hour span and one will be chosen to be included in our live-stream. The others will be posted in the thread of our stream for all to watch.
This year’s event will feature familiar faces that have moved away from Central Florida, such as writer Paris Crayton III, Director Mike Carr, and actors Julie Carr, Mike Lane, and Arwen Lowbridge along with usual Play–In-A-Day favorites and as always PIAD gives an opportunity to emerging teen theatre-makers. This year, the event features award-winning teen writer Eislinn Gracen and award-winning teen director Emerson Short.
100% of the donations from tickets and our live-auction items will go directly to our BMP TOP TEENS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM that has to date given over 60k in cash and in-kind training to teens that are going into any part of theatre or film/tv industry. Our live auction items will have gift baskets of items from all local small businesses, restaurants, theatres, and artists that have lost business due to the pandemic. (A full list of items will be on our website by June 3rd.)
We have lost several of our funding events due to the pandemic so our teens have launched a GoFundMe campaign to make up for not having PIAD as a live event as well as our New Work Series or Annual Garage Sale. Fortunately, we still have funding from our partners at Florida Theatrical Association and The Billy Manes Society as well as an in-kind partnership from Class Act Studios.
The GoFundMe initial goal of 3k was hit and we have now increased it to 5k. This will stay open thru June 28th and between that campaign and our donations from our Virtual PIAD, we hope to come as close to our 10k mark as possible.
PIAD 2020 Winners:
Judges Recognition for Outstanding Contribution: Blue Estrella
MEET THE TEAM:
Beth Marshall: Producing Artistic Director
Blue Estrella: Production Stage Manager
Clark Levi: Associate Producer
Gabriel Neil Barnert: Assistant Production Stage Manager
Technical Director: Rich Charron
Hosts: Wanzie & Kenny Howard, Beth Marshall & Rob Ward
ZOOM 1
Writer: Charles Frierman
Director: Charles Frierman
Stage Manager: Blue Estrella
Actors: Charles Frierman
ZOOM 2
Writer: Ken Preuss
Director: Kenny Howard
Stage Manager: Jackson Chase
Actors: Ryleigh Lawton, Noel Gates
ZOOM 3
Writer Monologue: Irene L. Pynn
Directing: Clark Levi
Actor: Steele Mycroft
Choreographer/Artistic Director: Genevieve Bernard
Dancers VOCI DANCE
ZOOM 4
Writer: Rob Ward
Director: Mike Carr
Stage Manager: Destiny Sam
Actors: Melanie Leon, Julie Synder, Bennet Preuss
ZOOM 5
Writer: Emerson Short
Director: Caiti Fallon
Stage Manager: Alyssa Will Zegers
Actors: Chris McIntyre, Laura Powalisz
ZOOM 6
Writer: Michael Wanzie
Director: Kaitlyn Harrington
Stage Manager: Gabriel Neil Barnert
Actors: Jac Ledoux, Anthony Morehead
ZOOM 7
Writers: Eilsinn Gracen & David Lee
Directors: Tara Kromer
Stage Manager: Blue Estrella
Actors: Beth Marshall, Robert Cunha, Joshua Huff
ZOOM 8
Writer:BeeJay Clinton
Director: BeeJay Clinton
Stage Manager: BeeJay Clinton
Actors: BeeJay Clinton
ZOOM 9
Writer: Andy Haynes
Director: Chad Lewis
Stage Manager: Chad Lewis & Jason Donnelly
Actors: Arwen Lowbridge, Mike Lane
ZOOM 10
Writer: Paris Crayton III
Director: Michael Marinaaccio & Paris Crayton III
Stage Manager: Christine Kindred
Actors: Michael Marinaaccio, Tymisha Harris
ZOOM 11
Writer: Matt Wohl
Director: Matt Wohl
Stage Manager: Kendall Myers
Actors: Kerry Alce, Gabriel Hannans
ZOOM 12
Writer: Kristen Wharton
Director: Joe Llorens
Actors: Laura Law, Kaity Fenton
ZOOM 13
Writer: James Brendlinger
Director: Joe Walsh
Stage Manager: Matthew Gray
Actors: Sarah Isola, Matthew Gray
ZOOM 14
Writer: Tracey Jane
Director: Katie Stokes
Stage Manager: Ben Lowe
Actors: Jazzlynn Whiddon, Alondra Trinidad-Colon
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