2021 Selected Plays
On the Cusp
by Beks Freeman
As the moon, Pisces, Mars, and Venus bemoan the fate of humanity, Earth defends her inhabitants and the ephemeral beauty of their existence.
Wasabi
by Callum Lane
As they hunker down in their homes over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, three friends try to make sense of what has become of the world.
The Ways of Water
by Holli Harms
Roy is lost. Roy is suffering. Roy knows he should move on, but how can he?
Welcome to the Academy
by Eugenie Milroy
A conference of birds celebrates being taken off the endangered species list…until they realize they are extinct.
Earth Cure
by Serena Norr
Scientists have discovered a miraculous cure for pollution. Or have they? A cautionary tale.
The Visitor
by Lincoln Alpern
An interplanetary visitor comes to an Earth on the brink of collapse, and there finds a scientist rich with resources thought to have been lost long ago: resilience, and hope.
Digital Program
Jo Fernandez
Stage Manager
Emma Went
Director
Christine Scarfuto
Program Director/Associate Producer
Actors
Zach Fike Hodges*
Zach Fike Hodges – (he/him) (HENRY | Wasabi by Callum Lane; MARCO – Fish (San Marcos Giambusta) | Welcome to the Academy by Eugenie Milroy; ROY | The Ways of…
Zoë Goslin*
Zoë Goslin (she/her/hers) – (MARS | On the Cusp by Beks Freeman; SARAH | Wasabi by Callum Lane; ELK (Eastern Elk) | Welcome to the Academy by Eugenie Milroy) is…
Claudia Logan*
CLAUDIA LOGAN(she/her/hers) –(MOON| On the Cusp by Beks Freeman; DR. CASEY| The Visitor by Lincoln Alpern; BIRD (Carolina Parakeet)| Welcome to the Academy by Eugenie Milroy) hails from the city…
Kurt Rhoads*
Recent: Rothko in RED, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina; Toby Belch, TWELFTH NIGHT, Two River Theatre Co; Torvald, A DOLL’S HOUSE PT.2, Hudson Stage. Broadway: JULIUS CAESAR. Off-Broadway: Mint Theatre: …
Brandon St. Clair*
Brandon St. Clair – (WOODY- Bird (Ivory Billed Woodpecker) | Welcome to the Academy by Eugenie Milroy DR. SAMUEL | Earth Cure by Serena Norr) is proud of recently becoming…
Tiffany Villarin*
Tiffany Villarin (she/her/hers) – (VENUS | On the Cusp by Beks Freeman; JENNY | Wasabi by Callum Lane; BIRD (Passenger Pigeon) | Welcome to the Academy by Eugenie Milroy) is…
Nance Williamson*
Nance (she/her/hers) – (EARTH | On the Cusp by Beks Freeman JUDGE AUK – Bird (Great Auk) | Welcome to the Academy by Eugenie Milroy Dr. Hetta Jacobs | Earth…
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
WHAT IS THE BAKE-OFF, ANYWAY?
Created by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, the Bake-Off is a community playwriting event in which participants are given a list of “ingredients” surrounding a theme to incorporate into their play to inspire creativity. The theme for HVSF’s 2021 Online Bake-Off is Sustainability.
2021 BAKE-OFF INGREDIENTS:
This year’s ingredients for HVSF’s Bake-Off were selected with the help of Ms. Vogel and included:
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- A carpenter building an ark
- Blue sky
- A researcher pulling a vial out of the water to test
- A soliloquoy from a fish
- A big pile of plastic bottles
- Fires
- Greta Thornburg
Questions? See our Bake-Off FAQs or email bakeoff@hvshakespeare.org.
We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions: