The Deal and The Descent
The Pocket Community Theatre's first original production was written by Zak Powers and produced by Back Pocket Productions. The Deal and The Descent are Volumes 3 and 4 of the four-part series: The Charlie Cooke Saga. It is a film-noir-style-hard-boiled-detective-fiction-crime-drama. The hero, Charlie Cooke, is a gritty detective who strives to find veracity in a crooked city. Throughout parts 3 and 4, he struggles with dames, deals, deaths, Deuces, and other delusional dilemmas that start with the letter "D". Periodically, he conveys these conflicts through narration, often using ridiculous metaphors and irrelevant similes. The Deal and the Descent is a stylistic, and often cliché ridden, look at an era where the thin lines between right and wrong were easily rubbed-out.
Starring Tommy Hampton
Written by Zak Powers
Starring Tommy Hampton
Written by Zak Powers
Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends (A Final Evening with the Illuminati)
The setting is the bombed-out, post-holocaust sanctuary of a church, where the Reverend Eddie (clad in long underwear) prepares to deliver his final sermon: "Life Is Like a Basketball Game." Abetted by his faithful helper, the hunch-backed Brother Lawrence, Reverend Eddie first embarks on a series of wildly funny skits in which Saint Paul and Saint Timothy discuss the shaky position of women in religion; an applicant for sainthood agonizes over what form of martyrdom to pursue; and the Reverend challenges the Devil to a final showdown on the basketball court. And, throughout, there is the unseen but undeniable presence of "The Illuminati," a mysterious but all-powerful force which guides the destiny of what's left of the world, and whose baleful influence is clearly felt by Brother Lawrence as he ascends the pulpit to read the newly deceased Reverend Eddie's final words to whomever is left to hear them.
Starring Barry Benning and Cameron Jones
Directed by Joshua Williams
Starring Barry Benning and Cameron Jones
Directed by Joshua Williams
Moving Violations
This hogepodge of hilarity featured seven widely different plays.
It's Not You by Craig Pospisil
Victoria Station by Harlold Pinter
Brights by David Smilow
Love on the B-Line by Adam Kraar
DMV Tyrant by Christopher Durang
The DMV One by Nick Zagone
Relative Strangers by Sheri Wilner
Directed by Chris Powers
It's Not You by Craig Pospisil
Victoria Station by Harlold Pinter
Brights by David Smilow
Love on the B-Line by Adam Kraar
DMV Tyrant by Christopher Durang
The DMV One by Nick Zagone
Relative Strangers by Sheri Wilner
Directed by Chris Powers