8x10: The Eileen Moushey TheatreFest

New 10-minute play festival

January 11 – 21, 2024

Created and first produced by Eileen Moushey -- a longtime Weathervane Playhouse volunteer, actor, board member, and donor -- Weathervane's 8x10 TheatreFest is a new-play festival in which we select and present eight 10-minute plays culled from several hundred submissions sent in from around the world. Following the performances, our audiences vote for their favorite plays, with the winners receiving cash awards for their efforts. In the past, we have asked each playwright to include a specific item in their work. This year, we are asking playwrights to use a designated location: a castle. The call for submissions for the 2024 festival has gone out ... so come see and vote for your favorite 10-minute play in January!

The eight finalists have been chosen.  In no particular order they are: 

The Castle, Half-Off by Emily McClain of Lawrenceville, GA

Death of a Solomon by Barry Wood of Navenby, Lincolnshire, UK

The Perfect Spot by Elizabeth DeSchryver of Evanston, IL

Going for the Spare by Scott Mullen of Burbank, CA

The Decapitation of Thomas Kent by Michael Hagins of Sunnyside, NY

Seeds in Your Pocket by Fiona Leonard of Dusseldorf, Germany

Clifton Manor-Where Dreams Come True! by Steven J Satta of Perry Hall, MD

Shakespeare's Ladies Book Club by Patrick Michael Dukeman of Copley, OH

CAST

Castle Half-Off

Sue Jeromson - Jeannie Yoder

James Rizopulos - George Yoder             

Death of a Solomon       

Jeannie Clarkson - Gemma

Patrick Downing - Peter

Makenna Bird    Lottie    

The Perfect Spot              

Lauren Koleszar - Melanie

Dan Reichert - Roger  

Going for the Spare         

Laura Niehaus - Grizelda

Samaria Murry - Matilda

Spencer Morgan - Eric  

The Decapitation of Thomas K   

Jason McGloin - Lord Thomas Kent

Mason Shuman - Julius Delaney

Seeds in Your Pocket       

Allison Cirner - La Maupin

Gia Maglione - Emily

Clifton Manor Where Dreams Come True               

Emily Schrader - Antoinette Sheibe

Ozzie Casino - Becca Nelson

Al Klesh - Mr. Shuster  

Shakespeare Ladies' Book Club  

Amanda Vigneault - Lady Macbeth

Sarah Durham - Gertrude

Kellie McIvor - Desdemona

Director

April Deming 

Stage Manager

Tiffany Bird 

Set Designer/Technical Director

Richard Morris, Jr. 

Lighting Designer/Master Electrician

Jack-Anthony Ina 

Sound Designer

Robin Ungerleider

Properties Designers

Patti Alderson

Karen Burridge

Intimacy Director

Brooke Larkin 

Assistant Director

Adam C. Alderson 

Kathy Kohl

Assistant Technical Director

Associate Lighting Designer

Wittman Sullivan

Assistant Lighting Designers

Ashton Lee, Van Wornkey

James Boyd, Jr. 

Carpenter

Michael Slane

Carpenter

Date: January 11 – 21, 2024

Location: Weathervane Playhouse,

1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron Ohio 44313

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