BOOTH
2M, 2W.
BOOTH follows a trio of high school stage managers as they come and go from their auditorium tech booth. As Jillian preps for rehearsal, Carl designs the lights, and Kelsey tries to finish her seemingly never-ending AP Chem homework while simultaneously creating prop lists, cue sheets, and the ever-important Stage Manager’s Bible. In the booth they together build a home – a home that is both fleeting and forever, both theirs and not theirs, both a window looking out and a window looking in. This is a play about what it means to make art together – even when nothing in life makes sense – with the help of Joni Mitchell, a bag of vibrators, and a bottle of cherry coke.
BOOTH is a 2024 O’Neil Semifinalist and was produced as part of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop New Play Festival in May 2023, directed by Ann Kreitman.
Iowa Playwrights Workshop
New Play Festival
dir. Ann Kreitman
May 2023
JILLIAN..............................................................E’mma Camara
KELSEY...............................................................…Sara Alvidrez
CARL...................................................................……Joey Lepire
MR. G.......................................................….………...Bob Mussett
Dramaturgy from Margo Skornia
Assistant Direction from Alysun Shamburg
Scenic and Costume Design by Ryan Cavanaugh
Lighting Design by Jackson Kopesky
Sound Design by Demi Kendros
