Two couples gathering for an overdue game night sets the stage for an evening that tests the rules of friendship in “The Game of the Week” by Aaron Buitron and Phil Gross a new one-act play that’s part of the thrilling double-bill “The Games We Play” coming to the Frances Marion Brown Theater at Fort Ontario in Oswego on March 8th, 9th and 10th.
The production is the third-annual Don McCann Playwriting Showcase. Buitron and Gross’ script, directed by Kevin Colvin is being paired with the “Old Money, New Habits” written and directed by Alexis Martin. Both plays won the 2023 competition, which features staged productions in the annual event.
The Showcase kicks-off the Players’ 86th-Anniversary Season. Started in 2022 as a one-evening event, it has built into a much-anticipated, annual full weekend run, a new tradition for “The Little Theatre on the Water.”
“Game of the Week” begins with Kat and her husband, Rudy, inviting Rudy’s friend, Steve and his wife, Alicia, over for a game night. While Kat is making cookies, Alicia asks her about her recent stay in a psychiatric ward. When they return to the game, Steve interrupts Rudy’s explanation of the rules to chastise Alicia for asking such a rude question. “Game” soon takes on a new dimension.
Featured in the production are: Christina Rogers as Kat, Richard Carpenter as Rudy, Ashley Mckinstry as Alicia, and Nolan Pitcher as Steve.
Tickets are “Pay-What-You-Wish.” Curtain times are 7:30PM on Friday Saturday March 8th and 9th, with a 2PM matinee on Sunday, March 10th. Tickets and more information may be found at oswegoplayers.org or by calling the theatre’s box office at (315) 343-5138.
The Annual Showcase and playwriting contest honors the memory of Donald J. McCann, who was a writer, director, former President and longtime historian for the Oswego Players. The annual one act playwriting contest was established in his name and provides Central New York playwrights the opportunity to get their work read and judged.
The Donald J. McCann Memorial Playwriting Contest is funded by generous donations received from across the community. All proceeds from this year’s production will benefit the fund’s mission of supporting new theatrical works and their creators.
Director Kevin Colvin takes his cast through “The Game of the Week” part of the Third-Annual Don McCann Playwriting Showcase which runs March 8th, 9th, and 10th at the Frances Marion Brown Theatre at Fort Ontario, kicking-off The Oswego Players’ 86th-anniversary season.
Pictured, from left, are: Richard Carpenter, Nolan Pitcher, Christina Rogers, Ashley Mckinstry, and Kevin Colvin. Tickets for the “Pay-What-You-Will” event may be obtained by going to oswegoplayers.org or calling the Players’ Box Office at (315) 343-5138. All proceeds will go to help fund The Donald J. McCann Memorial Playwriting Contest.