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June 27th - June 29th, 2007
The Centene Center For The Arts, 3547 Olive St. (Map)
Festival Opening
Friday, June 27th - 7:30pm
Set in the basement of a tenant house in Utah, Intelligent Life is a suspenseful and comedic story about a group of extraterrestrial enthusiasts, the self-titled “Utah Alien Chasers.” This ramshackle group discovers a mud-stained little boy in a dinosaur costume who may or may not be an alien. What is certain is that the boy has a genius level IQ and telekinetic powers. The group forms a kind of unconventional family around the boy for the next three days and the ensuing events provide a true test of faith for all those involved, leading to the inspiration of some and the cynicism of others. Intelligent Life is a journey of the inner-child as it examines what we choose to believe and what chooses us.
Phil was a philosophy major in college. As if that’s not enough of a turn off to women, he is also rather average. All of this wouldn’t be a problem if Phil weren’t madly in love with Sophia, the boss’s beautiful secretary. He tries to introduce himself but she looks right through him. His self-esteem in shambles, it soon occurs to Phil that Sophia in fact cannot see him. Perhaps he is caught in some kind of hyperspace or dualistic reality or perhaps Descartes was wrong. Phil decides there is only one logical thing to do – he moves in with the woman of his dreams – despite the fact that she’s unaware of his existence
Brett is out for blood. Granted, she seems to have it all; a glamorous life as a Hollywood actress, jewels dripping off her every inch, men falling at her feet… But she’s full of fury, and it’s all directed at the boy-next-door who shattered her heart twelve years ago: Parker Wilcox. Now that she’s finally achieved superstardom, she’s ready to return to her small hometown and find retribution. If you wanted something desperately, and were cloaked in the anonymity of group action, how far would you go? How much could you justify? Eat It Too is a dark and twisted comedy that explores the fine line between the American dream and the American nightmare.
Richard Lamparsky is a divorced, depressed, struggling romance novelist. Stephanie Winwood is a beautiful young heiress who has just been stood up for her magnificent wedding. Stephanie’s mother finds Richard drinking downstairs in the hotel lobby, and decides that he ought to marry her daughter instead. Richard is catapulted into a world he’d only written about, and things only get more complicated when Stephanie begins sleeping with her ex-fiance and Richard begins sleeping with his mother-in-law. Right Place, Right Time explores love, sex, and marriage – and the sometimes terrifying differences between them - in this comedy about what romance really is.
Max, a musically gifted high school student, is falling off the edge of the world –- and his biology teacher is the only one who’s noticed. His mother is dying of cancer. His father, a biologist obsessed with saving a rare, threatened Bolivian insect, is incapable of dealing with his wife’s impending death or his son's distress. Max's biology teacher, Khim, tries to figure out why Max is failing. Helping Max, however, pushes Khim into a magical journey of his own – from the Cambodian fields of his youth into the undiscovered country beyond. A play about the science of life and loss, the relationships between fathers and sons, Cambodian fields, Bolivian rainforests and grief.
Closing Party, Announcement
Sunday, June 29th - 7:00pm
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