The Intentional
Theatre
First Annual International Short Play Festival -
2006
"Out
There", by C. S. Hanson of New York, follows a mother who desperately
tries to protect her daughter from the dangers and distractions of the
real world by entrapping her in a cave.
But there's more to mom's story than she lets on to Tulip, her
20-something daughter home from college. In the end it's unclear who
needs protection and who is the protector.
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About the Play
With the promise of a wonderful shopping trip to the mall, mom (Justine Frances, right) leads her daughter Tulip (Tiffany Krupa, left) to her new home in a cave. But as their eyes become accustomed to the dark, they begin to see things in a "different light." Lessons are learned, and the realities of life soon find them despite mom's attempt to shield her daughter, and herself, from them.
About the Actors
Justine Francese has been involved with community theater since 1989, working with several of the established groups in the area, including the 2nd Step Players. When not on the stage, Justine can often be found in local health facilities with her therapy dog Cosette, or leading the children's reading program "Paws & Read" at the Waterford Library.
Tiffany Krupa has appeared in commercials and films, on television, as well as on the stage, most notably in John Patrick Shanley's debut production of Italian American Reconciliation. She has appeared locally at the Eugene O'Neil playwrights festival, and in Point of Land, for the Noank Historical Society, and is currently a principle actress and writer for independent film currently shooting around Boston.
About the Playwright
C.S. Hanson’s plays have
been produced off-off-Broadway and presented in readings in New York City,
Los Angeles, and throughout the Northeast.
In 2005, Hanson’s full-length drama The Leak was a
finalist in two national competitions, a semi-finalist at the Playwrights
Center, and a semi-finalist among stage plays at the Moondance Film
Festival in 2006. Scenes from
Hanson’s newest play, Dakota du Nord (or, I Could Never Live Here), have
been read at Naked Angels’ Tuesdays @ 9 reading series in New York City.
Last year, The Sabbatical was one of 12 plays selected nationwide for
production in the Pittsburgh New Works Festival.
Awards: Heideman Award finalist, Moving Arts (Los Angeles), Writer’s
Digest, Samuel French, Scriptapalooza (for “Everybody Loves
Raymond” spec script), Windmill Playwrights Festival, Drury University,
Stage 3 Theatre Festival of New Plays, and Southwest Theatre Assn.
Hanson is a member of the Dramatist’s Guild.
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