The Intentional
Theatre
First Annual International Short Play Festival -
2006
"The
Baby", by Evan Guilford-Blake of Stone Mountain GA, is a story about hope and love. It deals with how
a young woman's pregnancy leads her mother to recall her own past and
refreshes her hopes for the future. In this adaptation of the author's own
short story, Mama re-discovers her hope when her daughter, Megan,
and son-in-law, Walt, reveal they are going to have a baby, and
intend to name it after Mama's son whose death, 16 years before, she has
been unable to put behind her.
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About the Play
Megan (Tiffany Krupa, far left) and Walt (Dave Caffrey, near left) visit with Megan's mama (LouAnn Piccoli, middle) and find the christening dress that all of Mama's children wore, along with other memories, some forgotten in the dimness of days past, some as fresh as the morning sunrise, before settling down for a relaxing evening around the fire in the living room.
About the Actors
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.
Dave Caffrey once played a non-speaking rat in a 5th grade play, the name of which eludes him now so many years along. Dave accepted the challenge of two roles in two plays to make up for his extended absence from the stage.
LouAnn Piccoli, a veteran of the Chelsea Players, has appeared in "Drama Mama", "Continental Divide" and "Stanton's Garage", among others. She is perhaps best known for her meat loaf, which made an appearance in "Greetings" to what can only be termed delicious reviews.
About the Playwright
Evan Guilford-Blake is
the author of some 25 produced plays and has won 14 playwriting
competitions, as well as awards for his short fiction and poetry.
His
work includes the multiple-award-winning
Nighthawks, suggested by the famed Edward Hopper painting, and The
Firebird, developed in ASL and spoken English with a ensemble of
deaf and hearing actors, which was recently published by Playscripts, Inc.
He is a member of Atlanta's Working Title Playwrights, the Dramatists Guild, the North Carolina Playwrights' Association, and the Advisory Board of Chicago Dramatists, where he is a Resident Playwright Emeritus. He lives in the Atlanta area with his wife, the marvelous Roxanna Guilford-Blake.
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