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13th Annual Northport One-Act Play Festival

A Spook-tacular Time Awaits Those Attending
The 13th Annual Northport One-Act Play Festival
Halloween Edition
Produced by Jo Ann Katz, Michael Casano and Stanley Katz
Ten New Plays from October 21-23, 2022

Halloween comes around a week early to the Playhouse at St. Paul's as it plays host to the 13th Annual Northport One-Act Play Festival Halloween Edition. The ten new plays that make up this years festival all share something in common. Each embraces the strange, sometimes scary aspects associated with All Hallows Eve, whether as a comedy or drama.

The dates of this years festival coinciding near Halloween gave us a unique opportunity to explore this theme for our production, said Jo Ann Katz, co-producer & co-founder of the festival. The playwrights whose works were chosen were more than able to rise to the occasion. That's why the audience at each performance should be ready to encounter well-written and acted moments of suspense, superstition, murder and mayhem at every turn.

The plays featured in the festival will be performed twice each, once as a matinee and once in the evening at the theater located at St Pauls United Methodist Church, 270 Main Street, Northport, NY. They will be brought to the stage by directors and actors from the Long Island theater community.

Program 1 will be presented on Friday, October 21st at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, October 22nd at 3:00 p.m. Program 2 will be performed on Saturday, October 22nd at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 23rd at 3:00 p.m. Admission is $25 to each of the four festival performances.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Program 1: Friday, October 21st at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, October 22nd at 3:00 p.m.

"Mortal Lives" a comedy by Seth Freeman directed by Stacey Portmore-Davies
with Bobbie Ruth, Robert Hertz and Jim Bradley.
Mechanical arcade fortune tellers investigate what it is to be alive.

"Date Night in Roissy" a comedy by Les Abromovitz directed by Jim Polen with Alfio DiFranco and Lisa Meckes.
A traveler meets an interesting waitress.

"The Tea Test" by a dark comedy by Seth Freeman directed by Larry Bellmore with Liz DeGennaro and Bobbie Ruth.
Revenge takes a deathly turn.

"Fall of the House of Hasenpheffer" a comedy by Michael Casano directed by Larry Maltin and Jim Bradley with Renee McClean, Robert Hertz and Mitchell Freedman.
A Halloween phobia still affects a man after many years.

"Graves Anatomy" a drama by Rich Rubin directed by Joe Sherer with Larry Katz, Bobbie Ruth and Melissa Kempton.
A Paris anatomy lesson goes awry.

Program 2: Saturday, October 22nd at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 23rd at 3:00 p.m.

"Meeting Acute" a comedy by Chuck Smith directed by Ron Friedmann with Ron Friedmann, Gina Marie and Alicia Spiegel.
A couple in comas are fixed up.

"The Psychic" a comedy written and directed by John Passadino with Mike Horn, Lisa Rozza and Annette Kirk.
A person sees a psychic to contact their grandparent.

"Bite Me" a comedy by Pete Mergel directed by Bailey Elis with Gina Marie, Pat Reilly, Martin Knapp and Ryan Van Nostrand.
A man discovers his lover is a vampire.

"Margo" a comedy written and directed by Peter Scarpinato with Alex Sumakis, Rebekah Fitzpatrick and Vicki Milach.
Two actresses have a surprise when they audition for a play.

"A Killer Day" a drama by Joe Bulvid directed by Jo Ann Katz with Martin Knapp, Melissa Roche and Bob Olenuk.
A murder leads to a surprising discovery.