The Barristers Group
KEITH WATERS is a professional actor with national credits who has appeared in film, television, commercials and theatre for over 20 years. He is a veteran of the local theatre community, having appeared in over 40 productions on area stages. He also has had several featured roles in independent films, industrials and television, including HBO’s "The Wire." He is the former artistic director of a professional theatre company in Arlington. In addition, he has been an acting instructor and private acting coach for over 10 years at local talent agencies, and he is a frequent monologue coach for Actors’ Center workshops. Keith is an attorney for the Justice Department.
TAMRA LYNN TESTERMAN is a professional actor who has appeared at The American Century Theatre’s Life With Father, Dead Right at a Blue Plate Show Case in New York and various independent films. She is a member of The Women’s Development Group at The Barrow Theatre Group in New York City and a lawyer. Tamra was born in a Romanian country side and raised by gypsies who taught her the art of story telling. For this she is eternally grateful.
Blue Plate Menu
May 24, 2010
CSI – AUSTRALIA
By Michael A. Stang
“Veteran Australian investigator B.R. is aided in a murder investigation by rookie, Cranston, havoc and chaos ensues”.
A short one-act comedy.
MICHAEL A. STANG has written 12 plays: two full lengths (Dreams of Women Dancing and Chimney Boy) and ten short plays. His 10-minute play, Lobster Tales, won the Source-Smallbeer Ten-Minute Play Festival in Washington, DC August 16, 2005. It was also produced in July 2006 in the Lucky 13 Short Play Festival, 13th St. Repertory Company, NYC. In 2007, it was produced in the Sydney (Australia) and Melbourne (Australia) Short & Sweet Short Play Festivals.
His one-act play, The Veritas Machine, was produced in July 2006 in the New Directions Play Festival by Colonial Players, Annapolis MD. It was the Colonial Players entry in the MCTA (MD Community Theatre Association)Festival of One-Act Plays in Jan 2007in Frederick, MD. It was produced July 2007 at the Cedar lane Stage as part of their 2007 Summer Sampler of One Act Plays. His short play, The Imperfect Hour, was one of four plays in the Baltimore Playwrights Festival’s Sex and Desperation (an evening of short plays) at Spotlighter’s Theatre (Baltimore, MD), August 20 to September 6, 2009. Michael is a member of the Playwright’s Forum in DC and a full-time emergency physician in Baltimore, MD.
SUICIDE BOMBERS
By Libby Heily
“Explores the motivations behind three very violent acts. The reasons, as expressed by the bombers themselves, are not political or religious based. Each bombing is done for deeply personal reasons”.
LIBBY HEILY graduated with a BFA in Performance Theatre from Longwood University. She started writing plays while at college and had several productions at Longwood University as well as Davis and Elkins College. She then went on to attend film school at The Seattle Film Institute. Her script was one of only two chosen to be produced as a senior thesis project which she also directed. Since leaving film school, Libby has produced many commercials in Virginia and crewed on several independent films. She has recently focused her attention solely on writing. Her play, “The Last Day” has had several readings through the DC Playwrights Forum. Her latest play, “I Love You Too, Sylvia,” is currently being developed through readings as well.
GHOSTPAINTER
By Brian Doyle
"Andy is a down-on-his-luck abstract artist. He tells his agent Kel they need to sell Andy's next piece or they're both out of a job. Kel's resulting ploy -- with the help of a surprise guest -- gets Andy more publicity than he expected."
BRIAN DOYLE started writing with a story about an inchworm when he was six years old, and he never stopped since. He was determined to be the next Hemingway until he realized that by writing plays he could make perfect strangers act foolish in public. Brian's acquaintance with theatre became much more intimate when he encountered the most beautiful and talented woman he had ever met: his future wife McCall. The two became inseparable, and Brian continued learning about the theater by repeatedly sharing the stage with his gorgeous gal and seeing or being involved in roughly two hundred plays in the last four years. Since dedicating himself almost exclusively to playwrighting in 2006, Brian has written seven full length pieces (with three more on the way) and about twenty one acts. Brian's plays deal with everything from a mother's death to a papal conspiracy involving designer shoes. Brian's most recent play Dead Weight won Best Original Script and Best Original Production at the Maryland State One Act Festival in January 2010.
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