BONUS - GRENADINE by Neil Wechsler

09/20/21 • 59 min

As part of it's bimonthly radio program, The ETC Digital Theatre Hour on WUTC 88.1 FM (an NPR affiliate station), The Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga presented Neil Wechsler's play GRENADINE. "GRENADINE is pure fun, it is fantastically delicious, engagingly imaginative and even pushes the button of your heart. While simple in story, it is massive in the message of not taking oneself or one's journey too seriously," mentions Garry Lee Posey (ETC's founder and executive artistic director)

The play follows a group of cohorts on a journey to find the long lost love of one of that group's life. It is a journey that introduces the group to a host of challenges and characters while challenging their connection to each other and their connection to the world. "The play ends with such a dramatic sensibility that you never see coming," mentions Posey.

The cast includes:

Gage Goza as PRISMATIC

Jacob Moore as SCONCE

Courtenay Cholovich as PYX

Christopher Hrozencik-Snyder as GROVE

Casey Keelen as FEMALE ENSEMBLE

Amir Andalib as MALE ENSEMBLE

Garry Lee Posey as MALE ENSEMBLE

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BONUS - FOUR SHORTS by Garry Lee Posey

For several years, Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga presented a series of original works written by local playwrights conceived by and performed in front pieces of art at the Hunter Museum of American Art. We called this performance CASTING THE CANVAS. "It was an experiment of mixing mediums in an effort to showcase how the different ways individuals can experience visual art. Our writers included established playwrights, novice playwrights, fiction writers and willing enthusiasts with no prior writing experience."

Six to Eight scripts were curated, rehearsed and performed throughout the museum. A guide would lead the audiences to each of the galleries housing the art where the play would be performed with the art creating the backdrop. Three of the four plays in this series by playwright Garry were included in various Casting the Canvas events, they are:

FUGUE IN D

Terrance Wright, Brenda Schwab, Garry Lee Posey, Christy Gallo

Subway - 14th Street - Hunter Museum inspiration

Two Men - Hunter Museum inspiration

(Gaiety) Burlesque (also known as Irving Palace Burlesque) - Hunter Museum inspiration

Glen (Ireland) - Hunter Museum inspiration

American Gothic, Washington D.C. - Hunter Museum Inspiration

TWELVE IRONS IN THE FIRE

Garry Lee Posey, Taylor Williams, Kashun Parks

GOODWILLED

Kashun Parks, Taylor Williams, Maggie Williams, Eric Red Wyatt, Taylor Williams, Jesse McCecil

Alone Together IX - Hunter Museum inspiration

The other play in the series premiered as part of Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga's SHORT ATTENTION SPAN THEATRE Short Play Festival and then performed again as part of the Drive By Theatre Festival in Atlanta, Georgia.

TAKING IN THE PEACEFULNESS

Maggie Williams, Megan Smith, Christy Gallo, John Thomas McCecil

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BONUS - TIGHTROPE by Rob Smith

A young boy learns to handle the stresses of being a teenager, having an overbearing grandfather, a dying father and a mother doing her best to keep it together. A touching play about how our imagination is not only a source of comfort and escape, but also the way some learn to cope and learn.

Featuring:

Ellis Stephens, Libby Lindsey, Bruce Shaw

More About Rob Smith:

Wixsite- Rob Smith

Review of Rob's play DUST which premiered in Chicago. ETC consequently presented this play in the fall of 2018.

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