Actors for 24-7-2024

Feast you eyes on this talented list of actors. You’ll be thinking, “wow, I bet 24/7 is gonna be amazing!” So, then, come to the show on Jan 27, 2024 to confirm your intuitions. You are smart and amazing yourself.

On stage, there are a lot of new faces, many of familiar faces; let’s get right to the talent by name, alphabetical by first:

Abina Foreman Trice
Aiyana Marcus
Akinle Armand
Aly Brookland
Anders Cole
Auntais Faulkner
Cadessa Davis
Christiana Mitchell
Don Gathers
Elizabeth Rose
Evelyn Garey
Hannah Vidaver
Hyison Wade
Jelena Conn
Jordan Sykes
Liz Beamon
Marty Moore
Nicolette Douglas
Omar Nazeer
Rory Washington
Saturn Edwards
Sharon Millner
Sonia Langhorne

24/7: Don’t be surprised to be amazed. In 24 hours, 7 new plays written rehearsed, designed, and preformed. First show at 7pm; Encore performance at 9:30pm – VIP Tickets come with reserved seats, and 2 free drinks, plus a homemade treat!

whole theatre presents 24/7 at thet Jefferson School

Whole Theatre presents
with
The Charlottesville Players Guild

24/7

Seven new plays in 24 Hours

Written Overnight
Rehearsed All Day
Performed Once for You!
(well, maybe twice)

Saturday, January 27, 2024
Jefferson School: African American Heritage Center

TIX HERE!

Directors for 24-7-2024

To be a director for a 24/7 play you have serious artistic chops, you have to trust your artistic intuition, and your artistic intuition has to be good. But, well, wait… not you, the reader. But, our top notch directors have to do all that, and be all that… and they can… and they will. You, the audience, can sit back, have a drink, and watch it all come to life!

Their challenge is to direct a play in less than a day. Your treat is to be entertained.

Ike Anderson
Chris Evans
Mercedes Hererro
Edwina Herring
Marianne Kubik
Denise Stewart
Miller Susen

That’s our line our line up of 7 directors for 24/7 — on January, 27, 2024 at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center — they are creative, smart, fast on their feet, experienced theatrical artists.

They will each get a play that was just written overnight, the night before, randomly assigned and each director will set out to bring it to the stage. 7 new plays in all. One after the other for an evening in the theatre unlike any other. All fully rehearsed… in less than a day.

It’s really kinda magic; it’s theatre; it’s art.

And that’s what we do.

whole theatre presents 24/7 at thet Jefferson School

Careless Whispers

Reserve Your Ticket Here >>

Larry Goldstein and Whole Theatre present

Careless Whispers: Stories by Judith Sullivan & 37 mins. with Dr. Rev. Jimmy Goodlove

Careless Whispers:
Stories by Judith Sullivan plus 37 mins. with Dr. Rev. Jimmy Goodlove

@Live Arts
Conover Studio
123 E Water Street
Charlottesville, VA
Reserve Your Ticket Here
Sat, Sun, April 23, 24, 2022
6:00PM
(90 minute show)

Judith Sullivan has spent a lifetime as a professional bodywork specialist. She has studied bodies in the sky, in water, and on land; and discovered deep and hilarious revelations through her work.  Judith shares decades in minutes — you see and hear her words, worlds, journeys, and epiphanies. It’s storytelling from the whole body. 

Dr. Rev. Jimmy Goodlove loves you. And he loves Faith, the 1987 album by George Michael. Goodlove is a televangelist from the 80s delivering hope for today.  Come join the singin’, healin’, testifyin’, and storytellin’, and Goodlove’s personal journey to Faith — maybe yours too!

Presented by Larry Goldstein

Official Trailer for My Brother David

watch it July 26 on YouTube and Facebook

Serenity Hill residents dig into their own memory errors and social biases. With special help from “my brother David” the home tries to become a better place to live… for everyone in the house.

This is the Official Trailer for My Brother David, Episode 3 of Serenity Hill in the Pandemic

Watch Serenity Hill in the Pandemic:

Serenity Hill on YouTube

Or watch on Facebook:

Episode 2: Serenity Hill in the Pandemic, released July 19

Watch Episode 2 live on Facebook and Youtube Sunday, July 19, 2020 at 7pm.

Serenity Hill In the Pandemic Episode Two: The Prince of Serenity Hill June, 2020

Written by Larry Goldstein

Produced by Hamner Theater and Whole Theatre

Producer Ray Nedzel

Production Manager Kathleen Mueller

Directors Saunder Boyle Tovah Close Boomie Pedersen

Cast (in order of appearance)
Junebug Jones … Joan Arenstein
Samuel Katz … Kenny Raskin
Beatrice Johnson … Meg Hoover
Ernie Williams … Ernest Chambers
Dante Harris … Rasheed Robinson
Ophelia Harris … Ty Daniels
Edwina Franklyn … Abena Foreman Trice
Judge Richard “Clay” Clayton … Joe Monaghan
Betty Lawson … Kate Monaghan
Allen Katz … Chris Baumer
Andrea Clayton … Kiri Gardner

Music by Red Flower Lake
RedFlowerLake.com
Song Baby Don’t Go
written and performed by
Red Flower Lake

Episode Editor Kathleen Mueller

Serenity Hill is a long term assisted living facility, with acute care, memory care and specialty care units, on the east coast of the United States. Serenity Hill began as a play. Written for the stage. To be performed live on stage.

As a play, it was in development with Hamner Theater until Covid-19 put live performances on hold. Serenity Hill now finds its debut in a new format with new dialogue, and current events.

Serenity Hill: In the Pandemic is a series of 20 minute episodes, written and produced in real time.

Special Thanks Our contributors on Patreon who make it possible to provide some compensation for our actors and crew during this difficult time. https://www.patreon.com/serenityhill

Serenity Hill in the Pandemic: The Prince of Serenity Hil

Coming Soon: Serenity Hill in the Pandemic

Serenity Hill: In the Pandemic Episode One: Let’s Get This Party Started May, 2020

Watch Serenity Hill here

Thank you for watching. Consider helping make more episodes, and helping to pay the actors with a donation at: https://www.patreon.com/serenityhill

Written by Larry Goldstein

Produced by Hamner Theater and Whole Theatre http://hamnertheater.com
http://wholetheatre.org

Producer Ray Nedzel

Production Manager Kathleen Mueller

Directors Saunder Boyle, Tovah Close, Boomie Pedersen

Cast (in order of appearance)

Samuel Katz … Kenny Raskin
Allen Katz … Chris Baumer
Ophelia Harris … Ty Daniels
Dr. Michael Kline … Boomie Pedersen
Judge Richard “Clay” Clayton … Joe Monaghan
Betty Lawson … Kate Monaghan
Andrea Clayton … Kiri Gardner
Edwina Franklyn … Abena Foreman Trice
Beatrice Johnson … Meg Hoover
Junebug Jones … Joan Arenstein

Music by Red Flower Lake
http://RedFlowerLake.com

Song: Baby Don’t Go
written and performed by Red Flower Lake

Episode Editor
Ray Nedzel

Serenity Hill is a long term assisted living facility, with acute care, memory care and specialty care units, on the east coast of the United States.

Serenity Hill began as a play. Written for the stage. To be performed live on stage.

As a play, it was in development with Hamner Theater until Covid-19 put live performances on hold.

Serenity Hill now finds its debut in a new format with new dialogue, and current events.

Serenity Hill: In the Pandemic is a series of 20 minute episodes, written and produced in real time.

Special Thanks
Deborah Arenstein
Gabriel Goldstein
Charlottesville’s talented Theatre Artists

Keep Making Art

Black Lives Matter

Whole Theatre stands with Black Lives Matter.

#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.

Start here, with a wide-ranging overview of petitions to sign, organizations to support, and more.

Learn more about Black Lives Matter here…

Sneak Peek at FAITH

On a normal Saturday, in front of an packed house of unsuspecting parishioners, Dr. Rev. Jimmy Goodlove brought FAITH alive. Join us, as we look forward to spreading the word and joining the chorus in FAITH: The Gospel According to George Michael. Redemption Guaranteed! Early Converters receive Double-Salvation! You gotta have Faith, baby!

As part of Whole Theatre’s 24/7 festival, a bonus treat, the first public preview of the Gospel According to George Micheal rocked the house. Dare we say it rocked? Yes, 80’s style pop rock. (and pop rocks were a thing in the 80s).

We look forward to announcing another chance at salvation soon.

24/7 Directors 2020

24/7! Look at the bounty of talent taking on the unsung hero role of 24/7, the director! They don’t know the play, the don’t know the roles, they don’t pick the actors — yet somehow they bring the plays from this chaos to the best night you’ll have in the theatre this year! The directors for 24/7 2020 are:

Kelli Shermeyer
Dawn Schimke
Tim Read
Pat Owen
Michelle Marjorin
Chris Kelly
David Domkoski

24/7 Actors 2020

Some of the bravest, or craziest, actors you’ll ever meet. They sign-up to fully rehearsal a random role that doesn’t exist yet in a play that hasn’t yet been written.

But with the talent on stage, listed below in reverse alphabetical order, it all comes together like a… scuba diver ordered from craigslist, or cupid in firefighter boots and a tutu, or the remembered lover of a WWII vet, or free-range parents, or profane monks, or a dentist selling pot, or back-up singers on a deserted island, or… well, you’ll have to come to see how it all works out. But promise you this: you won’t be disappointed. Feb 29 @ 8 @ Live Arts.

The 2020 24/7 actors are:

Virginia Wawner
Lee Susen
Rasheed Robinson
John Rabasa
Browning Porter
Shannon Montague
Deandra McDonald
Laura Mawyer
Stan Marshall
Alanna Mahon
Chante Mack
Matt Lawless
Meg Hoover
Kristen Gleason
Madison Gildersleeve-Price
Chris Estey
Sarah Edwards
Jen Downey
Geen Donovan
Andy Davis
Allie Bush
Christina Ball
Mick Anderson

(in reverse alphabetical order)