Drama Lab on Stage

Drama Labbers are busy busy busy this month. Here's a list of local productions featuring your fellow members as writers, directors or actors:

Hamlet / Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

This weekend is your last chance to catch these two plays in repertory. Both productions feature Karann Goettsch, Buck Buchanan and, in his acting debut, Tim Phillips. Hamlet is Friday, R&G is Saturday. Black Box Theatre. www.blackboxdrama.com.

Dracula

Features Jess Weaver as Mina. This opened last weekend and runs Thursdays to Sundays though Nov 2. Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. www.csfineartscenter.org.

Our Shorts are Showing 2

A HUGE Drama Lab effort. Includes short plays written by Sue Bachman, Charlie Ammen, Jess Weaver and me. Directors include Sallie Walker and Tracy Hunziker. Actors include Karann Goettsch, Barbara Summerville, Ashley Crockett, Sue Bachman, Grant Swenson and Roy Kieffer. Wed, Oct 22 through Sat, Oct 25. Black Box Theatre. www.blackboxdrama.com.

Million Dollar Meatballs

The world premiere of my latest farce. Thu, Oct 23 through Sat, Oct 25. Discovery Canyon High School. dcctheatre.org.

Oh, and be sure to listen to the KCME Culture Zone on 88.7 FM at 5pm on Sunday, Oct 19 and 7pm on Monday, Oct 20 to hear director Amy Keating, two student actors and myself discuss Million Dollar Meatballs.

Finally, I'd like to send out a big congratulations to the multi-talented Sue Bachman, who has just won the PPAC Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress for her role as Linda Loman in TheatreWorks' production of Death of a Salesman. Great job, Sue!