Ten-Minute Plays
Music by De'An Keys & The Unique Vibrationz
May 2nd @ 10:30am
Ames Public Library
515 Douglas Ave, Ames, IA 50010
A series of short plays responding to the Ames Climate Action Plan and its SIX BIG MOVES for mitigating and adapting to climate change locally. Playwrights drew one of the six big moves (building retrofits & net-zero new construction were combined) and developed a play responding to their move. See below for more information about each play.
Interested in learning more about the Ames Climate Action Plan?
SMACKDOWN AT THE 2-K CORRAL
by Karen Murphy
A dark comedy from the future about two kidnapped Karens who take lessons learned from Earth's City of Ames Climate Action Plan to save Planet Zorn.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Director: Cason Murphy
Stage Directions/Voice: Samuel Valentine
Karen 1: Navvab Munirih
Karen 2: Phyllis Schrag
BUS STOP REVOLUTIONS
by Amanda Petefish-Schrag
When Gina and Billie strike up an awkward chat at a city bus stop, their wait is upended by a cascade of unexpected encounters that reveal how a new transit plan can change the rhythm of a whole community.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Director: Alyson O'Hara
Stage Directions: Michele Jacobson
Gina: Brooke Whitehouse
Billie: Camille Page
Puppeteer: Kit Adams
STARSHIP PODUJEVA
by Joshua Oren
Two humans investigate an abandoned starship and realize they have precious little time to figure out how to get the ship – and themselves – back home.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Director: Alyson O'Hara
Stage Directions: Poet Nickel
Lewis: Jamal Johnson
Zoe: Lyra Blobaum
Swaggervick: Joseph Endicott
THE COMPOST PILE
by Jessi Brock
On a quiet street in Ames, Iowa, a little compost pile leads to some friendly neighborly bickering and local bureaucracy.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Director: Karen Murphy
Stage Directions: Sophia Strathearn
L: Kiernan McReynolds
M: Michele Olsen
N: Gabe Buttermore
THE RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION
by Tiffany Antone
Four energy sources go at it.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Director: Jordan Miyoshi
Stage Directions: Max Quanrud
Coal: Karen Murphy
Natural Gas: Tate Esser
Solar: Evee Gade
Wind: Eleanor Howle