Accidents Happen
Performed at Circle Players in Piscataway, NJ. July 11-19, 2008.
Our second stint with Circle was yet another groundbreaking collection of recognized and award-winning one-act plays written, directed and performed by the Porch Room.
Accidents Happen was named Outstanding Production of an Original Play at the 2009 NJACT PERRY AWARDS, along with two other wins and two other nominations!
Accidents Happen is available for performance by arrangement with Samuel French.
Every precaution has been taken.
But accidents do happen…
THE PIECES
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN by J. Michael DeAngelis
Directed by John P. Dowgin
Starring
Elizabeth Tozour as THE STEWARDESS
Lauren Plummer as THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
NINE POINT EIGHT METERS PER SECOND PER SECOND by Pete Barry
Directed by Pete Barry
Starring
John P. Dowgin as BALTHAZAR KENT
REUNION SPECIAL by J. Michael DeAngelis
Directed by John P. Dowgin
Starring
Ivan Rushfield as DUNCAN GORCZYNSKI
Jon Heron as CYRUS O’LEARY
Cathy Zouves-Wroebel as MAGGIE O’LEARY
Danny Siegel as EDDIE TAYLOR
Lauren Plummer as NANCY NOBLE
Elizabeth Tozour as JILLIAN MCMILLIAN
REVERIE by Pete Barry & J. Michael DeAngelis & Serena Halley
Directed by J. Michael DeAngelis
Starring
Serena Halley as AISLING
J. Michael DeAngelis as JERRY
Pete Barry as BILL
THE CLIVE WAY by John P. Dowgin
Directed by John P. Dowgin
Starring
Ed Faver as LIONEL
Matt Lafargue as MICKEY
David Neal as HAROLD
Jon Heron as DOCTOR POOTRAM
Shaka Malik as CLIVE GARRISON
HANGMAN by Pete Barry
Directed by Pete Barry
Starring
Serena Halley as DRENTH
Pete Barry as YANKUS
Matt Lafargue as TETWILLINGER
Shaka Malik as JONES
Andrew Young as HARMON
TRICKS OF THE TRADE by John P. Dowgin
Directed by John P. Dowgin
Starring
David Neal as EDDIE
Randall McCann as RALPH
Ed Faver as KEN
TASKKILL HUMAN.EXE by Serena Halley
Directed by Cathy Zouves
Starring
Andrew Young as DR. MARTIN FRINK
Danny Siegel as DR. WENDELL FOSTER
Elizabeth Tozour as ASSET ALPHA (CARLYN)
THE BANDERSCOTT by Pete Barry
Directed by Pete Barry
Starring
John P. Dowgin as BOB HENDERSON
J. Michael DeAngelis as HARCOURT MCCALLISTER
Pete Barry as DOCTOR THINN
Serena Halley as TERRY
Randall McCann as TONY
Matt Lafargue as RON POPIEL
and SHERMAN THE OCTOPUS as HIMSELF
Licensing
Worldwide professional and amateur theatrical rights to Accidents Happen are handled through Concord Theatricals, both as an entire evening or as individual one acts:
Accidents Happen - Please be aware of all safety procedures and take note of the emergency exits.
Nine Point Eight Meters Per Second Per Second - Balthazar Kent, ejected from an airplane, tries to regain control of his life through his cellphone.
Reunion Special - A desperate former child actor reunites with his now adult co-stars at a funeral.
The Clive Way - A motivational speaker mistakenly tries to empower a group of newly rehabilitated anger-management patients.
Hangman - A budding teenage philosopher-scientist searches for the truth by experimenting on his friend with a hallucinogenic cocktail.
Tricks of the Trade - Ralph teaches Eddie how to sell your soul for success.
The Banderscott - An infomercial marketer is pitched an astonishing product.
