Night of 1000 Plays: We Can Do Better & Please Hold
Josh Kurtz is pleased to have two one-act plays presented as part of Haddonfield Plays and Players Night of 1000 Plays:
We Can Do Better is about two people in need of cash … fast. One of them hatches a bad idea, and the situation quickly veers out of control – over and over again.
We’ve all been there. In Please Hold, someone’s call to customer service gets a little unreal. Or does it?
Dates
Friday, June 9 at 8:00pm
Saturday, June 10 at 8:00pm
Location
Haddonfield Plays & Players, Haddonfield NJ
Tickets
Available online at https://tix5.centerstageticketing.com/sites/haddonfield/
Meant to Be
Meant to Be is a whimsically dark musical about a serial killer fighting to win his true love. Follow Maxwell and Sophia as they take a journey of romance, murder, secret agents, criminal organizations, and so much more!
For those who have seen Meant to Be before, you’re stepping into a remastered show – the plot has been polished to a shine, and characters have been shifted to make for a story that keeps you on the edge of your seats the whole time!
This production is a staged reading, and runs one night only during the Ritz Theatre Company’s June Festival, on June 26th.
Cost
FREE! This is a free event, but you MUST reserve tickets ahead of time. To reserve your tickets, send an email to sales@ritztheatreco.org indicating your name and how many seats you want to reserve.
Date
Monday, June 26, 7:00pm
Location
Ritz Theater, Oaklyn NJ
Cast
Kyle Jacobus – Maxwell
Alix Vitarelli – Sophia
Meagen Lynn – Daisy
John Salera – Kurt
Sean Wolff – Mark
Jessica Haya – Ruby
Nick Hite – Jet
Maggie Harbord – Heather
Dylan McGowan – Grant
WARNING: This show will contain adult language, stage violence,
and sexually suggestive themes. Viewer discretion is advised!
Plot Twist
Most recently performed as part of the Ritz Theatre’s June Fest, we’re doing this one AGAIN at the Hammonton Fringe Festival! Stay tuned for details!
Past Performance
As part of the Ritz’s June Fest along side a handful of other exciting one-acts, Plot Twist is a piece of completely interactive theatre! At the end of each scene, you, the audience, will get to choose what path our story takes next. Can you guide our hero to the love of his life – or something more important than that perhaps? Find out, in Plot Twist!
Get your tickets NOW for a night of One Acts at the Ritz Theater in Oaklyn for June 9th or 10th. There are ONLY 60 SEATS available, as it is done in a black box setting. Plot Twist is like nothing you ever saw before and nothing you will see again, even if you see it both nights, it will not be the same.
Location
The Ritz Theatre, Oaklyn NJ
Dates
Friday, June 9, 2017 ~ 7:30pm
Saturday, June 10, 2017 ~ 7:30pm
Tickets
https://secure.wcit.net/ritztheatreco/remote.list_shows.php
Meant to Be Auditions
Meant to Be is a whimsically dark musical about a serial killer fighting to win his true love. Follow Maxwell and Sophia as they take a journey of romance, murder, secret agents, criminal organizations, ghosts, and so much more! This production will be a staged reading, and run one night only during the Ritz Theatre Company’s June Festival, on June 26th.
Audition Date: Thursday, April 27 at 6 PM – 10 PM
Where: Ritz Theatre, Oaklyn NJ
PLEASE PREPARE 16-32 bars of a contemporary musical theatre piece.
Auditions are walk-in at the Ritz Theatre in Oaklyn, beginning at 6:00PM. Get there early to get out early! We may ask you to stay for a short time after your audition to do a reading from the show.
For those who have seen Meant to Be before, you’re stepping into a remastered show – the plot has been polished to a shine, and characters have been shifted to make for a story that keeps you on the edge of your seats the whole time!
ROLES
Maxwell – Baritone – A socially awkward, love-struck serial killer, and the narrator of the show.
Sophia – Soprano – The object of Maxwell’s affections. Smart and strong, thrust into a situation she has little control over.
Kurt – Baritone/Tenor – A serious man who doesn’t always realize how goofy he is. Liaison between the CIA and Sophia, and the most dangerous man in the world.
Daisy – Mezzo – Sophia’s best friend and confidante. The party girl who never grew out of partying. Flirts with every guy she sees.
Mark – Baritone – Sophia’s serious, long-term boyfriend. Appears in dreams and visions after his untimely death.
Heather – Alto/Mezzo – The leader of a dangerous crime syndicate. Fights, dies, haunts Maxwell.
Various – Many – Other roles require only a few scenes or less in the show, so some cast members will wear many hats. Being in the ‘ensemble’ means you’re going to have a busy show.
This show contains violence, excessive foul language, and strong suggestive themes. May not be appropriate for children. Must be 16 or older to audition.
Roll With The Punchline
April 22, 2017 @ 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Ritz Theatre Company, Oaklyn NJ
Do you like time travel, murder, crazy neighbors, books, telephones, existentialism, and theatre so original that some of it is written before your very eyes? If you said yes to any or all of those, Roll with the Punchline is THE show to catch this season! Not convinced? Keep reading for more info on the specific shows you’ll be seeing!
Roll with the Punchline is a brand new collection of hilarious comedic works, to be presented twice on April 22nd at the Ritz Theatre in Oaklyn! The first show will be at 2:00PM, the second will be at 7:30PM, and tickets are $15. Tickets available online now!
These shows are appropriate for Teens and Adults
Interested in group tickets? Contact The Ritz or Aftershock
Party/Time – This fast paced comedy by Joshua Kurtz tackles an issue we’ve all had to think about at one point in our lives. What if we had to travel back in time to kill ourselves so that we never invented time travel? What if that happened during a high school party, while the parents were away, and everything that could go wrong did go wrong, and we had to deal with a perfect storm of characters that makes the situation horribly difficult? If you’ve ever been worried that this might happen to you, Party/Time might give you some insight on how NOT to handle that delicate situation.
Cast List:
Ben – Christian Curatola
Griffin – Madison Strockbine
Jake – Spencer Petro
Taylor – Julie Every-Clayton
Kelly – Kateryna Swan
Bill – Michael J Krowicki
Robin – Veronica Robertson
Shauna – Courtlyn Louise Ardito
Cop 1 – Sean Wolff
Cop 2 – Kari Vazquez
Mom – Karen Kurtz
Dad – Steve Kurtz
Party Guests
Louis Goldman, Jessica Haya, Maggie Harbord, Jenn Adams, Dylan Glick
House Warming – Dylan Glick’s whacky comedy puts a modern spin on the TV Sitcom style we all know and love. Moving into a new apartment for college should be easy for Neil. But that’s not taking into account the fact that his roommate is running hours late, that at least two of his exes are giving him trouble, or that his new next door neighbor may just be a serial killer. Still, Neil’s aspirations are fairly simple. Sit down in peace and quiet, and read a book. How hard could it be?
Cast List:
Neil – Spencer Petro
Patty – Christian Curatola
Charlotte – Courtlyn Louise Ardito
Heather – Maggie Harbord
Norm – Sean Wolff
Patty’s Mom – Karen Kurtz
Please Hold – In Joshua Kurtz’s first foray into Absurdist Comedy, watch as our “hero” deals with the neigh impossible task of waiting on the line for a representative to become available. But the longer they’re on the phone, the more we begin to wonder – is there a representative at all? Why are they calling? Are they calling? Who are they? Who are we? Please Hold gets really weird really fast, and I can’t make any promises that it won’t mess with your head.
Cast List:
Someone – Jessica Haya
Voice – Jenn Adams
Improv Show – If you’ve seen an Aftershock Improv Show before, let me promise you that this will be nothing like those. Not just because the content will be different because it’s all improvised, but because we’re not just playing games this time. We’re putting on a show! Using a prompt from the audience, we will create an entire short comedic show, that will keep both you and us guessing until the hilarious end! Don’t miss this one – it will literally never happen again!
Cast List:
Jenn Adams, Courtlyn Ardito,
Dylan Glick, Jessica Haya,
Joshua Kurtz, Karen Kurtz.
More Information:
Tickets available online now
Download a Printable Poster
www.ritztheatreco.org
True Villains the Musical
About the Show
Those of you who have been friends with Aftershock Entertainment since before it was actually Aftershock, remember Josh’s first Musical, True Villains! Well now it’s coming back, new and updated. For those of you who are newer to our group, True Villains is a musical comedy with a twist. The story is told from the side of the Villains, not the heroes as most stories go. We follow the adventures of Sebastian, a hero-turned-villain, and a whole cast of colorful bad guys to fall in love with. Based on Joshua Kurtz’s long running web comic by the same name, the musical brings these quirky villains to life.
In the world of True Villains, the supernatural puts an extreme emphasis on natural. Magic, monsters, demons and golems run rampant in the world, and what we would consider in this world to be impossible would be considered in the True Villains world to be tragically quaint. Warriors of God known as Paladins search through the land, imbuing righteousness on all they see fit, dark sorcerers and demons search about looking for more things to destroy or people to kill. There is never a dull moment.
True Villains is a classic tale of magic and heroism told from the villains’ point of view. In this brand new musical comedy, we follow the trials and tribulations of Sebastian Jalek, an up and coming adventurer who winds up working for the bad guys. Sebastian joins Xaneth Antaris, an infamous demon, and is sent to destroy a village. At said village, he meets Xaneth’s other partner, Elia, a necromancer, and later, Sebastian’s love interest. Sebastian destroys the town but winds up saving the life of Mia, a small girl who lived there, for sheer pity. Sebastian convinces Xaneth to let him take Mia on as his apprentice so that Xaneth doesn’t kill her. However, when a renowned hero, Gray, takes it upon himself to rid the world of Xaneth and all associated with him, the good days of the bad guys seem doomed to a hasty end. Will evil be able to prevail against good?
This performance of True Villains the Musical is being produced by Mainstage Center for the Arts in association with Aftershock Entertainment.
Check out these clips from the last performance!
New Jersey Fringe
WOW – we are honored to announce that Aftershock Entertainment will be part of the First Ever “Jersey Fringe Festival”. Of the 16 shows in The Fringe, two pieces in the Festival will be produced by Aftershock Entertainment – Josh’s “Almost All my Heart” and A.J. Dwayne’s – “Yo Shortmann!!“
Almost All My Heart
Sam was not a hopeless romantic. Not until the day she met Lilah, and fell head over heels.
But their love story is not so simple – Lilah has a darker side to herself, in the form of a mysterious Devil named Eli, who owns her soul. As Lilah tries to balance her life and her love, Sam has to decide what she’s willing to give to be with Lilah, and what she’s willing to endure.
Will Sam and Lilah fight through the challenges and stay together? Or are there forces in this world stronger even than love?
Performances at The mART – Friday @ 7pm and 11pm, Saturday @ 4pm and 10pm, and Sunday @ 2pm.
Yo Shortmann!!
Amnesia grabs a hold of Shortmann after a fatal hit and run incident between himself and the Stoop Guy. Trying to piece his thoughts together, he runs into his friends dealing with the after effects. His best friend blames himself; his wife has shut herself off from the world; his other friends are too busy bickering with each other; and the town he lives in has been plagued with a drug epidemic. But the unpredictability of life allows Shortmann to persevere and uncover the truth. All because Stoop Guy left his stoop. Drug use, animosity, egotism, greed, love and death combines and explodes into an ending that challenges the meaning of human life.
“Time’s always moving forward. It never looks back. And if we sit here wishing for things to be the way they were, we waste the valuable time we have to get where we need to be.”
–Stink
Performances at The mART – Friday @ 9pm, Saturday @ 1pm and 7pm, Sunday @ 12pm and 4pm.
More about the Festival
All 16 shows take place from August 5 through 7th in downtown Hammonton, within walking distance from the Eagle Theater. Please not only bring your friends to the Festival to support this great endeavor but make sure you see both of our pieces!
Your single or three day admission to The Fringe gets you admission to ALL 16 SHOWS plus a street faire.
More information is available at http://www.jerseyfringe.com/
This is a Jersey Fringe event. Each Play is a production and property of their respective contributors.
