Our “Three Hour Theatre” (ZERO-102) event went over swimmingly. With around 30 people crammed into Fresh Café in Corpus, we mounted several new plays written by local playwrights and two outside of the Coastal Bend area. Our featured playwrights were Anel Carmona from New York City and Gabriel Ruiz from San Antonio. Carmona, who has done several off-Broadway plays, live-streamed her play in. The other featured playwright, Mr. Ruiz, attended the event. The playwrights were given one hour to write a play, the next hour to rewrite/edit/workshop the play in the rehearsal process. Finally, the plays were presented after the workshopping has been completed.

In no particular order, these are the following plays and their respective casts:

“Wait For It!”  directed by Beth Marie Cantu

Logan – Josue “Zeta” Villarreal

Bel – Tabitha Perez

Old Man – Emanuel Ibanez

“Fact: The Stars Are Dead” by Julio Martinez, directed by Emanuel Ibanez

1 – Emanuel Ibanez

2 – Andrea Lorin

“Grandma Muscle” by Josue “Zeta” Villarreal, directed by Julio Martinez

Commentator – Julio Martinez

Millie Jordan – Katherine Orozco-Verderber

Grandma Muscle – Robert Trujillo

“A Lifetime Game” by Anel Carmona, directed by Michael Verderber

Walter – Lane

Wanda – Denise Deleon

“Fair Warning” by Gabriel Ruiz, directed by Micah Blain

Lane Joiner

Deniss Delgado