Phoenix Festival Playbill 2025 (1) - Flipbook - Page 24
OUT OF THE HAT
A PHOENIX THEATRE ENSEMBLE PRODUCTION
Phoenix Festival commissioned short plays from four remarkable Rockland
playwrights (Julie Goldberg, Christopher Kyle, Richard Fulco, Shawn Rawls) on a
common theme. The assembled actors (John, Jessica, Meg, Kevin, and Josh) have
not seen any of the scripts. The character they are going to play is determined by
drawing names out of a hat. The actor is then handed a script for the 昀椀rst time,
given 5 minutes to prepare, and then we enjoy a fully staged reading of the play.
The Actors:
Jessica Crandall
Kevin Confoy
John Lenartz
Meg Rosen
Josh Tyson
About Phoenix Festival:
Phoenix Festival: Live Arts in Nyack was launched in 2022 with Elise Stone as
Artistic Director and Craig Smith as Executive Director. The Festival is supported
by a coalition of 47 Rockland County businesses, The New York State Council
on the Arts, Rockland County Of昀椀ce of Tourism, The Village of Nyack Tourism
grants, the Zisson Foundation, Rockland Community Foundation, and Festival
subscribers and individual contributors. The Festival is a program of NYC-based
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble: Founded in 2004, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble is an
Audelco, IRNE, Elliot Norton, NYIT Award-winning not-for-pro昀椀t 501(c)3
organization.
PhoenixTheatre Ensemble is committed to presenting great stories of the classical
canon and innovative stagings of new adaptations of language-rich texts that speak
to and serve contemporary audiences. We are dedicated to nurturing a diverse
resident company of classically trained and highly skilled theatre artists.
