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Plays are now being accepted for this season's readings.

Email them to NorthportPlays@gmail.com

For information about the Northport One-Act Play Festival

click on the 1-Act Play Festival tab.

Mon, June 20th, 7:30

NORTHPORT READER'S THEATER

Northport One-Act Play Festival 


The 13th Annual Northport One-Act Play Festival

"HALLOWEEN EDITION"

will be October 21-23, 2022 

Since this is our 13th Festival and just before Halloween,

we are aiming to present a themed “HALLOWEEN EDITION”

of the Festival. We are looking for comedies and dramas

with suspense, superstition, witches, murder and mayhem,

so please consider this when submitting scripts. 

Get Submission Form HERE.


12th Annual Northport One-Act Play Festival

October 1-3, 2021

The Festival was a great success thanks to 

all the playwrights, directors, actors, 

staff and volunteers.

Northport Plays required proof of vaccination for
all audience members, as well as performers,
backstage crew, and theater staff,

for all performances in October 2021.


The Festival was on stage at the

Playhouse at St. Paul’s, 270 Main St, Northport.


Masks were required for all
audience members inside the theater.
Seating was spaced for social distancing.

See clips from Program 1
See clips from Program 2


Program 1: 

Performances Fri, Oct 1, 7:30pm and Sat, Oct 2, 3:00pm


"The High Road" a comedy by Seth Freeman

Director James Polen

with Maria Pusateri, Jonathan Hordos

and Marty Weissman.

Good intentions pave the road on this unpredictable car trip.


"Next To Him" 

a comedy by Joseph Vitale 

Director Stacey Portmore-Davies

with Bobbie Ruth and Bob Alpert.

A woman encounters an unexpected visitor as she tries

to honor a promise made to her dying husband.


"Billy Buckner" 

a drama by Michael Solomowitz

Director Cal Gladen

with Steve Kaminsky, Jodi Kennedy and Tom Ciorciari,

Soon to be married baseball fan is confronted with his shortcomings

and turns to an unlikely source for advice.


"Little Pink Cakes" 

a comedy by Gina Scarda

Director Maria Filippone

with Heidi Emerich Hecker, Lisa Kane Meckes

and Frank Failla.

A journey of self-discovery leads to an unexpected future.


"A Friendly Game of Clue"

a comedy by Michael Casano 

Director John Passadino

with Pat Reilly, Bobbie Ruth, 

Linda Pentz and Joe Sherer.

An innocent game night takes a terrible turn

when someone keeps winning.


Program 2:
Performances Sat, Oct 2, 7:30pm and Sun, Oct 3, 3:00pm


"That Thing with Feathers"

a comedy by Steven Doloff 

Director Liz DeFazio-Rodriguez

with Liz DeFazio Rodriguez and Barbara Schuler.

An aspiring playwright becomes excited

when she gets a sudden flurry of emails.


"When Sally Met Sally"

a comedy by Frank Shima

Director Bailey C. Elis

with Barbara Walsh, Jamie Haughney, 

Paul Kellis and Erin Biener.

A marriage proposal goes wrong when a

parrot inadvertently becomes part of the process.


"A Visit from Ma" 

a comedy by Joe Leary 

Director Charlie Gherardi

with Kathy Becker, Joe Leary and Tim Sullivan.

A rehab patient gets a visit from his neurotic, over protective mother.


"Dead Man Balking or The Kiss of Death"

a comedy by Jack McCleland

Director Ed Eriksson

with Shari Cohen and John Torres.

A man has an unexpected visitor, an unusual form of the great reaper.


"Flop Sweat"

a comedy written and directed

by Peter Scarpinato

Alfio DiFranco, John Pennino

and Rebekah Fitzpatrick. 

A play goes wrong when the actress falls ill at the last minute.



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Many thanks to the playwrights who submitted plays

that were not selected for the Festival:


Patrick Sherrard, Delvyn C Case, Christine Emert, 

Jasper Seamus Conley, Cindi Sansone-Braff, Amie Nemeth, 

Gloria Schramm, Mervyn Kaufman, Alli Hartley-Kong, 

Kristie Bellucci, Marilynn Barner Anselmi, John Passadino, 

Diane Haring, Robyn Bellospirito, James Menges, Jack Rushton, 

Paul Bolger, Chuck Smith, Shelley A Bromberg

"creating a place for new innovative theater"





Highlights of previous Festivals at History tab.
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Click here for Johnny Passadino's

documentary about our Festival.

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See the Reader's Theater tab for meeting schedules

and member interviews.

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All Performances at The Playhouse at St Paul's

St Paul's United Methodist Church, 270 Main Street, Northport, NY

For information e-mail NorthportPlays@gmail.com or call (631) 223-8053