The second night (revised)

Threw out my hip wearing tennis shoes...go figure. (This would be an ongoing issue I went to months of physical therapy for, from wearing bad shoes.  A difficult place to stretch.)

(Trying to write in cast from memory as I lost the program.)
Before I forget, the seven plays from Saturday were (and again, I thought everyone involved really delivered on Saturday): "Devlin Lake Bible Camp," by Rob Jones and directed by The Hyland/Belyea Experience.  Seemingly typical summer bible camp, with only two campers, the Reverend "Bob" and his intern "Penny," or is it? (Lauryn Rilla Hochberg, Evan Whitfield, Christian Mastin, Trevor Young Marston.)  "Camp of the Apocalypse," by Eddie Levi Lee and directed by Erin Kraft.  Summer camp, two kids on the make, have snuck out when a homeless man comes across them. And the conversation that follows.  (Standout performance by Clark Sandford as the homeless man. Clark Sanford, Andrew McMasters, Jill Snyder-Marr.)  One of my favorite plays of the weekend.  "Home," by Elizabeth Heffron and directed by Meghan Arnette. (Tracy Leigh, Carter Rodriguez, Danielle Daggerty.) Two (young) teen sisters have been brought to a cult by their father and held against their will.  They want to go home.  "Vengeance Period," by Nick Edwards and directed by Roy Arauz.  Five (young) teen girls (all named "Katie") have been brought together to battle it out for what turns out to be a $25 Applebee's gift card, ala "The Hunger Games," and try to work out why they were chosen.  They band together and rebel against the principal that sent there.  (Standout performance by Mahria Zook as the one that unites the girls together; Mahria Zook, Jordi Montes, Shawnmarie Stanton, Tonia Daley-Cambell, Jane Ryan.)  Intermission.

"Wit Beyond Measure," (my other favorite of the weekend) by Ben McFadden and directed by Brian Faker. (Cristi Cruz, Pamela Cole-Hudson, Stacey Bush, Andre Nelson.)  A woman remembers a time at a summer camp where she fell in love with another girl, whom she never saw again; a final sweet memory that is fading away due to early onset Alzheimer's. (Reminded me a little of "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit," by Jeanette Winterson, mixed with "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.")  "The Clockwork Heart," by Darian Lindle and directed by Katherine Stewart.  A young inventor, obsessed with his invention, much to the dismay of his engineer father, finally gives her his heart (literally) and she comes to life taking on his identity to be the son his father wanted. (Brandon Felker, Sam Read, Kasey Elizabeth Harrison.)  "Emma Turns a New Leaf," by Jose Amador and directed by Anthony Winkler.  Aliens incarnating into human women to become something out of "The Real Housewives" type of "real" woman.  When one begins to become a little more feminist, she is sent to "reeducation camp," and when she returns she has conformed to be like the others. (Anastasia Higham, Amy Hill, Jeremy Topping, Lisa Nix, D'Arcy Harrison.)

Seeing all the actors, who were essentially pulled out of a "can" for casting assignments to the plays, pull off these roles, makes me think casting directors could think out of the box a little more.  All the actors owned the roles and sold them, regardless of how "against type" they may have been cast.  It really didn't matter.  Take more chances.