The Potluck Plays at Michael Weller Theatre

The Milk Can Theatre Company concludes its fourth season with The Potluck Plays, a premiere of seven original plays in ten-minute form. Each play is based on a recipe. Seven playwrights randomly drew a recipe from a hat, with each recipe representing a course for a potluck dinner: appetizer, salad, main course, vegetables, dessert, and drink. The result is a seven course theatrical feast.

The Potluck Plays are presented at the Ohio Theater from 3 - 14

• Answering
  Playwright: Tom Nondorf
  Director: Tom Nondorf
  Synopsis: A man and woman enter someone else's house and wait for a phone call.
  Cast: Antonia Barba and Steve Maruzzelli
  
• Eggnostic
  Playwright: Bethany Larsen
  Director: Ryan Ratelle
  Synopsis: Four old friends who happen to be family have a lot of catching up to do. As one couple drifts apart, the other grows closer, and all of them discover that religion and politics don't make for friendly conversation-- especially on Christmas.
  Cast: Satomi Blair, Chris Kloko, Brian Pracht and Cynthia Rice
  
• Punch
  Playwright: ML Kinney
  Director: ML Kinney
  Synopsis: Mix, boil, simmer then strain. Two women are tossed together and use the vocabulary of the senses to discover each other.
  Cast: Satomi Blair and Kirsten Walsh
  
• Swimming Uptown
  Playwright: Cheryl Davis
  Director: Jill Landaker
  Cast: Candice Fortin and Adia Tucker
  
• Salad Days
  Playwright: Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
  Director: Kimberly VerSteeg
  Synopsis: Two city slickers clash with the world of casseroles and Jell-o molds.
  Cast: Chris Kloko, Tessa Faye and Elizabeth Kerins
  
• The Potato Play: A Brief & Inaccurate History of the Potato
  Playwright: Melissa Fendell
  Director: Melissa Fendell
  Synopsis: One tribe conquers another looking for power. One country invades another looking for gold. And meanwhile, a boyfriend is just trying to get his big break.
  Cast: Jean Goto, Jason Griffith, Liz Maestri, Matthew Murumba, Amira Nader, Shayna Padovano, Sonja Sweeney and Baris Tuncer
  
• The Cooking King
  Playwright: Sharon E. Cooper
  Director: Riv Massey
  Cast: Chris Catalano, Marta Kuerston and Matt Stapleton