Love Festival 2025
Polaris North 245 W 29th St. 4th Fl. New York, NY 10001
on Friday Feb. 7th at 7PM and Saturday Feb. 8th at 2PM
Celebrating Valentine’s Day!
Directed by Valerie Adami-Juhlin and Peter Burford
with Andreas Casso, Kelly Jean Clair*, Leedy Corbin, Dan DeCarlo*,
Timothy Paul Jobe, Kristi Kirk, Dori Levit*, Valerie Mitchell, Mark Peters*,
Susan Richard*, Justen Scott, Eve Sorel*, and Miki Tran
* Member of Actor’s Equity Association
CAN WE TALK
by Steven Doloff
BIO: Steven Doloff’s plays have been staged, streamed and radio broadcast in over a dozen of The United States, in Canada, and in Australia.
Directed by Peter Burford
SYNOPSIS: Pat and Jo, two young adults, attempt to have a serious face-to-face conversation, but they find that their cellphones’ rings, dings, alerts and other audio notifications make it all but impossible.
WAITING FOR EDITH
By Frank Shima
BIO: Frank Shima has written four novels, VENCIL, DEAD LETTER, PLUM CREEK, and LYING IN THE WEEDS, available on Amazon. A member of Playwrights’ Center, his plays have been performed in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Long Island, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York City, North Carolina, and Ohio, and in England and Wales.
Directed by Peter Burford
SYNOPSIS: When Edith dies, heaven is not what she expected. She will have to choose between her two husbands who have died before her and have been waiting a lifetime for her.
THE SHORT CUT
By Nelson Sheeley
Directed by Peter Burford
Synopsis : A husband and wife find themselves in a troublesome situation.
THE SNOW WALTZES OF APRIL AND AUGUST
By John Kelly
BIO: John Kelly, an emeritus professor of theatre from Elmira College, is a playwright whose works have been published, anthologized, and performed by theatres across the country (including New York, Chicago, D.C., etc.) and around the world (Canada, England, Germany, the Netherlands.) Proud member of the Dramatists’ Guild.
Directed by Valerie Adami-Juhlin
SYNOPSIS: An elderly woman recalls her first and only love and their first dance.
TEN MINUTES TIL CHRISTMAS
By Brian Vinero
Directed by Valerie Adami-Juhlin
SYNOPSIS: Why spend two hours and slog through dozens of perfume and jewelry commercials when one can get that romantic Yuletide story fix that is a “hallmark” of the season in a mere ten minutes?
DIAGNOSIS: FLIRTER
By Eileen Mitchell
Benchley Society, Thurber House, and the Will Rogers Writers’ Workshop. Her work has been
staged throughout the country including San Diego, Chicago and New York.
Directed by Valerie Adami-Juhlin
SYNOPSIS: What chance has romance in a post-covid world? Will Richard and Florence find love in the waiting room of a doctor’s office? At least they can flirt with the possibility.
MIXED DOUBLES
By Matt and Ariel Aliza Sanders
BIO: Matt Sanders and Ariel Aliza Sanders live and write in Brooklyn, NY. Their short plays have been produced in New York City and in venues in such places as New Orleans, Chicago, London, and Australia.
Directed by Valerie Adami-Juhlin
SYNOPSIS: Newlyweds Addies and Harry meet Addie’s best friend and her boyfriend at the trendiest new restaurant for dinner- what could go wrong? Almost everything, as they all discover hidden connections in their pasts.
TOUGH COOKIES
By Brett Hursey
BIO: Brett Hursey’s plays have appeared in over two hundred and fifty theaters across the country including venues in Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hollywood, as well as internationally in England, Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Australia, South Korea and Canada. He’s also had over sixty off/off-off Broadway productions in Manhattan.
Directed by Peter Burford
SYNOPSIS: Fortune cookies foretell a first date goes comically wrong.