The third vignette in the "Brecht Line-Up"
playing June 18th, 19th, 24th, 25th, July 2nd, 9th, 11th
as part of "sUBVERsIVE sHORTs" 2010
MEDALS
by Mark Cornell of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Directed by Virginia Brannon*
Starring
Jack
Agugliaro* as "Jim"
Rebecca Ward as "Nancy"
Maura Pellettieri as "Katie"
ABOUT THE PLAY.
"Medals" is
a down-to-earth story that
follows the drama as the parents of
an American soldier in Iraq learn that their son is preparing to become
a deserter.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT.
Mark Cornell's plays have been
produced
and/or developed at MadLab
Theatre,
Towne St. Theatre, the
Pittsburgh New
Works Festival, Hudson Theatre,
ASK
Theatre Projects, Interact
Theatre
Company, Shelterbelt, Horse
Trade
Theatre Co. (NY), Playwrights
Roundtable at The Arts Center,
and
UCLA, among others. His plays
include
Long Lost; Duped; The Killing
Room;
Sprucehaven B; South Side, an
adaptation of Gorky's The Lower
Depths;
Shelton Maine; The Retreat;
Medals; The
Rental Company; and The Inciting
Incident. He has written and
directed
a number of short films,
including A
House in Los Osos; The Camera
(best
script at the Carrboro Film
Festival);
Sweet Dreams for Maisie
(director); and
Mr. Moonlight (director) with
Estes
Tarver and Joan Darling. He
received
his MFA in Playwriting and BA in
English from UCLA. He lives in
Chapel
Hill, NC. ABOUT THE CAST.
 Jack
Agugliaro* ("Jim")
Jack,
a reading specialist, participated in Subversive’s May 1st reading
of The Furies of Mother Jones, and performed in Widows last
fall. He appeared in Drop Hammer (Frank Ryan), and
two previous Subversive Shorts (2007 & 2009).
A past chairman of Theatre
in the Mist, Jack appeared in numerous TITM productions, including An
Inspector Calls (Arthur Birling), for which he won a TANYS
Outstanding Acting Award, June Groom (Harvey Dawson), Anything Goes (Moonface
Martin), The Sunshine Boys (Willie Clark), Brighton Beach
Memoirs (Jack), and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Snoopy). He
directed Steel Magnolias last season, garnering a TANYS award
for sound.  Rebecca
Ward ("Nancy")
Rebecca
was last seen at Subversive as O’Brien in 84. Other roles this
year in the region were Ophelia in Anna In the Tropics at BUA and a
member of the ensemble for BUFFALO QUICKIES at the Alleyway Theater.
Look for Rebecca's acting talents at work again in Subversive Theatre's
forthcoming production of Bertolt Brecht's THE MOTHER for the 2010
Buffalo "infringement" Festival.
 Maura
Pellettieri ("Katie")
Maura
is
a writer and musician, and runs a clay-oven bread collective on the east side
of Buffalo. She graduated with a B.A. in English from SUNY
Buffalo. This is her first time acting with Subversive Theater, in
Buffalo, and as an adult.
 ABOUT THE DIRECTOR.
Virginia Brannon*
Virginia
is happy to participate in her third sUBVERsIVE sHORTs as a director.
She has directed several shows for Subversive including Nickel
and Dimed, Palace
of the End and Twilight:
Los Angeles 1992. She enjoys directing in the yearly Buffalo "infringement"
Festivals, where she is honored to be directing three of four short plays in quARTet
in this year’s festival.
* = indicates members of the Subversive Theatre
Collective
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