New Plays from A.C.T.'s Young Conservatory (Young Actors Series)

1. Ascension Day Timothy Mason 2. Windshook Mary Gallagher 3. Reindeer Soup Joe Pintauro 4. Sightings Brad Slaight 5. High Tide

Description:

Ascension Day, by Timothy Mason: Nine young people struggle for independence, personal identity, love, and the promise of the future at a Lutheran Bible camp in Wisconsin in 1947. Windshock, by Mary Gallagher: A group of teenagers tell the story of a family at odds with each other and a mysterious stranger who changes their lives forever.

Reindeer Soup, by Jow Pintauro: A motherless family tried to survive in the frozen tundra of Northern Canada in the face of a hostile environment, a dysfunctional father, a mystic Eskimo, and a reindeer named Norman.

Sightings and High Tide, by Brad Slaight: In the first of these two one-act plays, an unusual prom night finds three teenagers wrestling with social pressures, complicated by a promised visit from afar. In the second, a chance meeting with two girls on a Southern California beach helps two young men sort out their feeling about the death of their best friend.