— The 25-Hour Play Festival —
An Annual Event Co-Hosted with The Fortress of Lushington
Every December, Intramural Theater brings together artists from across New Orleans to take part in a delirious creative experiment. Playwrights, directors and actors are randomly split into five teams at 7:00PM. Every team is given a single line that must be incorporated into each of the plays, such as “A Potato,” “You’re Not Larry,” “Your Hand!” or “Water,” along with a physical prompt such as a costume piece or prop. They must then create a ten-minute play from scratch using their prompts. Performances premiere the following night at the Fortress of Lushington or The New Marigny Theatre.
2023 — My Grandmother? No, no, no...Your Grandmother!
Please Come Again
by Lori Tipton
Directed by Rosa Stern Pait
Featuring: Lindsay Kaufman, Mary Langley, Rodney Taylor, and Brooke Volkert
Temporary Clowns
by Candace Robertson
Directed by T Clark
Featuring: Samuel Cooley, Lenny Langley, Zac Weiss, and Kaylon Willoughby
Gib Mir Meine Blumen, Solange Ich Lebe
by Kevin Real
Directed by Mary Davis
Featuring: Dontez Banks, Sarah Lord Holoubek,
Marcea Pierson, and Danielle Small
The Maxime Supper Club
by Alex Anthony Vazquez
Directed by Rel Farrar
Featuring: Daphne Armbruster, Carly Briand, and Lizzy Santana
His Royal Crown
by Bennett Kirschner
Directed by Peter Pinelli
Featuring: Monique Domingue, Topher Johnson, Nicolas Lewis, and Lilya Ouksel
Sound Design: Bobby Burvant
Stage Management: Tricia Anderson
Producers: Bennett Kirschner, Mary Langley, Bunny Lushington, & Madi Zins
Thanks: Alex Smith
Presented December 16-17, 2023
2021 — A Potato
This Side of Forever
by Peter Pinelli & Anika Wasserman
Directed by Kevin Real
Featuring: Mary Davis, Anna Karina Delage, and Fernando Rivera
Total Performance Solutions Auto Body and Express Oil
by Ricky Ostry
Directed by Jordan Phillips
Featuring: Marissa Hogan, Jordan Kaplan, and Gaia Raimondo
First Encounters
by Kendra Davis & Lisa Sallee
Directed by Alou Minati & Sasha Rose
Featuring: Isabelle Barany, Charlie Murley, and Lee Ordway
Day 236: I Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends
by Torey Hayward
Directed by Candace Robertson
Featuring: Sarah Ambrose, Wayland Cooper, Zachary Halpern, and Cam Munn
Type
by Becky Retz
Directed by Mimi Ayers
Featuring: Laura Bernas, Chelsea Brooke, and Cristina Schlesier
Costumes: Cristina Schlesier
Sound Design: Bobby Burvant
Stage Management: Tricia Anderson
Producers: Bennett Kirschner, Bunny Lushington
Thanks: Kevin Griffith, Sarah VanDerMeer
Presented December 11-12, 2021
2019 — You’re Not Larry
Matron Magnesium’s School for Misbehaved Beings
by Alice Dolan & Anika Wasserman
Directed by Kevin Real
Featuring: Jesse Rothstein, Josh Stover, Avery Grace, and Clair Brown
Clowning Around
by Becky Retz
Directed by Peter Pinelli
Featuring: Mat Schwarzman, Stanley White, Zachary Helpern, and Peyton Gill
Dystopic Island
by Mimi Ayers
Directed by Louis Lampcov
Featuring: Chris Givens, Max Balakoff, Carlos Gonzalez, and Trea Grace
Large Arthropod Recombination Research Initiative (L.A.R.R.I.)
by Jon Patten & Sarah VanDerMeer
Directed by Agnes de Garron
Featuring: Brooke Volkert, Gabi Andino, Angelo Cross, and Lydia Stein
Space Cowboy-Girl
by Amelia Parenteau
Directed by Milena Martinovic
Featuring: Molly Kirschner, Maizy Stell, Miranda Morris, and Aubrey Inman
Scenic Design: Jane Tardo
Costume Design: Heather Brown
Sound Design: Bobby Burvant
Stage Management: Heather Bunch
Producers: Bennett Kirschner, Bunny Lushington
Presented December 28-29, 2019
2018 — Your Hand
Only the Love Owl
by Bryon Reiger
Directed by Kevin Real
Featuring: Kevin Fitzgerald, Kendra Davis and Justin Rolling
Rolling in the Bush Doof
by Missy Martinez
Directed by Cam Munn
Featuring Jordan Kaplan, Alice Dolan and Lizzie Parmenter
Oops
by Howe Pearson
Directed by Josh Stover
Featuring: Danny Unger, Chris Robinson and Maizy Stell
Vision Quest
by Molly Kirschner
Directed by Tyler McGuckin
Featuring: Isabelle Barany, Brooke Volkert and Joey Oakley
Clearly the Clearing
by Michael Martin
Directed by Autumn Dupin
Featuring: Frenchie Faith, Ja'Quan Henderson, Peter Pinelli and Paige Reilly
Set Designer: Sarah VanDerMeer
Sound Designer: Jeremy Webber
Stage Management: Heather Bunch
Technical Director: Alex Smith
Producers: Grace Kennedy, Bennett Kirschner, Bunny Lushington
Presented December 14-15, 2018
2017 — Water
En-Caul
by Jeremy Webber and Jean Bingham
Directed by Chris Givens
Featuring: Peter Pinelli, Kendra Davis, Zoe Hippel
Sublimation
by Bryon Reiger
Directed by Jordan Kaplan
Featuring: Alice Dolan, Maisie Dolan and Madison Kallisti
The Death of Belief
by Anna Tatelman
Directed by Mimi Ayers
Featuring: Kevin Real, Carlos Gonzalez, Kelsey Wartelle
The Representative
by Josh Stover
Directed by Lydia Stein
Featuring: Ricky Ostry, Justin Hosemann, Alexandra Spector
The Algorithms
by Sarah Ambrose
Directed by Tyler McGuckin
Featuring: Dan Miller, Tim Adams, Linda Fried,
Scenic Designer: Daniel Miller
Technical Director: Alex Smith
Producers: Grace Kennedy, Bennett Kirschner, Bunny Lushington
Presented December 9-10, 2018