oleanna
by david mamet

April 28-29, May 5-6, 2017

​A conversation between a male university professor and a female student about her grades quickly becomes the locus of rage, resentment, and abuse. OLEANNA explores the ways in which two people can experience the same events from drastically different perspectives, how perception can shape reality, and how quickly and inevitably power corrodes and corrupts even the best-intentioned people. 

CAST
Michael K. Potter as John
Fay Lynn as Carol

CREW
Produced and directed by Michael O'Reilly and Michael K. Potter
Set design and decoration by Michael O'Reilly and Michael K. Potter
Props by Michael K. Potter and Peter Marval
Lighting and sound by Michael O'Reilly
Musical curation by Michael O'Reilly
Poster and program design by Kris Simic
Photography by Martin Ouellette and Carly Morrison-Hart (Churchwood Pictures)
Marketing and promotion by Michael K. Potter and Michael O'Reilly

the worst thing i ever did
by michael k. potter, michael o'reilly, and fay lynn

July 22-24 & 27-29, 2017

​Meet the members of PORC (People Overcoming Random Cruelty), a support group for people who do shitty things.

Owen is a compulsive liar whose anger threatens to boil over at any moment. The remorseless Percy sows chaos wherever she goes. Wesley's the new member, a baffling bundle of nervous tics who doesn't believe in free will. At their meetings, PORC members are supposed to work past their worst impulses... but the facilitator hasn't shown up today. Without her, can these three forces for evil possibly push each other toward healthy behavior?

THE WORST THING I EVER DID is a dark comedy in one act that shows very human people who are very skilled at rationalizing horrible behavior. Know anyone like that?

CAST
Fay Lynn as Percy
Michael O'Reilly as Owen
Michael K. Potter as Wesley

CREW
Written and directed by Michael O'Reilly, Fay Lynn, and Michael K. Potter
Produced by Michael O'Reilly and Michael K. Potter
Set and props by Michael O'Reilly, Fay Lynn, and Michael K. Potter
Poster and program design by Kris Simic
Photography by Martin Ouellette (Churchwood Pictures)
Marketing and promotion by Michael K. Potter and Michael O'Reilly

true west
by sam shepard

October 13-14 & 19-21; November 17-18 & 24-25, 2017

TRUE  WEST, the story of brothers Austin and Lee, is set in the kitchen of their mother's home 40 miles east of Los Angeles, where Austin is house-sitting. Lee bullies his way into staying at the house and uses his pushy con-man tactics to take over the screenplay Austin is pitching in Hollywood. The brothers find themselves forced to cooperate in the creation of a story that will make or break both their lives. As the brothers learn to live and work with each other, their roles as successful writer and nomadic drifter are reversed -- and each man becomes what he had both envied and loathed about the other.

Don't miss Sam Shepard's celebrated, funny, and high-energy play, which the San Francisco Chronicle called "clear, funny, naturalistic.  It's also opaque, terrifying, surrealistic.  If that sounds contradictory, you're on to one aspect of Shepard's winning genius: the ability to make you think you're watching one thing while at the same time he's presenting another".

CAST
Joey Wright as Austin
Dylan MacDonald as Lee
Ian Loft as Saul
Cindy Pastorius as Mom

CREW
Produced and directed by Michael K. Potter and Michael O'Reilly
Music by George Manury
Set design by Martin Ouellette and Matthew Burgess
Set construction by Martin Ouellette
Scenic paintings by Matthew Burgess
Props by Matt Froese
Poster Design by Kris Simic
Photography by Martin Ouellette (Churchwood Pictures)