Cringe Festival 2024! A Ghastly Night of New Original One-acts

Five tales of The Frightful, Chilling and Macabre at Write Act Rep!

Write Act Repertory presents their second annual Cringe Festival. A ghastly night of new original one-acts. Five tales of the frightful, chilling, and macabre for eight performances this month in NoHo. Cringe Festival 2024 is a collection of five world premiere original one-act plays from different writers, narrated by a special host. Cringe Festival 2024 is produced by Write Act Repertory producing Artistic Director, John Lant along with producer Darrin Yalacki. 

Write Act invites theatre audiences to enter a world of the supernatural and ghoulish in this unearthly festival of plays. At Cringe Fest the audience decides if a one-act is truly cringeworthy or not.

The show opens October 12 and runs through October 27th. Performances are on Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $25 general admission and can be purchased online at Brown Paper Tickets and OnStage411. Cringe Fest is for audiences 18 and over.

Playwrights

Susan C. Hunter, Thomas J. Misuraca, Jorge A. Pulido, Katie Bogart Ward and Darrin Yalacki.

Directors

Alicia Agramonte, Stephanie O’Neill, Jorge A. Pulido, Katie Bogart Wardand, Darrin Yalacki. 

Performers

Whitney Bowers, Adanna Ehiribe, Alexandra Deaver, Annie O’Neil, Harry Gillette, Jasmine Rivera, Jeannette Srinivasan, Jeffrey Pendo, Lance Bagley, Lee Gordon and Mary Nakanishi.

A ghastly night of original one-act plays

Shadow of a Doubt written by Jorge A. Pulido – A bedtime story goes awry, leading a little girl to question her worldview.

To Cut a Long Story Short written by Thomas J. Misuraca – During a game night, Elanor suggests short ghost stories tales to entertain each other. As they come up with clever tales, it’s Doug who taps into true darkness.

Mousetrap written by Katie Bogart Ward – A play within a play, a murder within a murder, an explosion within an explosion. Can the audience figure it out before it is too late?

Fles Wodahs written by Darrin Yalacki – Emma discovers a darker side to herself while on a weekend vacation with her boyfriend, Carl.

Thus With a Kiss written by Susan C. Hunter – Romeo, Juliet, and Tybalt awake from their Shakespearean fates to realize to their horror that they are now among the undead.

Write Act Repertory is at The Brickhouse Theatre, 10950 Peach Grove St., North Hollywood, 91601

*Thanks to Sandra Kuker PR and Write Act Repertory.