Troy, NY – “Half-Baked” can come with many connotations… Of course, like with everything they do, Troy Foundry Theatre exceeded definition and created something that has not only given emerging artists an opportunity to have their work heard in its earliest, and at times unfinished, state, but has changed my life as well.”
– Playwright Cris Eli Blak on his experience with the 2023 Half-Baked Festival of Emerging Work. Blak is the winner of the first Black Broadway Men Playwriting Initiative and winner of the 2024 Charles M. Getchell New Play Award.
Year two of Troy Foundry Theatre’s Half-Baked Festival of Emerging Work is here!From September 11-14 and September 18-21 you can view fifteen pieces of original theatre in varying stages of development in multiple venues across the city of Troy, NY. The festival will feature work from Troy Foundry Theatre company members, as well as Cris Eli Blak, Wesley Cappiello, Kristoph DiMaria, Brenna Geffers, Aaron Moore, Brian Sheldon, Eliana Rowe, and many more!.
This year, the festival will also feature two special events! On Wednesday, September 11th the festival will launch with a special fundraiser performance of Antonio, Or What I Would, created by Shayne David Cameris & Brenna Geffers and performed by Cameris, which premiered at the TFT Play On Lab earlier this year, and is a wild romp through history, fantasy, swashbuckling, and booty – a love letter to Shakespeare’s most famous Gay Pirate. All funds for this special event will go to support our friends at Will Kempe’s Players.
On Wednesday, September 18th we present the second Half-Baked special event, Gintry: A Play With Drinks created by and starring Davey White and developed with Die-Cast. This one-night only event will have two performances at 518 Craft in Troy. Each new chapter of Gintry features a unique craft cocktail that lets you taste the story as you hear it. Each $100 Bar Seat ticket comes with at least four cocktails crafted right in front of you. $25 Room Seating tickets are also available but do not include cocktails.
The full schedule of festival events and venues can be found by visiting www.troyfoundrytheatre.com.
Pre-sale tickets and All Access Festival Passes can be purchased at https://buytickets.at/troyfoundrytheatre
All Half-Baked performance (with the exception of GINTRY) events reflect our 2024 pay-what-you-will levels. Single tickets are available for pre-sale with a credit card online and can be purchased at the door for cash, check, or PAYPAL.
The All Access pass gains you access to ALL Half-Baked Festival presentations, performances and special events including a special performance of Antonio, or What I Would (created by Shayne David Cameris & Brenna Geffers) to kick off opening night of the festival on 9/11/24 and raise money for Will Kempe’s Players, and One (1) bar seat at our special event performance of Gintry (a play with drinks) created by and starring Davey White and Developed with Die-Cast at 518 Craft on 9/18/24. Each bar seat ticket comes with at least four cocktails crafted right in front of you that lets you taste the story as you hear it.
The Half-Baked Festival of Emerging Work is supported by the NYSCA-A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (A Statewide Theatre Regrant Program), Stewart’s Shops and the Dake Family Foundation, and by the Arts Thrive and Grow program funded by New York State, Kathy Hochul, Governor. We thank Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins for her extraordinary commitment and leadership, and our elected officials who represent our grantmaking region: Senators Jake Ashby and Neil D. Breslin; Assemblymembers Scott H. Bendett, Patricia Fahy, John T. McDonald III, Angelo Santabarbara, Phil Steck, and Mary Beth Walsh.
HALF-BAKED FESTIVAL OF EMERGING WORK FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Wednesday, September 11th
*A Half-Baked Fest Special Event* A special fundraiser for Will Kempe’s Players!
8pm at The Waiting Room (19 3rd St. Troy, NY 12180 / Franklin Alley entrance)
Antonio, or What I Would
Created by Shayne David Cameris & Brenna Geffers
Performed by Shayne David Cameris
Thursday, September 12th
8PM at The Waiting Room (19 3rd St. Troy, NY 12180 / Franklin Alley entrance)
New Clean Energy
By Kristoph DiMaria
Foundry F*cks with Farce: PART II
Created by Shayne David Cameris, Raya Malcolm, David Girard, Ethan Botwick, and Shannon Rafferty
War of the Worlds
An adaptation by Connor Armbruster
Performed by David Girard
Directed and Curated by Connor Armbruster, David Baecker and David Girard
Friday, September 13th
8PM 50 4th St. Troy, NY 12180
10:45
By Brian Sheldon
Directed by David Girard
Insulin Piece: TITLE TBD
Created and Curated by Brian Sheldon
The Last Dose
Created and Staged by Wesley Cappiello
Saturday, September 14
7PM 50 4th St. Troy, NY 12180
My Papier Mâché Monster
Written and performed by Eliana Rowe
Everywhere Is
By Camryn Beck, Mitchell Johnson and Amber Wheeler
Directed by Shayne David Cameris
Wednesday, September 18th
*A Half-Baked Fest Special Event*
6PM & 9PM at 518 Craft (200 Broadway Troy, NY 12180)
Gintry
Created by and starring Davey White
Developed with Die-Cast
Thursday, September 19th
8PM at The Arts Center of the Capital Region (265 River St, Troy, NY 12180)
Homebody
Created and Staged by Emily Curro & Raya Malcolm
Say Her Name
By Aaron Moore
Directed by (To Be Announced)
Friday, September 20th
8PM at The Waiting Room (19 3rd St. Troy, NY 12180 / Franklin Alley entrance)
Crystal Clear Living
By Katie Pedro
Directed by (To Be Announced)
Main Character Syndrome
Based on Dean Giagni’s Graphic Novel “Main Character Syndrome”
Created by Brenna Geffers, Dean Giagni and David Girard
Directed by Brenna Geffers
Saturday, September 21st
8PM at KBK Studios (10 2nd St 2nd Floor, Troy, NY 12180)
There are Black Roses Under the Sea
By Cris Eli Blak
Directed by Angelique Powell