Call for “Bad Bedtime Stories”
One Night Stand Theater is looking for fractured fairy tales and folklore for our April 13 production, a one-night-only evening of staged readings called “Bad Bedtime Stories.” We’re looking for short plays, short stories and poems on the themes of fairy tales, folk tales and children’s stories. Revised, parodied, comedic, dramatic, modernized, satirized, or thought-provoking…send us your take on a timeless tale or two.
The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, February 25; limit 3 plays or stories per writer; send them to Tickets@OneNightStandTheater.org. If we feature your play, story or poem in the show, we offer a small honorarium and two comp tickets for the performance (at Vintage Theatre in Aurora, Colorado). Plays can be new or old; there are no restrictions on whether the pieces have been previously produced.
Learn more about us at https://www.onenightstandtheater.org/. Tell us a story!
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S NOTES - James O'Leary
02.14.2025
𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁! Thank you to our actors – Austin, James, Matt, Randy, Emily, Kaity, Mike, Hilarie, Lauren and Suzanna – for bringing our seducers and the seduced to life, and thank you to our directors – Linda, Kathryn, Joi and Lorraine – for guiding them down the precarious path of persuasion. Thank you to our playwrights – Dan, Donna, Toby, D.J., Steven, Rosemary and Carl – for their tales of temptation and enticement. Finally, thank you to Beth, Bernie, Jeremy, John and the ushers, who guided our audience to, in, and out of the theater with grace and style!
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 (𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿!) 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝟳𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. “The Art of Seduction” marked the seventh show with One Night Stand for actors Emily Gomes and Lauren Russell, playwright Donna Hoke, and sound designer Jeremy Osborne! You can see them on our website soon along with our other 7Night Standers.
𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 “𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗱𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀” 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟯. It will be an evening of fairy tales, folk tales and children’s stories revised, modernized and satirized for adults. We are accepting short plays, short stories and poems for consideration for performance through February 25; send them to Tickets@OneNightStandTheater.org.
02.14.2025
We have finished our rehearsals for “The Art of Seduction” and are ready to present our plays of persuasion this Sunday, February 16, 7:30 p.m. at Vintage Theatre. Wrap up your Valentine’s Day weekend with seven short plays of seduction in its many forms.
Here are two more quotes from the plays featured on Sunday night:
“I told you I don’t need any help. We have God. I’m just looking for some fruit.” – Diary of a Snake by D.J. Jones
“As far as I’m concerned, babies have just been getting off way too easy for years.” – When Babies Fly by Steven Korbar
02.07.2025
We are in the middle of our rehearsals for “The Art of Seduction,” preparing our stories of seduction and persuasion that take place in the Garden of Eden, by the sea, in the air, in a men’s wear department, at 3 a.m. and elsewhere. Join us for this entrancing evening of devious, innocent and unusual seduction Sunday night, Feb. 16 at Vintage Theatre.
Here are two more quotes from the plays featured in the show:
“Do you have a wife? That’s probably inappropriate to ask, but it would just be easier if you were married.” – Gift Horse by Donna Hoke
“Who breaks up with champagne and caviar?” – For Better, For Worse by Dan Borengasser
01.28.2025
We are pleased to announce the charming and seductive cast and directors of our February One Night Stand Theater show, “The Art of Seduction.” Our actors are Suzanna Wellens, Lauren Russell, Hilarie Nelson, Mike Moran, Kaity Gray, Emily Gomes, Randy Diamon, Matt Davis, James Crapes and new-to-One-Night-Stand actor Austin Cohen. The directors are Lorraine Scott, Joi Hiatt, Kathryn Gourley and Linda Swanson Brown. We look forward to presenting our seven plays of love, temptation and persuasion.
Here are quotes from three of the plays we’ll perform on February 16:
“Why else would I look, smell, and taste amazing? I am irresistible.” – Booty Call by Toby Inoue
“For her, only fresh fruit would do.” – Lust Amid the Strawberries by Rosemary FrisinoToohey
“You’re my ringing phone. And I have to answer it.” – Love On the Edge by Carl L. Williams
12.12.2024
We’ve selected the plays for our next One Night Stand Theater production, “The Art of Seduction”! Thank you to all the playwrights and writers who sent in their plays and stories for our February 16 evening of seduction and persuasion. Here is our slate of plays designed to tempt and entice you:
—Produce collides with passion in “Lust Amid the Strawberries” by Rosemary FrisinoToohey.
—The first seducer tempts Eve in the Garden of Eden in “Diary of a Snake” by D.J. Jones.
—A roll of quarters and a charitable spirit lead to seduction in “Love on the Edge” by Carl L. Williams.
—Lola comes face to face with her most powerful seducer at 3 a.m. in “Booty Call” by Toby Inoue.
—Two strangers encounter an unlikely seducer on a redeye flight in “When Babies Fly” by Steven Korbar.
—Shopping leads to a familial kind of seduction in “Gift Horse” by Donna Hoke.
—An aspiring writer is seduced by misery in “For Better, For Worse” by D. Borengasser.
12.05.2024
Announcing the themes of our 2025 season! Starting in February, join One Night Stand Theater for our 17th season of staged readings of short plays and stories:
February 16: “The Art of Seduction”
Let us entice you with an evening of love, temptation and persuasion.
April 13: “Bad Bedtime Stories”
An evening of fairy tales, folk tales and children’s stories, modernized and satirized
June 22: “One Night Stand with Wayne Faust”
An evening of sci-fi, humor and light horror from this One Night Stand Theater favorite
August 10: “Dogs and Cats Living Together”
Tales of our favorite pets and the humans who love them
October 5: “Witches Brew”
Back for an encore after 14 years! A cabal of weird and supernatural plays from our feminine side