Quickies - 4 Short Plays from Provincetown

“Quickies” is a collection of four short plays written by playwrights associated with Provincetown. The plays – a collection of hard-hitting dramas and heartwarming comedies – offer four unique perspectives of contemporary LGBTQ+ life in America.

“Quickies” was accepted as an official selection in the 2022 International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival, where it was a finalist for four awards - including best actor and best play.

Quickies received its world premiere to great acclaim on April 30th to a sold-out house in Provincetown. Reviews from the world premiere of Quickies - 4 short plays from Provincetown:
Wonderful!
A remarkable and satisfying night of theater
The Black Eye is a knockout punch!
Dublin is in for a treat!

“Quickies” is presented by Provincetown Dramatic Arts in affiliation with Mark Cortale and The Art House.

Tickets…

LIMITED RUN - 6 SHOW ONLY!
Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 7pm
Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 7pm
Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 7pm
Wednesday, Sept. 1 4at 7pm
Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 7pm
Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 7pm

THE ART HOUSE
214 Commercial Street
Provincetown, MA 02657

ADMISSION
$25.00 - general admission
$35.00 - VIP

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About the Plays…

Madame Executrix

by Doug Asher-Best
Directed by Margaret Van Sant
Starring: Tommy Walsh, Joe MacDougall, and Sara Bleything
Natalie has one job after her brother’s death, give away his beloved possessions according to his will, but Natalie has better ideas. Can he stop her from the afterlife?

Look What You Made Me Do

By Lynda Sturner
Directed by Lynda Sturner
Starring: Sara Bleything and Samantha McMahon
Grace and Brenda have everything going for them - great jobs, a beautiful apartment in Manhattan, and enough red-hot passion to make the snow melt. But can their marriage survive a pandemic?

The Black Eye

By Jim Dalglish
Directed by Jim Dalglish
Starring: Joe MacDougall and Tommy Walsh
When an aging gay man asks a street-wise kid if he needs a lift home, is he prepared to go where the dangerous young man is about to take him?

Pulse

by Margaret Van Sant
Directed by Margaret Van Sant
Starring: Samantha McMahon, Tommy Walsh, Sara Bleything, and Joe MacDougall
Everybody who loves Isabelle knows what she should do with her life now, except Isabelle. Who should she listen to? Her mother, her father, her friend, her nurse? Can she find a future after Pulse?

Joe MacDougall (Actor)
Joe MacDougall is a New York and Cape Cod based actor who last appeared in the IDGTF in 2008 as a crazed Tom Cruise fan. Since then Joe has been in numerous plays and films in New York and Cape Cod including The Normal Heart, The Maids, Accidentally Like A Martyr, The Lonely Planet, Salome, Take Me Out, The Elephant Man, The Lion In Winter, Caesar and Cleopatra, Small Craft Warning and others. Films and television include The Ninth Step, Dear Melissa, Dive Shop, Cocktail Hour, Discovery ID Pandora’s Box. Joe is incredibly grateful for the opportunity to be working again! It’s been a long two years!!
Tommy Walsh (Actor)
Tommy Walsh is a young Cape Cod, Massachusetts based actor. He is incredibly humbled to be participating in the IDGTF for the first time. Tommy studied acting at Boston University, where he received a BFA. Tommy also appeared in Provincetown Theater’s Love! Valor! Compassion!, Amadeus, and HBO's The Plot Against America. He would like to thank his loving family for always supporting his ventures into the arts.
Sara Bleything (Actor)
Sara is delighted to be included in Quickies. A classically trained lyric coloratura, Sara is local to Cape Cod by way of Kansas City and has most recently been seen in “Into the Woods”, “Silver Threads”, “Carousel”, “Death and the Maiden”, “She Loves Me”, “Camelot”, “Spamalot”, “Kiss me Kate”, “A Chorus Line”, “Sweeney Todd”, “Mary Poppins”, “Man of La Mancha”, “Of Mice and Men” and was awarded Best Actress BroadwayWorld Boston in 2018 for her portrayal of Jo Galloway in “A Few Good Men”.
Samantha McMahon (Actor)
Samantha McMahon is an actor from Cape Cod and is thrilled to be a part of Quickies.I She has been seen in various shows across the Cape and South Shore. Recent productions include “Phyro-Giants!”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, and “Chicago”. She has acted in several award winning short films. Currently she is a high school Theater and English teacher here on Cape Cod.
Jim Dalglish (Playwright/Director)
Jim is the author of more than 30 plays – shorts, one acts and full lengths – and 2 films – a short and a feature length. Two of his plays – Superlubricated and Lines in the Sand – have appeared (and won awards) at The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. When he isn’t busy writing, directing, or producing plays and films, he and his husband Rob Phelps enjoy sailing their 17-foot O’Day Daysailer along the sheltered harbors of New England.
Lynda Sturner (Playwright/Director)
Lynda is thrilled to be back at the IDGTF with her play “Look What You Made Me Do.” Other plays include “A Talented Woman,” “Super- Lubricated,” and “Art Brut” written with Jim Dalglish. “Almost Sisters,” and “The Death of Huey Newton,” published by Broadway Play Publishing. She is a member of the Actors Studio and The Woman’s Project, founder and artistic director of Playwright’s Forum in NYC, and past president of The League of Professional Theater Women. Acting credits include “Oliver” (original Broadway cast), “The Allergist's Wife”, and “The Perfect Ganesh.” Lynda won the 2016 IDGTF Best Actress Award for her role in “Super-Lubricated.”
Doug Asher-Best (Playwright)
Doug is a retired letter carrier living in Truro with his husband Paul. He is a past member of the Playwright's Lab at the Provincetown Theater and contributed short and full-length plays for festivals and readings.
Margaret Van Sant (Artistic Director / Producer / Director / Playwright)
Margaret Van Sant is a playwright, theater director, festival organizer, educator, and the Artistic Director of Provincetown Dramatic Arts. She has directed classic and contemporary theater, with a focus on the development of new scripts. She worked as the Literary Associate at Long Wharf Theater. She directed Jim Dalglish and Lynda Sturner’s “Super-Lubricated” at the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. Van Sant organized the Centennial Celebration of The Provincetown Players, “Then and Now,” for the Provincetown Theater and directed “Venus in Fur” by David Ives and Charles Busch’s “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife” there. Van Sant directed “The Ballad of the Sad Café” at the Arena Stage Edward Albee Festival. Most recently she directed Eugene O’Neill’s “Anna Christie” at the Wharf House. Margaret produces the Women’s International Theater Festival every fall in Provincetown. She is a proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and has an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College.