Sandcastle Theater Company

About Sandcastle Theater Company

We are an emerging theater company committed to nurturing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to gather and experience original stories.

Publisher

Sandcastle Theater Co.

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Mar 2021

Latest episode

2 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

11 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Mar 2025

   ADULTS a new one-act play by Maizy Broderick Scarpa

   Live Audio Play Reading of ADULTS, a New Play by Maizy Broderick Scarpa Produced by Sandcastle Theater Company Directed by Lana Richards Stage Management & Production Support by Ariella Wolfe, and J. Lyn Monks CAST MAGGIE: Kathleen A. Poe JO: Sarah Palmero STAGE DIRECTIONS: Sara Curtis ABOUT THE PLAY In the wake of their mother's death, two middle-aged sisters navigate feelings, friendship, and funeral logistics. In real-time and through flashbacks, the sisters grapple with their relationship with each other, their larger-than-life mother, and themselves. Will the bond that's tethered them since childhood survive the seismic shift? CONTENT WARNING PG13; mature themes, reference to death of a parent PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTE We aren't very comfortable acknowledging grief in American culture, nor do we have many spaces that hold the complexity of familial relationships. I hope that ADULTS creates a communal moment of celebration; a place to honor the absurdity, pain, insight, connection, humor, and contradictions of moving through time with people whose love supports, chafes, and reminds us who we are. *If something in this play feels particularly familiar, consider telling someone near you after listening...and inviting them to share their experience in return. – Maizy Broderick Scarpa Learn more about the playwright: http://www.maizyscarpa.com/about.html DIRECTOR’S NOTE In an early conversation, Maizy talked about how ADULTS is in some ways an inverse of the traditional kitchen sink play, where there is an appearance of a happy family and life, but when you look closely there is conflict and darkness and bad-feeling. Instead, the circumstances of ADULTS are very grave, but at its core are two characters who love each other very much. And it's through that love and trust they are able to work through those challenges of life. I'm excited to share the characters and the relationship at the heart of this piece. – Lana Richards SPECIAL THANKS Congregation Bet Haverim, Polly Klaas Community Theater, UC Davis Department of Theatre & Dance, and Sacramento City College Music Department. Graphics by Lynndhop Music by Lesfm (song title: The Beat of Nature) Sandcastle Theater Company is committed to nurturing and producing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to experience original stories. STAY CONNECTED facebook.com/sandcastletheaterco https://instagram.com/sandcastletheaterco www.sandcastletheaterco.org sandcastletheaterco@gmail.com https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/sandcastle-theater-company

2. 

   2 Mar 2025

   The Yellow Line a new short play by Caitlin Gurtner

   Live Audio Play Reading of The Yellow Line, a New Play by Caitlin Gurtner Produced by Sandcastle Theater Company Directed by Zouapa Lor Stage Management & Production Support by Ariella Wolfe, and J. Lyn Monks CAST JORDAN: Shoana T. Hunt SAWYER: Sarah Palmero CHRIS: Margarita Jamero STAGE DIRECTIONS: Caitlin Gurtner ABOUT THE PLAY Jordan faces the line between reality and delusion, questioning the liminal space they live in while interacting with Sawyer and Chris. A choice has to be made under the differing opinions of the two as Jordan explores what it means to exist under a starry night sky in a society that doesn't quite understand. CONTENT WARNING PG13; mature language, depiction of a mental health crisis PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTE One of the reasons playwriting is unique and wonderful is that it's the first step in a big process. This workshop is the moment where the rest of the team joins, and you see what happens when your play is given to the people who can do something amazing with it. This play was a product of my tired and frustrated brain as I neared the end of my college career. It was a way for me to talk about things that I thought only made sense to me. Now, bringing this story to others, seeing them resonate with the characters, is both mind boggling and beautifully comforting. – Caitlin Gurtner Learn more: www.sandcastletheaterco.org/meet-the-team DIRECTOR’S NOTE I like the mental awareness of THE YELLOW LINE and how it plays with somewhat abstract ideas about being a person, existing, and the liminal space. I'm excited about hearing the contrasting characters and how they interact with one another coming to life. – Zouapa Lor SPECIAL THANKS Congregation Bet Haverim, Polly Klaas Community Theater, UC Davis Department of Theatre & Dance. Graphics by Lynndhop Music by Orangery (song title: Coniferous Forest) Sandcastle Theater Company is committed to nurturing and producing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to experience original stories. STAY CONNECTED facebook.com/sandcastletheaterco https://instagram.com/sandcastletheaterco www.sandcastletheaterco.org sandcastletheaterco@gmail.com https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/sandcastle-theater-company

3. 

   20 Sept 2024

   HOTTEST CHURCH DADS a new play by Schaeffer Nelson

   Live Audio Play Reading of Hottest Church Dads, a New Play by Schaeffer Nelson Produced by Sandcastle Theater Company Directed by Caitlin Gurtner Stage Management & Production Support by Ariella Wolfe, and J. Lyn Monks CAST JASON: Cody Johnson BRYAN: Fernando Monjaraz JASON’S DAD: Matt Standley STAGE DIRECTIONS: Schaeffer Nelson ABOUT THE PLAY Jason and Bryan—two Evangelical teenage boys in 2004 suburban Kansas—don’t have much experience being gay. But they have opinions about which men at church are the hottest. And they have time on their hands. Until it runs out. CONTENT WARNING PG13; sexual references, reference to abuse, homophobia, “reparative/conversion” therapy PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTE Writing this play was a chance to rewrite my late boyhood. Rather than isolation, what would it have been like to have had a gay friend? And a tiny, sort-of safe space to talk with that friend about the hot dads at church? Living long enough to look backwards and reimagine is a very lucky break. This script is me cashing in that luck, and praying for that same luck to reach queer and trans kids everywhere. – Schaeffer Nelson Learn more about the playwright: https://www.schaeffernelson.com/intro Hottest Church Dads Hunk Collage: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zfbod_fEzYzIdBNPsea4VbeNCxfMwYK6/view?usp=sharing DIRECTOR’S NOTE Hottest Church Dads is realistic. It’s not sad, or doom and gloom. It doesn’t lie about what life is like. I really appreciate the way it represents a lot of the humor that people in these situations have to run to in order to keep themselves sane. And I’m out here looking to support queer playwrights, at all times. – Caitlin Gurtner SPECIAL THANKS Heidi Wright & Custom Costumes, Grand Central Petaluma, Music To My Ears Graphics by Lynndhop Music by AurusMusic Sandcastle Theater Company is committed to nurturing and producing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to experience original stories. STAY CONNECTED facebook.com/sandcastletheaterco https://instagram.com/sandcastletheaterco www.sandcastletheaterco.org sandcastletheaterco@gmail.com

4. 

   19 Feb 2022

   INDIVIDUAL a new play by Ben M. Jones

   Live Audio Play Reading of INDIVIDUAL by Ben M. Jones Produced by Sandcastle Theater Company Directed by Ariella Wolfe Dramaturgy by Stephanie Wilborn Stage Management by J. Lynn Dutra Featuring Radhika Rao (A, or The Whole Entire Goddamn Motherf***ing World) and Matt Regan (B, or The United States Of America), with Stephanie Wilborn reading Stage Directions. About The Play: The United States wants out of the United Nations; the UN wants to set the record straight. INDIVIDUAL is an experiment that examines the tensions between the self and the collective, exploring how the way we live our day-to-day lives intersects with the big picture. Content Warning: language, brief threat of gun violence About the Playwright: Ben M. Jones (he/him/his) is a New York City based theatre and film maker. His plays have had been produced and/or had reading from: National Queer Theater, The New Cosmopolitans, The Village Playwrights, and The New Short Play Festival. Plays include: All The Sex I Want, The Asexual Romance Fantasy Play, Art to Art, and Individual. He is also the author of the travel/photo book, #BenAndHannahGoToEurope. Music: “Begin Again” by Flow Loris and “Taking My Time” feat. Stephan Sharp by Jacquire King Sandcastle Theater Company is an emerging theater company committed to nurturing and producing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to experience original stories. www.sandcastletheaterco.org/ facebook.com/sandcastletheaterco https://instagram.com/sandcastletheaterco

5. 

   21 Aug 2021

   JACK & THE BEANSTALK: TYPE 2 (Original Podcast Play)

   JACK & THE BEANSTALK: TYPE 2 is an original podcast play created by the kids of Sandcastle Theater Company’s 2021 Summer Drama Program (session 4) Produced by Sandcastle Theater Company and Bike City Theatre Company Teachers: Lynn Dutra, Ariella Wolfe Editor: Kristine Hager About the Program: Kids spend 1 week working together to create an original podcast play, inspired by a popular fairy tale. Through games and activities, students make friends, strengthen their creative voice, and build self-confidence and collaboration skills. Sandcastle Theater Company is committed to nurturing and producing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to experience original stories. Follow us on social media at facebook.com/sandcastletheaterco and @sandcastletheaterco on Instagram.

6. 

   14 Aug 2021

   CINDERELLA, BUT DIFFERENT (Original Podcast Play)

   CINDERELLA, BUT DIFFERENT is an original podcast play created by the kids of Sandcastle Theater Company’s 2021 Summer Drama Program (session 3) Produced by Sandcastle Theater Company and Bike City Theatre Company Teachers: Lynn Dutra, Ariella Wolfe Editor: Kristine Hager About the Program: Kids spend 1 week working together to create an original podcast play, inspired by a popular fairy tale. Through games and activities, students make friends, strengthen their creative voice, and build self-confidence and collaboration skills. Sandcastle Theater Company is committed to nurturing and producing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to experience original stories. Follow us on social media at facebook.com/sandcastletheaterco and @sandcastletheaterco on Instagram.

7. 

   8 Aug 2021

   RAPUNZEL: THE MAGICAL KEY (Original Podcast Play)

   RAPUNZEL: THE MAGICAL KEY is an original podcast play created by the kids of Sandcastle Theater Company’s 2021 Summer Drama Program (session 2) Produced by Sandcastle Theater Company and Bike City Theatre Company Teachers: Ariella Wolfe, Melissa Cunha Editor: Kristine Hager About the Program: Kids spend 1 week working together to create an original podcast play, inspired by a popular fairy tale. Through games and activities, students make friends, strengthen their creative voice, and build self-confidence and collaboration skills. Sandcastle Theater Company is committed to nurturing and producing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to experience original stories. Follow us on social media at facebook.com/sandcastletheaterco and @sandcastletheaterco on Instagram.

8. 

   25 Jul 2021

   LITTLE RED'S TWISTED TALE (Original Podcast Play)

   LITTLE RED’S TWISTED TALE is an original podcast play created by the kids of Sandcastle Theater Company’s 2021 Summer Drama Program (session 1) Produced by Sandcastle Theater Company and Bike City Theatre Company Teachers: Ariella Wolfe, Melissa Cunha Editor: Kristine Hager About the Program: Kids spend 1 week working together to create an original podcast play, inspired by a popular fairy tale. Through games and activities, students make friends, strengthen their creative voice, and build self-confidence and collaboration skills. Sandcastle Theater Company is committed to nurturing and producing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to experience original stories. Follow us on social media at facebook.com/sandcastletheaterco and @sandcastletheaterco on Instagram.

9. 

   24 Jul 2021

   Emerging Voices 2021

   Live Audio Play Reading of [Emerging Voices] a selection of short plays by Theatre students from Ruth Asawa School of the Arts. Hana Rudoff, Karen Ear, Colten Hitchcock, Lucia Pachynski-Hoopes, Phillip Wong, Itohan Ediae, Sally Meeks, and Lan Lan Honda-Rottler Produced by Sandcastle Theater Company Directed by Ariella Wolfe Stage Management by J. Lynn Dutra Featuring Jasmine Washington, Edward Hong, Pilar Gonzales, John Cody Fasano, Stephanie Fields, and Scott Schwerdtfeger. 00:39 VALENTINE’S DAY IS OVERRATED 11:25 THE LAST DINNER 19:05 CHEKHOV’S GUN 36:08 UNKNOWN 46:19 THE EXIT 54:40 REUNITED 1:00:16 AWAKE 1:13:44 IT MIGHT BE TIME About The Plays: [Emerging Voices] features eight plays about relationships, forgiveness, waking up, and finding your voice (plus some twists and turns along the way). These stories take us from the everyday to the surreal and back again, inviting us to dig deep and reflect on what it means to be alive. About the Playwrights: The student-playwrights whose work we selected for this production were in the 10th-12th grade during the 2020-2021 school year. They wrote their scripts under the supervision of Aren Haun in the Theatre Department at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts. Music by Lyle Workman Sandcastle Theater Company is an emerging theater company committed to nurturing and producing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to experience original stories. Follow us on social media at facebook.com/sandcastletheaterco and @sandcastletheaterco on Instagram.

10. 

    19 May 2021

    Trifles by Susan Glaspell

    Live Audio Play Reading of TRIFLES Written by Susan Glaspell Produced by Sandcastle Theater Company Adapted and directed by Ariella Wolfe Stage Management by J. Lynn Dutra Featuring Tatiana Quiapo as NARRATOR, Warren Foster as ATTORNEY HENDERSON, Emily Keyishian as MRS. PETERS, Jerome St. Jerome as SHERIFF PETERS, Sheila M. Devitt as MRS. HALE, and Jason Oler as MR. HALE About The Play: A man is dead. His wife is in jail. In a midwestern farmhouse in the winter of 1900, two women unravel the mystery of what happened, and who is responsible. *Content Warning: murder investigation About the Playwright: Susan Glaspell (1876-1948) was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. She founded the Provincetown Players with her husband George Cram Cook, which is considered the first modern American theatre company. She was well-known for her short stories, and her play “Alison's House” (1930) earned her the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Glaspell is recognized as a pioneering feminist writer and one of America's first modern female playwrights. Music Credits: “Fly By Night” by Paul Fowler Sandcastle Theater Company is an emerging theater company committed to nurturing and producing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to experience original stories. Follow us on social media at facebook.com/sandcastletheaterco and @sandcastletheaterco on Instagram.

11. 

    11 Mar 2021

    Sonrisa del Coyote by David Alonso Rodriguez

    Live Audio Play Reading of SONRISA DEL COYOTE Written by David Alonso Rodriguez Produced by Sandcastle Theater Company Adapted and directed by Ariella Wolfe Language consultation by Dr. Olga Sanchez-Saltveit Featuring Alma de Leon as NARRATOR, Hernán Angulo as DANNY, Cristina Maria as SOFÍA/YOTO, Diana Gonzalez-Morett as LUPA/EREMITA, Gene Arroyo as FAMILIA #1/TÍO, and Manuel Fernandez as FAMILIA #2. About The Play: SONRISA DEL COYOTE follows siblings Danny and Lupa, as they are forced to leave their home in Mexico and travel across the border to Los Angeles. During their journey, they encounter a trickster coyote of legend and learn about who they are, where they come from, and the true meaning of family. Time/Place: Mexico City (1991), multiple locations across Mexico (1997), Los Angeles (2001). *Content Warning: thematic elements This audio play production is in honor of the life of David Alonso Rodriguez and in celebration of his memory. We invite you to make a donation to the David Alonso Rodriguez memorial fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-david-alonso-rodriguez-memorial-fund About the Playwright: David Alonso Rodriguez (1993-2020) devoted much of his life to the creation of theater and to his theater community. David’s bilingual play, SONRISA DEL COYOTE, won the New Voices playwriting competition at the University of Oregon and was featured in the Pocket Playhouse in fall of 2015. As an actor with the University Theatre Department, he was featured in performances of SILA, ARCADIA, and BREAKING THE CODE. During his time living in the Rogue Valley, David participated in community theater productions of EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL, PIPPIN, SILENT SKY and BILLY ELLIOT. Special thanks to Jenny Rodriguez, Nicholas J. Maurer, Michael Teague, Tina D’Elia. Music Credits: “Aztec Music - Sacred Jungle” by Phantawalker - Composer “Bella Amargura” by Mariachi Son de México “Sonrisa Del Coyote” Companion Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6UUa1GlWPedsOuzBh2Y6jp?si=ErX-l0ddQ_CSnqUWbvF4tw Sandcastle Theater Company is an emerging theater company committed to nurturing and producing new plays, growing a broader theater community, and creating accessible opportunities for people to experience original stories. Follow us on social media at facebook.com/sandcastletheaterco and @sandcastletheaterco on Instagram.

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5.0 / 5

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Podcast Authority Score: 20 / 100

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