HILLSDALE COUNTY'S COMMUNITY THEATRE
CALL FOR 2025 SAUK SHORTS DIRECTORS!
The Sauk is seeking energetic, motivated and artistic individuals to serve as directors of our 2025 SAUK SHORTS.
Interested individuals are asked to send a letter of interest to Executive Director Trinity Bird by 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 17 at saukshorts@gmail.com. Applicants will then be supplied an application and pdf of their requested script. Applicants can request up to five scripts. Applicants may submit for more than one short play but each production requires its own application.
The Shorts currently seeking directors are:
BREAKFAST MEDITATIONS
By Sarah Gray
No matter which planet they're from, men and women think differently. But, in the end, it's all breakfast! 2 men, 3 women.
CHECKING THE ICE
By Scott Mullen
Four brothers go down to a pond to check if the ice is thick enough, and they disagree over how reckless that process is. But it turns out that the older brother has things well in hand. 4 teen boys.
FINDING THE FEEL
By Scott Mullen
A man in a fishing contest isn't happy when a teenage boy starts fishing near him. 1 man, 1 teen boy.
GUTS
By Sarah Gray
When friends are more like family, what would you do for them? Would you have the guts? 2 teen girls.
M.A.S.H.-ED
By Tiffany Thatcher
Four women reunite to discover the game they played at a sleepover as kids has shaped their entire lives in absurd ways. 4 women.
MOLLIE AND HARRY
By Tom Block
At the end of their lives, Harry visits Mollie, his one and only true love from high school who he hasn’t seen in nearly 70 years, to see if he can rekindle what has been lost. But Mollie has slipped into dementia: Harry is too late. 1 man, 1 woman.
PASTA FASUL!
By Sarah Gray
Photo recreations take a turn when the baby of the family learns what photos he's agreed to take again. His older siblings are all too eager to make him oblige! 2 men, 1 woman.
SOULMATE
By Deirdre Girard
The mysterious Lorna no longer uses her psychic ability on stage, but Jerry tempts her into one last reading that changes the course of his life. 1 man, 1 woman
THE GREAT DEBATE
By Tiffany Thatcher
Which is the superior holiday Christmas or Thanksgiving? Esther and Ezra come together to argue the finer points of each when they are interrupted by Parker who is championing an unlikely third option. 2 teen boys, 1 teen girl.
THIS DATE IS GOING SO WELL
By Jacob Weldon
An overworked barista goes on a date with the most superstitious person there is. 1 man, 1 woman.
Required Dates:
Sunday, January 12 - Director Orientation at 6:30 p.m.