We are deeply appreciative of Alan Deacon’s Art for allowing us to use his incredible artwork on our poster and playbill. It’s a perfect reflection of the ‘Silver Linings’ theme of our 2025 Short Play Festival.
ITOWNY’s Festival of Short Plays Opens One Week from Today! April 4,5,6 & 11,12,13 at St. Mary’s High School in Lancaster. Tickets: $15/general, $10/senior, students. Tickets https://www.tickettailor.com/events/inclusivetheaterofwny/1622147 or get your tickets at the door.
ITOWNY is proud to present the cast (and directors) list for our upcoming Festival of Shorts. We are blown away by the amount of talent that will be in the TEN (yes TEN!) short plays!!
Ticket information coming soon. In the meantime, save the date!
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10 Minutes by Shanda Gardner
Directed by Shanda Gardner
Starring:
Jessica Levesque
Lexie Hoeglmeier
JR Ozario
It Just Is by Dallas Taylor
Directed by Dallas Taylor and Emrald Ja’ceil
Starring:
Zachary Kushner
Heather Benson
Tapes by Madison Sedlor
Directed by Dallas Taylor and Emrald Ja’ceil
Starring:
Katrina Leuzinger-Owens
Robert Janusz
Listen While You Work by Linda Gunther
Directed by Lexie Hoeglmeier, Aimee Levesque & JR Ozoria
Join ITOWNY as part of the Buffalo Infringement Festival for Pop-Up Shakespeare! Bring your favorite monologue, sonnet or scene (or use something provided) and join us for a fun, FREE event that is open to ALL! Locations accessible!
Jessica Levesque plays the roles of Valentine, Attendant, and Jawa!
About Jessica: Jess has appeared in a number of plays , appeared on websites , dances , films and even had a spot on a Total Divas . She was in a play at Theatre Loft, in collaboration with Ujima Theatre Company in 2014, which won from critics and she also appeared on stage at Alleyway Theatre in Baroness von Smith’s “And Where Will You Put the Things You Save.” Jess played the role of Ericka; a young woman with autism who plays Roller Derby and has been biohacked!
Since the pandemic she has continued to act in online plays, beauty pageants, and promoting body positivity and inclusion. After a few bouts of Directing for ITOWNY and a film project and a few music videos, one of the Music videos was for a haunted house attraction in 2021 . Jessica began doing voice acting in the 2022 . Jessica walked her first red carpet premiere at horrorhound for a film that she will be on called Fred Heads documentary. Jessica is also a dancer and worked as a consultant in the short film “Numb.
Join us July 14-16, 2023 at 7pm each night for Shakespeare in the Parking Lot – Twelfth Night! St Mary’s High School Lancaster! The event is FREE and open to ALL. Just bring a chair/blanket and some snacks! The event is rain or shine (we will pivot indoors if we need to!). Hope to see you there!! #inclusivetheaterofwny#shakespeare#shakespeareintheparkinglot#twelfthnight#inclusionrevolution
We are proud to share Week 1 of ITOWNY’s Monthly Short Play Reading Series! This week, plays by the incomparable Matt Boyle (Lawn Wars & Brotherhood of the Whirlpool Box) were performed and starred Matt Boyle, Anthony Baldwin-Giambrone, Dallas Taylor and Andrew Zuccari! With Direction by Kim Queenie Robinson!! Kudos for a job well done and thank you to all who attended!
The next short play readings will take place on Saturday, August 8, 2020 with two plays by the extraordinary Donna Hoke! More information is coming soon!
Thank you for your continued support!!
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