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Fractured Moonlight

Full-length dramatic comedy
2 men, 2 women

A former war reporter shows up unexpectedly at the Florida home of his ex-wife and teenage daughter. A lonely dolphin, a boy named Elvis and the search for algebraic solutions round out this moving, humorous tale of a fractured family struggling to connect.

WORLD PREMIERE—July 9-24, 2021. And Toto too Theatre Company, Denver, CO www.andtototoo.org

The Denver Post reviews Fractured Moonlight:

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/07/13/review-the-shattered-may-be-healed-in-local-playwright-carrie-printzs-family-drama/

Semi-Finalist, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s 2018 National Playwrights Conference

Semi-Finalist, Dayton Playhouse’s FutureFest 2018

Workshop Production: And Toto too Theatre Company, Denver, CO., April 8, 2019.

Staged Reading: Competitively selected for New Play Festival, Vintage Theatre, Aurora, CO., Aug. 5,  2017.

Honorable Mention, Writer’s Digest 2016 Stage Play Competition.

 

 

 

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Photography by Meghan Ralph, Soular Radiant Photography
Photography by Meghan Ralph, Soular Radiant Photography

Gifted

Full-length dramatic comedy
4 men, 3 women

A brilliant, biracial teenage boy wants to star on a reality TV show, but his family doesn’t make it easy for him. Generations and cultures collide in this funny, tender tale of a 21st century family.

“A wisely woven comedy is getting a deserved world premiere,”—The Denver Post

“For audiences, it’s an entertaining and thought-provoking holiday evening.”—Westword

Produced by Edge Theatre Company, Lakewood, Colorado, December 2013. 

Reviews and media coverage
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Winner, Edge Theatre Company’s 2012 New Play Festival.

Published by Green Room Press

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 Photos by RDG Photography

Photos by RDG Photography

Tumbling Inn

Full-length drama
3 men, 2 women

Two teenagers with a terrible secret run away to an isolated bed and breakfast in the Colorado Rockies.

Workshop Production, And Toto too Theatre Company, Denver, 2011.

Winner, Cheyenne Little Theatre’s New Play Project. Two Staged readings, 2010.

Staged readings with Playwright’s Showcase of the Western Region, Denver, 2009, and the E-Project, Lakewood, Colo., 2010.

Honorable Mention, Writer’s Digest Stage Play Competition, 2011.

 Illustrations by  Sophia Brown

Illustrations by Sophia Brown

Race Relations

Full-length drama
4 men, 3 women


Accusations of racism tear apart a 1980s college campus as four very different students grapple with issues of racial mistrust, political identity and self-segregation.

First Place Winner, Writer’s Digest’s 2009 Stage Play Competition.

Workshop Production, Athena Project Plays in Progress Series, Denver, 2012. 

Staged Reading, Theatre O, Boulder, 2010.

Staged Reading, Paragon Theatre Company, Denver, 2009.

  Illustrations by  Sophia Brown

Illustrations by Sophia Brown

Courting the Cactus Trophy

Full-length comedy
5 women, 1 man

Four old friends arrive at an Arizona tennis resort to celebrate their 50th birthdays—but one of them has other plans in this comedy about growing older, crazier and a little bit desperate. 

Scene Reading at Rough Draught Playwrights, 2013

In development

 

 

 Illustrations by  Sophia Brown

Illustrations by Sophia Brown

Soccer Mamas

Short comedy
2 women, 2 men

Carlotta is pushed to desperate extremes as she watches her boy play a heated soccer match. Meanwhile, her friend, Ivy, just tries to remain sane. A play that gives new meaning to the term "soccer mom."


“A 24-hour stint in a Denver park serves as a fertile playground for five talented local playwrights.”—The Denver Post

Produced by Millibo Art Theatre, Women’s Theatre Festival, Colorado Springs, 2018.

Produced by And Toto too Theatre Company, as part of “The Playground,” Denver, 2014.

Produced by Harlequin Productions of Cayuga Community College, as part of "Benches," Auburn, NY, 2016.

Produced by Rome Community Theater, Rome, NY, Oct. 27 and 28, 2017.

Produced at Theatre Association of New York State Festival, Nov. 19, 2017, Auburn, NY.

Review: http://www.denverpost.com

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Photo by Millibo Art Theatre

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