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SIXTY SHADES OF GREY  Written by Amanda Ortega
Directed by Aly Pentangelo

A romantic comedy with a twist: a single woman is on her way to meet her first “normal” Match.com date when suddenly she gets stuck in an elevator with a man she wants nothing to do with.

See it On-Demand at https://vimeo.com/ondemand/80499

Each ON DEMAND Viewing counts as a vote for your play.
The play with the most On Demand Views wins a spot in the FINALS.
The Top 5 On Demand Plays will get extra votes added to the total votes in the festival.
Voting Ends July 26th at 8pm

The FINALS for the Strawberry One-Act Festival is on
Thursday, July 28th at 7pm at the Theatre at St. Clement's
423 West 46th St, NYC
For tickets go to https://www.therianttheatre.com/item.php?date=2016-07-28

SIXTY SHADES OF GREY by Amanda Ortega; Program Info, Creative Team & Actors Bios

SIXTY SHADES OF GREY Written by Amanda Ortega

Directed by Aly Pentangelo

TIME:  Present

PLACE:   Corporate Office elevator in Miami FL.

Characters in order of Appearance

Lilly                                                                                    Amanda Ortega 

Joe                                                                                              Freddy Valle

Who’s Who

Amanda Ortega (Playwright/Lilly) is a first year Strawberry Festival participant and South Florida native. She earned her BFA from Florida International University. Amanda has written multiple plays that have been featured in Micro Theater Miami. Her solo piece 110 was featured at the first annual Ft. Lauderdale Fringe Festival. Past credits include: Terry Vitale in Tony & Tina’s Wedding (Broward Center), Cassius in Julius Caesar (Gables Stage), and Dorothy Foxton in Murdered to Death (Evening Star). Her experience has expanded into film and can be seen in Gaby's Revenge (Youtube). 954-593-2167 Amandapanda5529@aol.com

Freddy Valle (Joe) Is a Miami native currently based in Brooklyn. He would like to thank Aly and Amanda for this opportunity. Previous credits include "Meestir Raton" at Manhattan Repertory Theatre and "Masked Reality" through Riehl Productions. Enjoy the show everyone. Cheers!

Aly Pentangelo (Director/Stage Manager) is from South Florida and currently lives in NYC. Aly graduated with her B.A. in theatre from Nova Southeastern University. Previously she studied acting at Marymount Manhattan College and Broward College. Some performance credits include: Casper the Not so Friendly Ghost (Strawberry One Act Festival), Fuerza Bruta (Daryl Roth Theatre), Spring Awakening (Main Street Playhouse), & Swipe Right (NYC Fringe). Previous director credits include: Baby Food (NSU Black Box) and Soulmates (New Theatre). 

954-348-7298   alypentangelo@gmail.com

SIXTY SHADES OF GREY By Amanda Ortega

A romantic comedy with a twist.  It’s a short play about a young single woman Lily rushing to meet her first “normal” match.com date, but her plans come to a screeching halt when she gets stuck in an elevator with a man she wants nothing to do with.  This cute story makes you realize your match might be closer than you think, you just have to pay a little more attention.  Your match might be closer than you think, you just have to pay a little more attention.

Thursday, July 14th at 7pm

Sunday, July 17th at 3pm 

Wednesday, July 20th at 7pm

For tickets go to https://www.therianttheatre.com/item.php?id=252

At the Theatre at St. Clement’s, 423 West 46^th Street, NYC

The Riant Theatre’s Strawberry One-Act Festival

Sixty Shades of Grey: The "Grey" Area in Dating by Elisabeth McGowan

Elisabeth McGown

Dating websites have become a popular method to mingle and date people. Creating a profile, receiving messages from potential dates, and eventually meeting them is all part of the whole process. However, there are possibilities of running into some liars. I’m sure you’ve become aware of creeps online trying to promote themselves, which have usually ended up scaring some website users.

Personally, I have never used a dating website; I prefer to stay offline in terms of meeting new people, partially because of what I’ve heard can happen if you run into a creepy site user. This hasn’t stopped other people from using dating sites though, and it shouldn’t. These websites can genuinely be helpful in building relationships. We’ve all seen the “Christian Mingle” and “eHarmony” commercials about how the websites have helped create recent and happy relationships…even marriages. But how reliable are these sites? Is it all just black and white, satisfaction or distrust of a dating site? Is there a grey area in all of this? Or in other words, is it a mix of happiness, but also reality, meaning some bad parts to a relationship, or even just a date? Is this grey part indicative of a balance in persona, such as not being overly and weirdly sexual or annoyingly timid?

Amanda Ortega explores this “grey” area in her play Sixty Shades of Grey. Now before you think it is just another parody of the infamous Fifty Shades series, it’s not. It’s actually about two people, Lilly and Joe, who are both on their ways to meet with their “Match.com” date as the elevator breaks. Ortega used comedy in her play to show the juxtaposition between the two characters. Lilly, an anxious and expectant young woman meets Joe, a calm and intelligent guy. Their conversations are compelling as they bicker over little things then gradually reveal themselves.

The real fact that illuminates from this play is that these modern dating sites make it hard to find the grey area in what one is interested in. Sometimes finding someone who has too much in common with you, and is therefore just too perfect, isn’t exciting. Then again, finding someone who is just horrendously opposite of you has too been found as a negative effect of meeting people online. So how do you find your shade of grey? How do you figure out what person is “right” for you as they say?

Sixty Shades of Grey will answer these questions for you. Show dates are July 14 at 7pm, July 17 at 3pm, and July 20 at 7pm.

SIXTY SHADES OF GREY by Amanda Ortega

A romantic comedy with a twist: a single woman is on her way to meet her first “normal” Match.com date when suddenly she gets stuck in an elevator with a man she wants nothing to do with.

Thursday, July 14th at 7pm

Sunday, July 17th at 3pm

Wednesday, July 20th at 7pm

For tickets go to https://www.therianttheatre.com/item.php?id=247

At the Theatre at St. Clement’s, 423 West 46^th Street, NYC
The Riant Theatre’s Strawberry One-Act Festival