Top Load

By Jerrod Bogard

SYNOPSIS:
Top Load ushers you through a gauntlet of four interconnected stories. As each chapter's supporting character becomes the protagonist of the next, we follow a trail of domestic hopes and regrets illuminating the interconnections of these small town strangers at once beautiful, comic, and grotesque. The landslide starts with a tire iron, some duct tape, and a declaration of desperate love.

PRODUCTION HISTORY:

+ 2015, Developmental Reading at Playtime at Judson Church in partnership with Playhouse Creatures Ensemble, directed by Kenny Wade Marshall.
+ 2016, Staged Reading at Walker Space, NYC, by Playhouse Creatures Ensemble, directed by Kenny Wade Marshall.
+ 2018, Workshop production at Ashville Fringe Fest, North Carolina, by Actors Center of Ashville, directed by Kevin Patrick Murphy.

(Poster, above:
A workshop production of Top Load, directed by Kevin Patrick Murphy, appeared January 2018 at the Asheville Fringe Festival. Presented by The Actor's Center of Asheville.)

(Photo, Left:
Original One-act credits produced by Playhouse Creatures Ensemble:
Cast: Joshua James* and William Webber (pictured right) and Janie Martinez. Scene and graphic design by Justin Dodd and costume design by Sabrina Kahn. Directed by Kenny Wade Marshall