Opening January 14

Bridal Terrorism, a hilarious take on desperation by Billy Rosenfield. Directed by Jennifer Parris, the story concerns a woman who believes that you actually can get a man with a gun. In the photo l-r Pat Browning, Stephanie Nevin, Marky Regensberg keeping her wedding on track, Judge Jeff Miller, groom Craig Miller and Alex Claxton

Michael Rogers and Heather Dressel play a husband and wife with differences in The Veritas Machine

Director Beth Terranova shows Annette Aulton how to view a letter in Fin and Euba.

Colonial Players presents New Directions - a one act play festival for directors new to Colonial Players. Seven new directors will be trying out their wings on our stage. Nine plays will be presented in two slates at the theater at 108 East Street just off State Circle in downtown Annapolis. All the plays are rated PG-13. Tickets are $7 per slate plus service charges. Order online

or call the box Office at 410-268-7373.

Slate A will feature Mrs. Sorkin by Christopher Durang, a comic introduction to the evening by a lady whose enthusiasm about theatre rises above her shaky grasp of its intricacies. Next comes Desire, Desire, Desire, Durang’s hilarious send up of Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on A Hot Tin Roof. Both of these plays are directed by Bryant Centofanti, who has acted locally and served on the Colonial Players board, but until now has not directed. Next comes The Recipe, by J.B. McLendon. In this play, a young man calls the mother of his partner for a favorite recipe for Thanksgiving gravy and gets a lot more than the instructions he requested. Director Andrea Elward has appeared often on the CP stage. The next play is Fin and Euba, written by a Maryland playwright, Audrey Cefaly. It tells the story of two girls stuck in a dead end town and was directed by Beth Terranova, who directed on Florida before moving to Annapolis and is making her directing debut at CP. The evening finishes up with Bridal Terrorism, a hilarious take on desperation by Billy Rosenfield. Directed by Jennifer Parris, the story concerns a woman who believes that you actually can get a man with a gun.

Slate B appears on July 21, 23, 27 and 29, with the 2:30 show on the 23^rd. The plays appearing on Slate B are Fourteen by Alice Gersteberg, featuring a harried hostess coping with a snowstorm and high hopes for marrying off her daughter. This one is directed by Amber Clair Perkins. Next comes The Veritas Machine, a device which considerably complicates the relationship of a husband and wife. The play is written by Michael A. Stang and directed by Julien Jacques. Late/Late...Computer Date, written by Ludmilla Bollow and directed by Robbie Melton, centers on the claustrophobic relationship of two older unmarried ladies, sisters, and what happens when one of them ventures out. The last play of the B Slate is Here We Are, by Dorothy Parker, directed by Andrea Elward. With all of Parker’s delicate but lancing wit, we visit a very young bride and groom on their way to their wedding night.