Hammer and Train

One-Act

When Democracy was under threat, star-crossed lovers are torn apart by the 1949 Peekskill Race Riots.

Public Reading

The Dramatists Guild
January, 2025

 

Directed by Shellen Lubin

Earl “Blue” Washington……………………….Count Stovall*

Heck Monroe…………………………………..Nicholas G. Sims

Sara Rubin……………………………………..Shira Behore

Rick Davis………………………….………….August Blanco Rosenstein

Christine Davis…………………….…….…….Alex Koza*

Ron Lockwood………………….…………..….Scott Klavan*

Clip……………………………………………. Eliott Johnson

Snuffy/Zvi………………………………………Ross DeGraw*

Zach/Noah………………………………………Julian Shatkin

Receptionist/Trish/Stage Directions……………Alice Jankell*

Thanks to The Actors Studio Playwrights Directors Workshop, The 9th Floor, The Harbor Theatre Workshop, Pulse Theatre Workshop, The Barrow Group, and Loose Change workshops where this play was developed, Houghton Hall Arts Community and Dramatists Guild Foundation where this reading was rehearsed, and to Harry Shifman, Delissa Reynolds, Richarda Abrams, Richard Vetere, and Matthew Gandolfo.

* members of Actors’ Equity Association

+ member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

Hammer and Train

Drama 7m, 3f