Reply to: Michelle Macau <[email protected]>

The Open Eye Theater in Margaretville, NY

CASTING

Maggie in DRESSING ON THE SIDE by Lori M. Myers

Directed by Robert Laurence

Rachel in THE TABLE BELL  by Jim Lindheim

Directed by Elizabeth Sherr

Maggie, 40+, is a sassy, hard as nails, gum chewing waitress.  She’s been around the block and has had her heart broken.

Rachel, 30+, is a working-class married mom with kids who lives in a modest house somewhere in suburbia and hosting a rummage sale of stuff

that belonged to her grandmother.

PERFORMANCE DATES
August 20-30, 2026 

Dressing on the Side and The Table Bell are two of six new ten-minute plays selected from 168 submissions to perform in Summer Shortcuts XVI, now in its sixteenth year at The Open Eye Theater in Margaretville, NY.  It will be produced in a single program with eight performances over two weekends. Actors are paid a modest fee. 

Send interest and resume with photo (selfie is OK) to [email protected].  Add “Maggie” or “Rachel” or both in the subject line. 

For more information about The Open Eye Theater and SUMMER SHORTCUTS, please visit www.theopeneyetheater.org.