Jackie, a 17 year old Brooklyn high school student, has a secret to tell her parents.  But, in confessing her one secret, it unleashes a string of confessions that can destroy her whole family.  As the story unfolds, the characters are faced with moral conundrums that deal with abortion, racism and religion.

 

"This play deals with the fragility of belief systems, and the lengths a person is willing to go to as long as honesty is the foundation," says Sirois.

  

David Michael Sirois is a Connecticut born theatre artist who wrote and directed his first play, 3 for Lunch, at Broward College in Davie, Florida.  At Broward, he would successfully act, write and direct many more of his full lengths and one acts.  David submitted his work to the Kennedy Center Playwrighting Competition where he was a finalist in both the 10-minute play and short play categories.  His first world premiere, Brothers Beckett, was produced at The Alliance Theatre Lab and has won the Miami New Times Best New Play Award for 2011, Best of MiamiArtZine, Best of Florida Theatre on Stage, The Silver Palm Award and is recommended for the ATCA/Steinberg Award.  He's acted, written and directed at many school and professional theatres including: Broward College, New World School of the Arts, Barry University, Lynn University, Frenchwoods Festival, Coral Springs Institute, New Theatre, Promethean, Mosaic, GableStage, Caldwell, Florida Stage, The State Theatre Project, Lake Worth Playhouse, and is an Ensemble Member and Resident Playwright at The Alliance Theatre Lab.

                                                                                                                                          

  "Small Membership"
 by Mark Della Ventura**
Directed by
David Sirois

Meet Matt, a 26 year old seeking attention and guidance from a group of strangers.  The show centers on male insecurity and through a series of flashbacks we see his childhood and adulthood struggles with puberty, sexual orientation, anxiety, true love, heartbreak and self-determined celibacy.  

 

"Small Membership is an original, full-length one person show about a big boy with a small problem," says Della Ventura.   

 

The original, twenty-minute, one-act version of Small Membership was first presented at New Theatre in July 2009 as part of "The New Ones Festival."  Since then, it has had showings in New York and Miami, all to audience acclaim.  He was advised to expand the play into full-length, as there seemed to be much more story to tell.  The full-length script has had three staged readings here in South Florida: two at GableStage and one at Mosaic Theatre, both last year.  This production at Alliance will mark the first full production of the full-length version and will be directed by Ensemble Member David Sirois.

June 1 - June 24, 2012
8 pm Thursday through  Friday
5 pm Saturday
2 pm Sunday