UNCUT Productions, tackling teenage issues since 1957 Written and Directed by Mark A Dahl Musical Arrangements : Jordan Rippe  Music and lyrics Composed by Mark A Dahl Music Produced by: Jordan  Rippe Stage Manager : Joshua Lieberman Production Manager: Dawn Smith    NOSTALGIA CAST: 1957 Richie:     Paul Krick 1967 Mary:       Frances Calter 1977 Michelle:   Jordan Stahlsworth                        Stephanie Lista (u/s) 1987 Tiffany:    Jennifer Ambler 1997 Sk8:        Gavin Whitt Principal Dick    Alexander Jordan and Adults          SCARE TACTIC CAST : Jean Louis O'Sullivan, Cosimo Derita, Kristine Miller, Alexander Jordan, Crystal Whybark, Eddie Austin     PHILADELPHIA- UNCUT PRODUCTIONS, (Best of Philly 2007) creators of last year's Fringe smash hit "Disaster: The Musical," present a play in progress for the 2007 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.  The Playground at The Adrienne hosts "Assembly : Junior High.  Tickets are priced at only $10.00 and are available by calling the Philadelphia Fringe Box Office at 215.413.1318.

Photo by The Tina Yother's Army

ATTENTION STUDENTS ALL CLASSES ARE CANCELLED

PLEASE REPORT THE THE GYMNASIUM FOR AN EMERGENCY ASSEMBLY 

Our story begins as the students (the audience) are called into the gymnasium for an emergency assembly by the group "Scare-Tactic!" who preach on tough teenage issues such as, "Terrorists among US", "The Cyberspace Pledge" and "Disability Contains Ability." The songs are sure to have the audience laughing, or quickly exiting, the theater.  Warning: This play is politically incorrect. 

After the assembly, school is in session as a talented and diverse cast of students and faculty from the 1950's through the 1990's enter junior high and discover that the problems there are anything but juvenile! Meet (1957) Richie: a questioning youth, (1967) Mary : Clueless and misinformed, (1977) Michelle:  Inter-sexed and beginning to cross dress, (1987) Tiffany : A Madonna wanna be and (1997) Sk8 a ambiguous and curious young man.

As each student's misinformation is leaked to the next, a series of unfortunate misunderstandings have our students panicking as one by one they are called to the principal's office.  With UNCUT's cutting edge style of theater, the play uses film as a vital part of the performance, taking the audience on an intimate journey without boundaries. As our students get tangled in difficult problems, mis-informational movies are presented in the nick of time to further confuse our misguided youths. Using nostalgic scare films from America's past, the story bounces from stage to screen.

Writer/Director Mark A. Dahl notes, "Being closeted in a conservative Christian family, what we learned about sex was close to nothing.  I am a preachers kid, was a Sunday School Teacher, worked for the state as a high school assembly performer and did a one-year tour with Up With People!   The stories in this play are true, a collection of junior high memories from a ton of people. The stories of straight, gay, and intersexed make this a hyper ride from the 1950's through the 1990's. It's fun."