Killer

by Steve Apostolina

Live reading by Altered Shakespeare

Tuesday, March 14th at 7:30 p.m.

Sanders Theatre | Fort Worth Community Arts Center

1300 Gendy St, Fort Worth 76107

Cast:

Randall - Eduardo Vildasol

Dixie (Randall's mother) - Marie Serena

Annabelle (Randall's sister) - Francine Gonzalez

Devonté (Randall's best friend) - Sinclair Freeman

Butch (Randall's father) - Caitlin Glass

Cheryl (Producer) - Chris Sanders

Stage Directions / Announcer / Reverend Tom - Alison Bret

Set in South Texas where Jesus and football rule, “Killer” is the story of a high school football superstar whose dreams have been dashed by a most likely preventable injury. Dixie home cares for her wheelchair-bound son Randall (nicknamed Killer) after he sustained a traumatic brain injury during a game. A producer on the extremely popular television docu-series Reaction Sports is coming to interview Dixie and Randall for possible inclusion in a future episode. Present will be Randall’s best friend and fellow high school football superstar, Devonté, Dixie’s daughter Annabel and Dixie’s ex-husband and former coach, the volatile Butch. National exposure would almost certainly spark donations to Randall’s anemic GoFundMe campaign and help with the astronomical healthcare costs, so the interview must go well. But with exposure comes truth - and family truths can be filled with killers. The cost of winning has never been so deadly.

Playwright Bio

Steve Apostolina is an actor, playwright, director, and producer - occasionally all at the same time. Full-length plays include "Killer," "Derelict in Fairville," "Broken," "Forever Bound," "The American Way" and "Flight of the Penguin." Short plays (partial) "T.N.T.," "Vulnerable Species," "Sleeping Dogs," "Cold in Hand," "Killed in Des Moines," "Embroiled," "Elevator Repair" and "Doreen." His work has been seen in LA and NY as well as all over the US. Playwriting Awards include (partial): Killer - First Place Winner in 2022 Julie Harris Playwriting Competition, Ovation Award Nomination (Forever Bound), Dramalogue Award (Flight of the Penguin) Labute New Theatre Festival (two-time finalist 2015 Cold in Hand and 2020 T.N.T), New Jersey Rep Festival finalist (Embroiled). LA Theatres have seen his work at Anteaus Theatre, Atwater Village Theatre, The Road Theatre, The Ventura Court Theatre, The Limelight Playhouse, and The Open Fist - among others. Forever Bound, after enjoying a critical run in LA, starring French Stewart, subsequently had a reading in NYC for Williamstown Theatre with Amanda Seyfried, Tommy Sadoski, Peter Friedman, and Howard Overshown. He is a member of the Dramatist Guild and has been in the writing labs at Antaeus Theatre, The Road Theatre, The Cloud Factory and Playground LA. As an actor – you can see some credits on IMDB. Intimate Los Angeles Theatre is largely responsible for his successful 35-year voice-over career (which supports his theatre junkie habit) as well as an introduction to his lovely wife when they met playing lovers in Jamie Baker’s Don’t Go Back to Rockville.