COMEDY SHORTS PROGRAM

Saturday, May 8, 8:00 PM, Charles Theatre 4

CLIMACTIC DEATH OF DARK NINJA - Peter Craig (12:00)
A frazzled auteur struggles to keep his lead actor, avoid heat stroke, and weather creative differences – all while attempting to shoot his movie’s climactic final scene. A mannequin, four ninjas and a five year old lost in the woods aren’t making it any easier.

FISH BURGLARS - Gideon Brower (25:00)
The story of three young men who have reached the paralyzing crossroads where they realize they’ve been given lives, and the time has come to figure out what to do with them. When they decide to heist a valuable fish from the local aquarium, the future begins to take shape… in ways none of them could have foreseen.

L’INVITATION - Nick Prevas (8:00)
An exclusive dinner party, a twisted love triangle, a filching bearded-lady, and an invitation.

METHOD FOR SELF-DEFENSE AGAINST SCORPIONS - Tanner Almon (14:00)
A young trailblazer presents the only possible method of defense against the scorpions. Traditional methods such as poisons and "scorpion attack toads" are destined to fail, but a pair of “very taught rubber bands” should do the trick.

PERILS IN NUDE MODELING – Scott Rice (10:00)
On the verge of expulsion, a hapless art student must decide between life-long ambition and love when an audacious nude model makes a dangerous demand in the middle of class.

SOMEONE & SOMEONE, INC. – Rohit Colin Rao (7:15)
The American corporate environment is satirized by following one man through his struggle in a typical corporate day.

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS - Mary Szmagaj (8:00)
Life imitating art and audience participation are taken to a whole new level within the script to this short.

THE FIVE STAGES OF UNEMPLOYMENT - Dan Turek (10:00)
Mike Ed suffers through not one, not two, but all five stages of unemployment. He might live to tell about it, or he may not.

WHO’S YOUR DADDY? - Matthew Ehlers (3:18)
A mysterious Lothario invades a small town, leaving a group of angry husbands in his wake.