The Crown Point Festival

Mountainlight & Can I Touch You


Performed off off Broadway at The La Tea Theater at CSV, November 2004

Mountainlight

Written by: Alex DeFazio
Directed by: Sherry Teitelbaum
Cast: Chris Bachand (Boy), Nick Chase (Soccer Player / Boy 2), Elizabeth Sugarman (Girl)
Synopsis: "Mountainlight" is a tender and funny coming of age story. Will the unlikely friendship between two loners - a sensitive boy and a scrappy girl - withstand old secrets and new truths as the two best friends grow older?

Can I Touch You

Written by: Alex DeFazio
Directed by: Gil Parkin
Cast: Robin Mervin (Couselor), Noah Peters ("Me"), Shawn Shafner (Camper)
Synopsis: One person's memories meld with the possible outcomes of a crucial moment between an abused teenager and his molester. "Can I Touch You" explores the symbiotic connections between memory, the abuse, and the theater.

Crew: Sara Jablon (Costumes), Barbara Zuckerman (Graphic Design), Alex DeFazio (Sound Design)

Produced by: Kelly Markus (Executive Producer), Erica Livingston (Executive Director), Devin Burnam (Artistic Director), Callie Mauldin & Kevin Myers (Theatre Producers) & the Core Production Team of Fall Collection 2004

TFC Production Staff: Noah Scanlin (Design), Riima Pruitt (Graphic Design), Ed Chiquitucto (Logo Design), Aaron Siegler (Webmaster), David Eldredge (Publicity), Brian Diaz (Photography), Christina Vernon (Environmental Design), Andrew Livingston (Environmental Sound Design), James Bedell (Environmental Lighting Design), Asaf Shakham (Environmental Video Design), Jason Sturm (Set Design), James Bedell (Lighting Design), Kim Purdy (Stage Manager), Chad Pisetsky (Assistant Stage Manager, Night A), Courtney Herbert (Assistant Stage Manager, Night B), Jill Friedman (Assistant Stage Manager, Night C), Tom Johnson (Sound Operator), Matt Bergstein & Tony Borilla (Projection), Donielle Lee (Wardrobe), Jim Galloway (Carpenter), Chivas Devinck / Beatrice Bass / Jordan Benaderet (Crew), Corey Mason / Chuck Plummer / Karen Dinitz (Additional Crew Support)

Note:

The Fall Collection/Crown Point Festival is the sole producer of these plays. But since they were written by our playwright, and since our company helped develop them, we created this page.

What the critics said:

"Surprisingly intense..."

"An amazing production....poetic and stunning..."