February 20 - March 7, 2027
It’s 1999. Ellen has already come out on her TV show. Jack’s about to do the same on Dawson’s Creek. And David and Martín — two young video store employees, film buffs and best friends — are waiting to hear about a film scholarship to NYU that could change the trajectory of their lives. An exploration of privilege, identity, fragility, and the ever-present celluloid closet, ONE-SHOT examines who gets the space to tell what stories.
Andrew Rosendorf (Playwright) has work that has been produced or developed at La Jolla, MCC, DCPA, KC Rep, Signature Theatre, Florida Stage, the National New Play Network, Unicorn Theatre, American Theater Company, Nashville Rep, City Theatre, Geva Theatre, Actor’s Express, Curious Theatre Company, and Local Theater Company. He is the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, a Venturous Theater Fund Grant, a MAP Fund Grant, and a NNPN Rolling World Premiere for REFUGE, which he co-created with Satya Jnani Chávez. He is an alum of the Goodman's Playwrights Unit, NNPN’s Playwright-in-Residence program, and has been a fellow of SPACE on Ryder Farm, Tofte Lake Center, VCCA and MacDowell. He was a previous McKnight and Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights’ Center as well as Core Writer. He's returning to the Playwrights' Center as a 2025-28 Core Writer. He is also an associate artist with Local Theater Company and recently sold a television pilot with Amblin.
Synopsis
It’s 1999. Ellen has already come out on her TV show. Jack’s about to do the same on Dawson’s Creek. And David and Martín — two young video store employees, film buffs and best friends — are waiting to hear about a film scholarship to NYU that could change the trajectory of their lives. An exploration of privilege, identity, fragility, and the ever-present celluloid closet, ONE-SHOT examines who gets the space to tell what stories.
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