THE FIVE MINUTE MILE returns! A unique night of theatre where any given night you can see plays about the end of the world, Christmas traditions gone awry, finding romance in unusual places, the pain of addiction, an interview with a burrito, and the crazies that come out of the woodworks everywhere. Comedies and dramas, plays and monologues - you will get to see slices of all kinds of lives - five minutes at a time.

The best part is that you get to help decide what you see!  32 plays are selected for the production.  Eight are scheduled to perform each night.  The next six are drawn at random at the start of the show.  The last six are voted on by the audience based on the title, descriptions and the actors involved!  It’s a different line up every single night!

Directed by Cheramie Hopper and Kelsey Finstad

THE CAST:

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Patrick Barton, Caprice Carter, Seth Cunningham, Kelsey Finstad, Ty Fisher, Cheramie Hopper, Andraes Hunt, Bryan Maynard, Christine Weems, Annie Wild and Whitney Zangarine

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THE PLAYS:

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A Little Fresh Air by Mark Harvey Levine
Babies can freak you out. (Andraes Hunt)

Apocalypse Interruptus by Kay Phillips
Roy is Smithville, West Virginia's last defense against the zombie apocalypse but is about to be defeated by supermarket self-checkout. (Caprice Carter and Bryan Maynard)

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The Author’s Autopsy by Stacey Lane

A pathologist and assistant open up a deceased writer and riffle through his brainstorms, drafts, and dreams to determine what did him in. (Kelsey Finstad and Whitney Zangarine)

Before Lights Out by Evan Guilford Blake
A young woman writes to her boyfriend on the eve of her departure for a war zone, about what she has gone through in her training and what she anticipates will happen when she arrives. (Caprice Carter)

Beth Goes Caroling by Scott Mullen
Beth knocks on Dora's door, and pitches Dora a novel solution for Beth's Christmas carol dilemma. (Caprice Carter and Kelsey Finstad)

Blue Giraffe by Stacey Lane
A couple attempts to evaluate a piece of artwork with sensitivity and intelligence, but they cannot figure out what it means or even what it is supposed to be. (Seth Cunningham and Cheramie Hopper)

Chicken or Meatloaf by Eric Weil
A tribute to marital decision making. (Patrick Barton and Whitney Zangarine)

Confessions You Make to Your Selfie by S.L. Daniels
Cody poses for selfies, trying to convince himself he is more-than-okay after a break-up. (Seth Cunningham)

Doughnut Shop Dates by Jeff Strausser
What if you could cheat on your spouse with a person you have always been attracted to and you knew with absolute certainty you wouldn’t get caught. Would you do it? (Cheramie Hopper and Bryan Maynard)

Elevated by Colleen O’Doherty
A woman and her girlfriend are stuck in an elevator after a botched proposal. Their relationship might survive if they survive the elevator. (Annie Wild and Whitney Zangarine)

Every Man for Himself by Nick Pinelli
A soldier rests a minute after a heroic moment. It's the last decision of his life. (Patrick Barton) 

Ew by Fernando Dovalina
A young woman and a young man, friends for a while, venture into uncharted territory in their relationship. (Andraes Hunt and Annie Wild)

From Refugee to Bougee by Christine Hoang
A first-generation Vietnamese American woman humorously reflects on her own scrappy, underprivileged upbringing as a child of refugees and contrasts it to the privileged lifestyle in which she is now raising her young daughter. (Christine Weems)

The Fourth Ghost by Arthur M. Jolly

Ebeneezer Scrooge meets a modern ghost who tries to convince him that Christmas today is awful. (Kelsey Finstad and Bryan Maynard)

The Interview by Becca Anderson

Jacqui Strong is looking for the right candidate for lunch. A burrito applies for the position, but will he live up to Jacqui's high standards? She won't settle for just any burrito. (Ty Fisher and Whitney Zangarine)

It Just Is by L.H. Grant
The world does not owe you anything nor does it revolve around you. Remember this and you may laugh a little more than you cry. (Annie Wild)

It Takes a Toll by Bryan Maynard
A toll booth operator becomes the object of unrequited love for a motorist that has more spare change than the operator has patience. (Caprice Carter, Ty Fisher and Andraes Hunt)

King of Kings by G.D. Kimble
Tackles the most important question of our time, "how good of a carpenter was Jesus.... actually?" (Seth Cunningham and Ty Fisher)

Paindemoneum by Joyce Fontana
A series of rap lyrics spoken by a patient in pain, her doctor, an agent from the Center for Disease Control, and a street drug dealer illustrate the perfect storm of good and bad intentions that has resulted in the current opioid crisis that is ravaging the United States. (Caprice Carter, Seth Cunningham, Ty Fisher and Andraes Hunt)

The Passive Aggressive Society, So You Say by Sandra Hosking
Passive-aggressive people TRY to improve at a group meeting. (Seth Cunningham, Kelsey Finstad, Ty Fisher, Cheramie Hopper, Andraes Hunt, Bryan Maynard, Annie Wild and Whitney Zangarine)

The Passport by Arthur M. Jolly

Two lovers' plans for a trip are thrown into turmoil by an emergency phone call from home. (Patrick Barton and Ty Fisher)

Permanent by Reed Halvorson
Francine takes care of Hank in their relationship. Otherwise, he does something stupid. She let him have one weekend and upon his return, he has some serious explaining to do. This result could have a permanent impact on their relationship. (Patrick Barton and Whitney Zangarine)

Post Mortem by David Lewison
A young doctor seeks to console a just-widowed elderly man whose grieving process contains some unexpected revelations for both of them… (Seth Cunningham and Bryan Maynard)

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The Proposal by Steve Flowers

A comedy about a young man who takes his girlfriend to an upscale restaurant to surprise her with a wedding proposal. (Patrick Barton, Bryan Maynard and Annie Wild)

Putting the Fair in Tooth Fairy by Dwayne Yancey
A child who has just lost a tooth confronts the tooth fairy with a baseball bat -- and finds the tooth fairy is a large, hairy man. The child wonders why he hasn’t gotten as much money for his teeth as other kids have. (Kelsey Finstad, Ty Fisher and Annie Wild)

She Wanted Me by Marj O’Neill-Butler
Corinne, a teenaged black girl with no family, desperately seeks to be wanted and looked after. (Caprice Carter)

Swipe Right at the Bar by Colleen O’Doherty
Two friends go out to forget their troubles. Tinder brings its own problems. (Cheramie Hopper, Annie Wild and Whitney Zangarine)

The Toasts by Christine Weems
Wedding toasts get out of hand when the Maid of Honor and the Best Man start talking about how they really feel about the married couple. (Kelsey Finstad and Andraes Hunt)

Tomato by Charlene Donaghy
In New Orleans, a city where the living and dead swirl together like water, ribbons, and mud, the struggle to embrace or release love intertwines with an eternity of tradition. (Cheramie Hopper)

Water Damage by Paige Zubel
Construction workers Pete and Jones know how to fix a cracked foundation. So when did this fissure come between them? (Patrick Barton and Andraes Hunt)

We Need to Talk by Loretta Wish
In the dating world, anyone with a “need to talk” is usually delivering bad news. But when Tyler initiates his talk with Sarah, a professional mediator, it proves rougher on him than it is on her. (Caprice Carter and Patrick Barton)

Welcome to Icare 3.1 by Chelsea Muzar
From the creators of Waste-Cycling and Virtual Visitation comes the new and improved LifePod 557S: Retirees Just Want to Have Fun! You’ve never experienced elder care quite like this; reserve your LifePod today. (Whitney Zangarine)

November 2- 18

Thursday - Saturday at 8PM

Monday, November 6 at 8PM

Sunday, November 12 at 3PM

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Beacon Theatre

5102 Navigation Blvd.

Houston, TX 77011

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Tickets: $20/$15 students or seniors

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Reservations: info@conemanrunning.com

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