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Cherimoya Shorts

Various
Shorties :: Shorts Blocks
Running Time:115:00 minutes
Event Date(s)
10:15 PM EST
Friday, November 9
Jengo's Playhouse
1:30 PM EST
Sunday, November 11

Say What?! Keep your therapist on speed dial.

The Jump Off // Jovan James :: Idealistic young man Nigel has been in a secret romantic relationship with his friend, Malik, for several weeks, seemingly content with their unofficial status, but he longs for more.

Beguiled // ReGina McLeod :: A selfless woman’s recent actions threaten to undermine her relationship with the younger man in her life…

Jameson // John Humber :: A man’s peaceful life is disrupted when three dangerous travelers lay siege to his secluded cabin in the woods.

Funeral // Leah Shore :: A bereaved woman delivers a convoluted speech to a gathering of family and close friends. She then retreats to a waiting room where the surreal meets the real by a water cooler in FUNERAL, a heavy, fertile, mourning comedy.

Amazing Bagel // Dara Katz, Betsy Kenney :: When Devin, a single, 30-year-old woman learns—unbeknownst to her—she’s had a miscarriage, like everything else in her life, she’s not sure how to feel about it.

Piu Piu // Naima Ramos-Chapman :: Jordan, a restless young woman, decides to ditch her boyfriend for a moment of freedom. She soon discovers this gamble reaps reward but not without risk as she contends with monstrous abuses across several planes of existence: mindfully, physically and spiritually.

Medusa // India Donaldson :: Meredith has a crush on a marble statue.

Untitled Groping Revenge Fairytale // Catherine Bisley :: A woman pitches a tent on the edge of a forest and starts to collect men.

Hairwolf // Mariama Diallo :: In a black hair salon in gentrifying Brooklyn, the local residents fend off a strange new monster: white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture.