February 23, 2025 – 5 PM

Ovations Dance Studio of Tampa

What happens when women come together to collaborate, not compete? Find out in this electrifying theater experience where creativity flows freely, boundaries are pushed, and the power of collaboration takes center stage. Don’t miss this extraordinary showcase of talent and unity!

Get ready for a wild night of spontaneous theater! Eight talented women playwrights create one brand-new play in just eight hours—using randomly generated categories – comedy, a banana, a cruise vacation, and a love triangle on February 22! Plus, four mystery categories will be revealed here in the digital playbill the night of the show, and you’ll have to be there to see how they get worked in.

The new play will be cast, rehearsed, and performed on February 23.

If you want to be considered, please complete the Google form for director Nora Paine. (https://forms.gle/HuE1BKKW7jRXkFCN6 )

Don’t miss this unforgettable, creative adventure with Katie Welch, Dorelle Raphael-Fishkin, Leslie Farrell, Tana Gundry, Alyssa Cabrera, Cheryl Flowers, Lisa Urbano, and Crystal Marie!

  • Date and Time: Sunday, February 23 – 5-6 PM
  • Sponsor Venue: Ovations Dance Academy of Tampa, 13976 West Hillsborough Ave., Tampa 33635

Get your tickets now! Use code EARLYBIRD through February 7 and pay only $5. Regularly priced tickets are $10 general, $7 student, senior, military. Visit https://mytbtickets.com/events/the-thinkfast-experiment-20-2-23-2025

Be part of the magic and see what happens when women come together to make theater!

PLAYWRIGHTS & CREATIVE TEAM

CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED

Alyssa Cabrera

Alyssa is a Cuban-American journalist who wants to reach different people with her stories. She wants to inspire and evoke emotion from her audience and she is so excited to write for the ThinkFast Experiment!

Leslie Farrell

Throughout her career, Leslie Farrell has served as a reporter, editor and freelance writer. Early on, she worked as a reporter for the Indianapolis “Soul Station” WTLC-FM News in Indianapolis, IN, covering sports such as the Pan American Games, and local news, including protests. Next she wrote for the Albuquerque Journal, New Mexico’s largest newspaper, and served as news editor for The Daily Lobo newspaper. Today, her primary business is media relations, but she is an award-winning writer and continues to write for The American Baha’i Magazine and other publications on occasion.

Dorelle Rafael Fishkin

First time writer.

Cheryl Flowers

Former SheVolution cast member.

Tana Gundry

Tana has a long history in directing, acting and producing plays. She earned a Film degree from Columbia College and an English degree from Florida State University. She has written short films and has a little notebook scrawled with hundreds of ideas! She is excited to be a part of this exciting experiment!

Crystal Marie (Valdez)

Crystal has been deeply involved in the Tampa theatre scene both onstage and behind the scenes for many years. She is thrilled to be making her writing debut and is excited to be a part of this project.

Katie Porter

Katie Porter (used to be Welch) is trilled to be a part of this show. Katie was recently married to her amazing husband Brian. She has been in theatre since she was 9 years old. Some of her favorite shows she was in were Singing in the Rain, The Producers, Beauty and the Beast, Annie, Secret Garden, It’s a Wonderful Life, Through the Shop Window, Wizard of OZ, Sister Act and Peter Pan, just to name a few. Katie was the mentor of Belle in the Penguin Project’s Beauty and The Beast. She is the Founder and Director of the community theatre group Broadway Everyday Star Theater. She wrote the plays A Talent for Murder, Broadway Musical Review and Blind Date Cafe. She even wrote a novel that she is currently looking for a publisher. She has her BA in Theater and Masters in ESE Education. She is the PreK teacher at Ruskin Elementary. She also does videography and has been in several films like the horror film Harlow’s Haunt.

Lisa Urbano

Lisa is an Ybor City gal seasoned in the signing of office birthday cards and Mexican takeout receipts.

Deborah Bostock-Kelley – Producer/Playwright

Deborah Bostock-Kelley is a multi-time, award-winning playwright, also a director, producer, and actor, nominated for Creative Loafing 2024 Best of the Bay “Best Playwright,” and a finalist for Creative Loafing 2023 Best of the Bay “Best Playwright.” Her work has appeared across stages in Tampa Bay, competing in the Tampa Bay Theatre Festival every year, excluding the pandemic. Her one-acts have also been performed at Carrollwood Players One Act Weekend, 4×6 Festival, Powerstories SheVolution Festival, Powerstories’ Voices of Truth and Voices of Women Theatre Festivals, Tarpon Arts, and most recently, The Tampa International Fringe Festival. A recipient of the Gobioff Foundation Grant, Tampa Bay Theatre Festival Denise Deneen Award, and Theatre Tampa Bay Jeff Norton Dream Grant, she’s renowned for her socially impactful one-acts and full-length plays across Tampa Bay’s stages. Her self-produced debut 2023 playwright showcase, “Tapestry: A Weekend of Socially-Conscious Storytelling,” sold out and was nominated for multiple recognitions. She won First Runner-Up in the Tampa Bay Theatre Festival Short Dramatic Play awards for “Under Construction.” She’s excited for you to see what came from outstanding playwrights of all skill levels and experience.

Nora Paine – Director

Bio coming soon!

Beth Behner- Stage Manager

Bio coming soon!