The Hotel Savant and Performance Space 122 present The Archery Contest, a radio play written and directed by John Jahnke. Soundscape by Kristin Worrall. Sound Installation by Andrew Schneider. Setting by Peter Ksander.

Setting: A cemetery.
(By) the rectory near a gate.
(Which leads to) the stream in an orchard.

Time: None.

Characters:
The Reverend Kendrick: Richard Toth
Mercy, his wife: Hillary Spector
Orpha, a girl: Carey Urban
Dory, a boy: Ryan Colwell
The Sexton Hawthorn, their Guardian: Ryan Justesen

This abstract sex comedy follows the amoral exploits of five players trapped somewhere between the churchly rules of the past and the anarchic chaos of the future.

Set amidst the death and headstones of a decaying cemetery, The Archery Contest follows a Reverend and his wife in their pursuit of a young girl and boy in a competition to claim them as secondary spouses. The contest's challenge, and the fate of each player, can only be met when new liaisons are formed, old lovers are scorned, and restrictive inhibitions are severed forever. Encouraged by the children's guardian, the amorous chase reaches its climax during the celebration of a decadent and ritualistic summer festivity.

A studio recording of Part 1 debuted online at Art Radio WPS1.org on November 1, 2007. Part 2 was recorded live in performance at PS122 before making its online debut, and Part 3 appeared in 2008, following The Hotel Savant's premiere of Antonin Artaud's The Cenci, at The Ohio Theatre.

The Archery Contest is an ongoing multi/media theater project whose goal is to embrace modern technology, especially the internet, as of means disseminating theatrical content to a larger audience.