Cast

Jimmy Cider: Milo Jones

Clipperta: Maggz Day

Sniv: Kayla Michelle Hutto

Vision

Written, casted, rehearsed, and performed in the span of twenty-four hours, “Oh God, Please Let Me In” is a testament to what can be accomplished with extremely limited time but unbounded tenacity. In the Southeastern Theatre Conference’s short play festival, playwrights are paired with directors through the drawing of letters from a hat, before casting their shows together before they’re even written.

In this regard, it feels as if fate to have been paired with a comedic mind so in sync with my own, that of playwright Bryan Karpinski.

Bryan’s ten minute masterpiece follows recently deceased conman Jimmy Cider as he tries to cheat, steal, and sweettalk his way into heaven, but Clipperta, the Angel of Paperwork, and Sniv, the Angel of Knowing Important Things, are having none of it. Jimmy eventually does make it to Heaven, but certainly not in the way he expected…

During the rehearsal process, I distinctly remember describing Jimmy Cider as “Harold Hill if he was played by Jim Carrey,” and Milo Jones delivered. Milo as Jimmy brought leaps and bounds of high energy that clashed perfectly with that of Maggz Day’s Clipperta, creating a perfect comedic duality as sarcastic deadpan wit bounced off farcical schemes, all with an extra ingredient of chaos sprinkled in perfectly by Kayla Michelle Hutto’s Sniv.

Production

Director: Anthony Monteleone

Technical Director: Bronwyn Teague

Assistant Technical Director: Sarah Poole

Notes

Performed March 2026

Produced By Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)