Towne Street Theatre’s 13th Annual 10 Minute Play Festival

Towne Street Theatre’s 13th Annual

10 Minute Play Festival

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It’s a BLAST FROM THE PAST! Let’s take a trip through time with 10 plays all under 10 minutes!

This year’s TST 10 Minute Play Festival playwrights were challenged to interpret the theme “Blast from the Past”. The resulting winning pieces offer a dynamic, thought-provoking, and often hilarious look at how history, memory, and nostalgia shape our present and future.i

The selected 10-minute plays will make their world-premiere this October at the historic Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in the heart of Hollywood.

AULD LANG SYNE

Written by Dan Borengasser

Directed by Raf Mauro

A woman and two men attend their 50th high school reunion and discover that, apparently, some auld acquaintance can’t be forgot.

AURORA HEIGHTS

Written by DeLane McDuffie

Directed by Jaimyon Parker

A lonely outcast returns home looking for redemption, forgiveness, and his old life back.

DOLL HOUSE

Written and Directed by Kimba Henderson

A young Black woman is reminded why protesting is so important.

FIRST DATE

Written by Paul Bowman

Directed by Phone Tha

A couple who have been married a long time misremember their first encounter.

HENRY’S EPITAPH

Written by Jalen McKoy

Directed by Kimba Henderson

When the family of legendary John Henry must decide what will be on his gravestone, they’re forced to confront who their patriarch really was and if he can be remembered as more than a “steel-driving man.”

LIZZIE BORDEN GETS ENGAGED

Written by Ellen Abrams

Directed by Veronica Thompson

It is a year after the dreadful murders of Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother, and still insisting on her innocence, a lonely Lizzie decides that it is time to seek romance.

MY HOUSE

Written by Gail Thornton Borkowski

Directed by Xanxan Beneche

In late 1964, a grandmother, who is being forced to vacate her home in the Deep South, is helped by her young grandson with the move. The two share memories and a long held secret.

THE TEA TEST

Written by Seth Freeman

Directed by Veronica Thompson

When two long-time friends share a casual cup of tea, an unexpectedly tense debate leads to a very real question of life and death.

UNDETECTED

Written by JP Rapozo

Directed by Phone Tha

A talented dancer living with HIV must audition for his ex-boyfriend’s production, forcing both men to confront the love, heartbreak, and stigma they thought they’d left behind.

WASTED

Written by Bara Swain

Directed by Xanxan Beneche

Dorothy hopes that a surprise visit from her mother will give her courage to carry out a daunting task.

“We were overwhelmed by the creativity and depth of the submissions we received this year. The theme ‘Blast from the Past’ clearly resonated with writers. Our winning plays span eras and genres, but they all share a brilliant ability to capture a profoundly human moment in just ten minutes. We can’t wait to bring these fresh voices to life on the Stella Adler stage.” —Veronica McClelland, CEO of Towne Street Theatre