2027 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL
SHOW DATES: FEBRUARY 12 - 21, 2027 (Fri / Sat / Sun)
PRODUCED BY: ANA KORMOS AND JIM HEWLETT
2027 FESTIVAL PLAYS
A First Date - Written by Lynea Kaethler and Daniel Schuurman
A young playwright with a crunch deadline attempts to use AI to write a play about a first date but, as always, AI needs to make numerous prompted corrections to the script. The audience gets to observe the playwright’s (dictated) interactions with AI, while simultaneously watching the script in progress being acted out live by the play characters.
Adoption Day at the Cat Café - Written by Jim Hewlett
At the cat cafe, Tawny is looking forward to going home with her human, until she finds out they might not share the same life goals. Meanwhile, Ashton is more than happy to spend all his days at the cafe and not compromise what it means to be a cat...or is he?
Informed Consent - Written by Lauren Dunagan
Liz is a perfectly normal, well-adjusted thirty-something woman about to give birth to her first child. But first, the nurse on duty has some disclosures for her to sign.
Second Look - Written by Toby Inoue
Their marriage rocky, Rebecca and Jacob time travel back to their first date to warn their younger selves Becky and Coby. They unexpectedly find that relationship advice flows both ways.
Subject to Change - Written by Greg McAfee
Hell is operating at 665% capacity, and Stan wants answers. What begins as a routine complaint becomes a witty conversation about changing moral standards and the unexpected consequences of rewriting the rules.
The Long Way Home - Written by S.J. Roth
When her husband goes silent, a wife's GPS leads her to a funeral home, a coffin, and a phone call that will decide the rest of their lives.
The Ten-Minute Play, Play - Written by Daryl Mendelson
The dilemma experienced by two individuals writing a ten-minute play turns out to BE the play that has been performed!
Unhinged - Written by Sarah DeBouter
Two people who matched on a dating app that matches people based on compatible mental health disorders meet in a coffee shop for the first time. This play highlights the discomfort and reliance of dating apps in a world where being open about mental health is accepted and normalized.