How about a marathon you can sit down for? Today’s Boston Theater Marathon, 12 am—10 pm at the BCA, will provide plenty of exercise for your imagination, your mind and your senses with no possibility of shin splints. Organized by B.U.’s Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, it’s a festival of 10-minute plays by area playwrights.
10-minute plays are the short stories of the theater world. Longer than a sketch but shorter than a traditional one-act, they’re delivery agents for a single, simple concept or conflict. Appearing mainly in festivals, they’re largely used by playwrights to show off their chops and generate interest in their longer work.
Over 400 Boston-are playwrights submitted works to Boston Theater Marathon XIII and 50 were selected by a panel of judges from the 50 participating local theater companies who stage the winning selections. Tickets to the event are $35 and all proceeds go to the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund. Here’s the lineup:
12-1 PM
Share This World, Ronan Noone, Emerson Stage
Late, Lamented, Lynne Cullen, 11:11 Theatre Company
The Mouse, Colleen Hughes, Firehouse Center for the Arts
The Fudgicle Thief, Bill Doncaster, Boston Children’s Theatre
One More to Go in Beantown, Debbie Wiess, New Repertory Theatre
1-2 PM
Those Still Living, April Ranger, Theatre on Fire
Every Seven Seconds, Dan Hunter, Boston Actors’ Theatre
Crickets, Emily Kaye Lazzaro, Boston Center for American Performance
Cat in a Box, Julian Olf, Centastage
Welcome to the Hate Store, Jan Velco Soolman, Happy Medium Theatre
2-3 PM
The Resurrections, Catherine M. O’Neill, Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Slugger, Terrence Kidd, New Urban Theatre Laboratory
Uncommon Ground, John R. Sarrouf, Hovey Players
Birdbaths, “Twilight”, and Other Sundry Topics, Rick Park, Phoenix Theatre
A Handy Man, March Schrader, Village Theatre Project
3-4 PM
Trust Fall, Steve Lewis, Apollinaire Theatre Company
Rogue River, Oregon, Phil Schroeder, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
Park ‘N’ Ride, Michael Ennis, Publick Theatre Boston
Procession, William Donnelly, Battleground State
Downward Facing Dog, Melinda Lopez, Another Country Productions
4-5 PM
Camberwell House, Amelia Roper, Perishable Theatre
Mirror Touch, Michael Burgan, North Shore Music Theatre
A Tall Order, Sheri Wilner, Liars & Believers
Perfect Strangers, Peter Snoad, Huntington Theatre Company
Rox-N, Miss Thang, Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich, Holland Productions
5-6 PM
Stuck, Christopher Lockheardt, New Exhibition Room
Little Boys, Margaret Lagerstedt, Stoneham Theatre
Oops, James C. Ferguson, CoLab Theatre Company
Pentagon Mashed Potatoes, Cliff Blake, Company One
Teddy Ballgame, Caitlin Mitchell, Roxbury Repertory Theater
6-7 PM
Backfire, Leslie Powell, Image Theatre
Boy-Man, Diane Di Ianni, Sugar Cereal Productions
There’s an App for That!, Richard Schotter, lau lapides company
Wasted Kisses, Thomas G. Dunn, Orfeo Group
Escape to Wonderland, Patrick Gabridge, Fort Point Theatre Channel
7-8 PM
Beep… Doot, Aaron Kagan/Seth Soulstein, Bad Habit Productions
The Curator, Jennifer Diamond, Wellesley Summer Theatre
A Designated Awful Place, Gregory Hischak, Salem Theatre Company
Our Part to Change Things, Susan Goodell, Wheelock Family Theatre
M. Riverside, John J King, Turtle Lane Playhouse
8-9 PM
Sarah in Wonderland or…Robert Brustein, American Repertory Theater
Ms. Connections, Erin Striff, Boston College Theatre Dept.
Doll Hospital, Jeanne Beckwith, Pilgrim Theatre Research & Performance Lab.
A Ballad for Peggy, Stephen Faria, Nora Theatre/Underground Railway Theater
Game On, Gary Garrison, SpeakEasy Stage Company
9-10 PM
10 Years After Paradise, Israel Horovitz, Gloucester Stage Company
Squirrelly, James McLindon, Commonwealth Shakespeare
Bible Study, Daniel Sauermilch, FortyMagnolias Productions
Open House, Theresa Rebeck, Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Casting Amanda, Jack Neary, New Century Theatre
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