[NEohioPAL] 10-Minute play Festival NEXT weekend

[Janis Harcar]

Contact: Eileen Moushey

Telephone: 330-678-3893
Email: 10minuteplay at neo.rr.com

Contact: Christina Blosco

Telephone: 330-268-4631

Email: christina.blosco at gmail.com

 

Weathervane Playhouse to Present Second Annual Festival of 10 Minute Plays.

Eight Plays, Ten Minutes Each!

 

(July 5, 2012 - Akron, Ohio – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) Weathervane Playhouse presents its second annual 8x10 TheatreFest on July 13, 14, 15.  Playwrights from around the country submitted More than 150, 10 minute plays and eight finalists were chosen.  Those eight plays will be presented in three performances over TheatreFest weekend.  Guest judges will decide First and Second Place winners and audiences will choose a Fan Favorite. Winners will be announced and cash prizes awarded following Sunday’s matinee performance.   

 

This year’s special challenge for playwrights was to incorporate a special prop into their plays.  For 2012, this special prop was a vintage microphone. TheatreFest Coordinator, Eileen Moushey, believes audiences will be surprised and delighted by the clever ways that the mic is used in the plays.  “And,” she says, “that’s another way the audience will be directly involved – they will choose next year’s special prop!”  

 

Local playwright Christina Blosco of Norton is among the finalists and very excited to see the “premiere” of her play, Waiting for Baby. The birth of two daughters temporarily sidelined her teaching career – but they also provided her with additional “inspirations” for her play!   

 

The Eight Finalists for Weathervane’s 2012 8 x 10 TheatreFest

 

A Life-Time Warranty by Maureen Ann Connolly of Cumberland Foreside, ME

Duet In Platinum, by Allston James of NY, NY

Goodnight, Sweet Prince, by Barbara Bleier of NY, NY

How Dick & Jane Fell In Love by Lina Gallegos of Dallas, TX

Rules Of Comedy by Patricia Cotter of San Francisco, CA

The Bingo King by James Caputo of San Diego, CA

The Silver Bullet by Joe Lauinger of Ossining, NY

Waiting For Baby by Christina Blosco of Norton, OH

 

Guest Judges for Weathervane’s 2012 8 x 10 TheatreFest include:

 

Kerry Clawson, Akron Beacon Journal arts writer and theatre/dance critic.

 

David Ritchey, theater critic for The West-Side Leader and professor in the School of Communication in The University of Akron.

 

Mark Dawidziak, TV critic at the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the author of several non-fiction books, a novel and six plays.  

 

Bill O’Connor, retired reporter, columnist and theatre/movie critic for
the Akron Beacon Journal.

 

Russ Musarra, another Beacon Journal theatre alum and the writer and editor of several books about Akron’s history and neighborhoods.

 

 

8 x 10 TheatreFest Performance and Ticket Information

The Performances

Friday, July 13 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, July 14 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, July 15 at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets

$10 each

By phone: 330-836-2626

In person: 1301 Weathervane Lane in Akron

Online: www.weathervaneplayhouse.com.

 

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Weathervane Playhouse and its dedicated volunteers offer vital performing arts resources for the people of Northeastern Ohio. We create exciting and thought-provoking shows with impressive production values. Through educational programs and volunteer opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds, Weathervane serves the theater community, our patrons and our volunteers.

 

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, education excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.

 

Additional 2011-2012 season sponsors

89.7 WSKU-FM

OMNOVA Solutions Foundation

Sisler McFawn Foundation

Akron Community Foundation

Kenneth L. Calhoun Charitable Trust

The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation

Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation

 

 

Contact: Eileen Moushey

                10minuteplay at neo.rr.com

               330-678-3893

 

 

 

Janis Harcar
Director of Advancement
Weathervane Playhouse
330-836-2626 X16
jharcar at weathervaneplayhouse.com



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