SEASON 33 - 2026
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The Ten-Minute Play Festival is BACK in 2026. This year's theme is "Blast from the Past."
This year’s playwrights were challenged to interpret the theme “Blast from the Past!” The winning pieces offer a dynamic, thought-provoking, and often hilarious look at how history, memory, and nostalgia shape our present and future.
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Dates
Previews:
Saturday, October 3rd
Sunday, October 4th
Friday October 9th
Opening Night:
Saturday, October 10th
Shows:
Fridays & Saturdays @ 8 pm
Sunday @ 3 pm
through November 1st
(no show on Halloween)
THE PLAYS!
AULD LANG SYNE
by Dan Borengasser
directed by Soda Persi
A woman and two men attend their 50th high school reunion and discover that, apparently, some auld acquaintance can't be forgot.
Dan Borengasser
Playwright
Playwright
Terry Woodberry
Blake Carter
Blake Carter
William Warren
Jack Hammond
Jack Hammond
Soda Persi
Director
Director
Stirling Bradley
Blake Carter
Blake Carter
Michelle Holmes
Liz Billings
AURORA HEIGHTS
by DeLane McDuffie
directed by Jaimyon Parker
A lonely outcast returns home looking for redemption, forgiveness, and his old life back.
DeLane McDuffie
Playwright
Playwright
Jaimyon Parker
Director
Director
William Warren
Petros
Jack Hammond
Joey Swift
Lou
Stephanie Beverly
Gabby
DOLLHOUSE
written and directed
by Kimba Henderson
A young black woman is reminded why protesting is so important.
Kimba Henderson
Playwright & Director
Playwright & Director
Justeen Butler
Deja
Stephanie Beverly
Brenda
Joey Swift
Gary
FIRST DATE
by Paul Bowman
directed by Phone Tha
A couple who have been married a long time misremember their first encounter.
Paul Bowman
Playwright
Michele Tannen
Emily
Jennifer Quillen
Young Emily
Phone Tha
Director
Mack Miles
Harold
Hajj Raquan
Young Harold
HENRY’S EPITAPH
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."
Jalen McKoy
Playwright
Daphne Jones
Ma
Kimba Henderson
Director
Playwright & Director
Mansa Wakili
Junior
Zuri Starks
Riri
LIZZIE BORDEN GETS ENGAGED
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.
Ellen Abrams
Playwright
Tamara Koltes
Lizzie
Nick Di Cola
Zeke
Veronica Thompson
Director
Sarah Bauer
Lizzie
Cairo Spencer
Solomon
Joey Swift
Lester
MY HOUSE
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.
Gail Thornton Borkowski
Playwright
Xanxan Beneche
Director
Joahn Webb
Maw Maw
Hajj Raquan
E.C.
THE TEA TEST
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.
Seth Freeman
Playwright
Veronica Thompson
Director
De Ann Marie Odom
Emma
Kimberly Trew
Maude
UNDETECTED
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.
JP Rapozo
Playwright
Nick Di Cola
Patrick
Phone Tha
Director
Cairo Spencer
Simeon
Daphne Jones
Leilani
WASTED
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.
Bara Swain
Playwright
Zuri Starks
Dorothy Johnson
Xanxan Beneche
Director
De Ann Marie Odom
Gwen Johnson