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The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) & Plays and Players Theater Present
THE 3rd ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2ND
MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH
ALL PERFORMANCES AT 8PM
AT The Main Stage at PLAYS AND PLAYERS THEATER
1714 Delancey Pl
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tickets are $20
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Featuring Brand New One-Minute Plays by:
Seth Bauer, Barbara Bellman, BJ Burton, Joe Byers, Rufus Caleb, Matt Casarino, Jim Christy, Mark Costello, Joy Cutler, Bill D’Agostino, Chris Davis, Alex Dreman, Darin Dunston, Quinn Eli, Jeremy Gable, Jacqueline Goldfinger, Susan Goodell, Brian Grace-Duff, Katherine Clark Gray, Lindsay Harris-Friel, Michael Hollinger, Robert Kangas, MJ Kaufman, Sharon Kling, Tim Martin, Susan McQuilkin, Greg Nanni, Erlina Ortiz, David Robson, Seth Rozin, Kristen Scatton, Ed Shockley, Samuel Toll, Bruce Walsh, Davey White, Douglas Williams, & Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon
Plays Directed by:
Nick Anselmo, Leigh E. Bicica, Carly Bodnor, John Doyle, Amber Emory, Christina Franklin, Christine Freije, Craig Getting, Kristen Hammond, & Sarah Mitteldorf
Curated by:
Dominic D’Andrea & Caitlin Wees
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The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) America’s largest and longest running short form theatre company, founded by Producing Artistic Director, Dominic D’Andrea .#1MPF is barometer project, which investigates the zeitgeist of different communities through dialogue and consensus building sessions and a performance of many moments. #1MPF works in partnership with theatres sharing playwright or community-specific missions across the country. #1MPF creates locally sourced playwright-focused community events, withthe goal of promoting the spirit of radical inclusion by representing local cultures of playwrights of different age, gender, race, cultures, andpoints of career. The work attempts to reflect the theatrical landscape of local artistic communities by creating a dialogue between the collective conscious and the individual voice.
In each city, #1MPF works with partnering organizations to identify programs or initiatives in each community to support with the proceeds from the work. The goal is to find ways give directly back to the artists in each community. Supported programs have ranged from educational programming, youth poetry projects, teaching artists working in prisons, playwright residencies and memberships, and community arts workshops.
Annual partnerships have been created with theaters in close to 20 cities including: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Trenton, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Boston, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, Dallas, Austin, Indianapolis, Anchorage, and more, with partnering institutions like Primary Stages, Victory Gardens Theatre, Cornerstone Theatre Company, The Playwrights Foundation, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Actor’s Express, InterAct Theatre, Mixed Blood, Passage Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Kitchen Dog, Salvage Vanguard, ScriptWorks, ACT, Perseverance Theatre, and others.
Notable #1MPF contributors have included: David Henry Hwang, Neil LaBute, Tina Howe, Donald Margulies, Nilaja Sun, Lydia Diamond, Phillip Kan Gotanda, Kristoffer Diaz, Rajiv Joseph, Sam Hunter, Karen Hartman, José Rivera, Craig Lucas, Mike Daisey, Greg Kotis, Michael John Garcés, & close to 600 famous, emerging, and midcareer playwrights. For more information visit: www.oneminuteplayfestival.com
PLAYS AND PLAYERS THEATER has provided an “Off-Off-Broadway” atmosphere to Philadelphia theater patrons for 104 seasons, producing theater that reflects its community. As a coalition of theater artists and enthusiasts, Plays & Players strives to provide intelligent, inclusive and diverse plays that engage and entertain audiences, to invest in local talent, and to preserve its historic landmark home.