10 short plays at every performance!

4th Annual
10-Minute Play Festival
JUNE 5-8, 2008

A ten-minute play is a streak of theatrical lightening. It doesn’t last long, but its power can stand your hair on end.
— Eric Lane, author of Take Ten

Playwrights from around the world entered Lakeshore's 4th annual 10-minute playwrighting contest. The criteria? All submitted plays had to be new (never before published or produced at time of submission), no longer than 10 minutes, with no more than five actors and minimal props. Our play reading committee spent months reading. Each play was evaluated, (without knowing the author's identity), by at least four readers. The votes were tallied and the field was narrowed to the best 40, then the best 20. We read those final 20 aloud and selected ten of the best comedies and dramas (listed below) to premiere at Lakeshore's Festival. Don’t miss this chance to see new short works by talented playwrights!

Tickets: $12 Regular, $10 Senior/Student

10-MINUTE PLAY CONTEST WINNERS FESTIVAL SHOWS

• Anniversary Party
  By Joan Anderson & Dorothy Sanders, Fort Worth, TX
  Directed by Brian Sherman
  Mother-in-laws plan a surprise anniversary party and a dead-on strategy for social life improvement. (Comedy)
  


• Bride on the Rocks
  By David Weiner, La Jolla, CA
  Directed by Michael Harrison
  A jilted bride contemplates her honeymoon. (Comedy)
  
  
• The Bus Driver’s Mother
  By S.R. Maxeiner, Jr., Edina, MN
  Directed by Connie Mills
  His first day driving a bus, and his first stop of the day, and who gets on? His mother! What is she doing here? (Comedy)


• Canyon’s Edge
  By Barbara Lindsay, Seattle, WA
  Directed by Doug Dally
  While making a long-postponed visit to the Grand Canyon, an elderly widower and his wife encounter a younger woman in the throes of a personal dilemma. (Drama)
  
  
• Encore
  By Joe Hendren, Mounds View, MN
  Directed by Joe Hendren
  A group of aging rock 'n roll superstars clash backstage and come face to face with the cost of fame and fortune. (Comedy)
  
  
• The Guests at Table 11
  By Isaac Rathbone, Brooklyn, NY
  Directed by Kevin Houle
  At a wedding of mutual friends, a man and woman awkwardly share a table and reveal a guilty secret. (Dramedy)
  
  
• How Much for the Head of Ted Williams
  By Tim Gage, Coon Rapids, MN
  Directed by Kevin Kennedy
  An eccentric businessman tries to sell a sports collector a rare piece of sports memorabilia. (Comedy)
  
  
• Inspiration
  By Haley Ofsthun, Littleton, MA
  Directed by Justin Cooke
  A struggling writer wrestles with her muse. (Comedy)
  
  
• This Seat Occupied
  By Susan Shafer & Ron Frankel, New York, NY
  Directed by Franklin Heller
  Will a boorish train conductor help a frantic passenger out of a locked restroom? (Comedy)
  
  
• Where Strawberries Come From
  Schatzie Schaefers, Anchorage, AK
  Directed by Claudia Haas
  In a world where fun and imagination are replaced with cell phones and text messaging, what's so great about growing up, anyway? (Drama)
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Performances

June 5, Thurs (8 pm)
>Limited Seating

June 6, Fri (8 pm)
>Limited Seating

June 7, Sat (2 pm)

June 7, Sat (8 pm)
>Limited Seating

June 8, Sun (2 pm)

June 8, Sun (5 pm)

Jenna Baker and Conlan Carter in Where Strawberries Come From

Shannon Maloney and Jean Anderson in Inspiration