Ten-Minute Play Festival Returns to SUNY Potsdam Stage

POTSDAM, NY (11/10/2016)(readMedia)-- SUNY Potsdam's Department of Theatre and Dance will present its annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, featuring works directed, designed and performed by students, from Nov. 17 to Nov. 20 in the College's Performing Arts Center.

Student directors and designers in their respective introductory classes have been leaders in all aspects of this artistic process throughout the fall semester. The Ten-Minute Play Festival is the culmination of their learning and development.

Faculty advisors for the festival include Todd Canedy (design), Tom Grabowski (lighting design) and Joshua Vink (directing).

Evening performances will be offered on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 17 and 18, at 7:30 p.m., and there will be two matinees, to be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 19 and 20. All performances will be presented in the Black Box Theatre, located in the SUNY Potsdam Performing Arts Center.

The Ten-Minute Play Festival is free, and the public is invited to attend. Please be advised that some plays contain content which is suitable for mature audiences only.

This year's festival is divided into two programs.

Program A will be presented on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m., and on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 2 p.m., featuring:

• "Gray Matter" by Jeanette D. Farr, directed by Thomas Rubin,
• "Late Arrival" by Theresa Redbeck, directed by Makenzie Cuozzo,
• "Realer Than That" by Kitt Lavoie, directed by Ryan Tracy,
• "Eating Out" by Marcia Dixcy, directed by Evan Lashbrooks,
• "Mere Mortals" by David Ives, directed by Hannah Merrell and
• "The FQ" by Andrew Heinz, directed by Erin Hunziker.

Program B will be presented on Friday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m., featuring:

• "Valentine's Play" by Jenny Lyn Bader, directed by Ashley Scicchitano,
• "Tape" by Jose Rivera, directed by Julian Goldenberg,
• "Bone China" by K. Alexa Mavromatis, directed by Victoria DiViesti,
• "The Curator" by Jennifer Diamond, directed by Joanna Battersby,
• "Zealot" by Julie Marie Myatt, directed by Anthony Ward,
• Three scenes from "Stop Kiss" by Diana Son, directed by Reese Reed and
• "Electric Roses" by David Howard, directed by James Gillick.

The afternoon performances on Nov. 19 and 20 will be followed by a 20-minute question and answer session with the directors, designers and actors. All are welcome to stay to enjoy this event.

To find out more about the Ten-Minute Play Festival or to reserve free tickets, please call the Department of Theatre and Dance at (315) 267-2556. Tickets will be available at the door one hour before the performance.

The Black Box Theatre is ADA accessible.

The Ten Minute Play Festival is produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

From directing, choreographing, acting and dancing, to designing and technical work, theatre and dance are highly collaborative art forms at SUNY Potsdam. Students and professionals engage in creative problem solving, requiring the setting and meeting of long-term goals, and the analysis and understanding of movement and dramatic literature. For more information about SUNY Potsdam's Department of Theatre and Dance, visit www.potsdam.edu/theatre.

Founded in 1816, The State University of New York at Potsdam is one of only three arts campuses in the entire SUNY system. SUNY Potsdam's arts curriculum offers the full palette: music, theatre, dance, fine arts and creative writing. No matter the discipline, people from all backgrounds can find their creative compass at Potsdam, with myriad arts immersion experiences available for both campus and community.

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