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Potsdam presenting Ten-Minute Play Festival Nov. 17-20

Posted 11/16/16

POTSDAM -- SUNY Potsdam's Department of Theatre and Dance presents its annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, featuring works directed, designed and performed by students, from Nov. 17 to Nov. 20 in the …

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Potsdam presenting Ten-Minute Play Festival Nov. 17-20

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POTSDAM -- SUNY Potsdam's Department of Theatre and Dance presents 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.

Evening performances will be offered Nov. 17 and 18, at 7:30 p.m., and there will be two matinees, at 2 p.m. on Nov. 19 and 20. All performances are presented in the Black Box Theatre, 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.

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

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 will be followed by a 20-minute question and answer session with the directors, designers and actors.

To reserve free tickets, call 267-2556. Tickets will be available at the door one hour before the performance. The Black Box Theatre is ADA accessible.