BEGIN:VCALENDAR X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago PRODID:-//University of Iowa//Events 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T103834Z DTSTART:20220217T200000 SUMMARY:Ten-Minute Play Festival DESCRIPTION:Ten-Minute Play Festival\n By undergraduate playwrights\n\nFebruary 17\, 18\, 19 at 8:00 p.m.\n February 20 at 2:00 p.m.\n Alan MacVey Theatre\, UI Theatre Building\n\nThe University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts is proud to present the 25th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival. Join us for the premiere of these undergraduate playwright’s new works!\n\nThe Ten-Minute Play Festival features ten-minute productions that are written\, acted\, designed\, and run by undergraduate students. Support these students in a night that will have something for everyone.\n\nThere will also be a staged reading of select works at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday\, September 19.\n\nFESTIVAL PRODUCTIONS\n\nOffice Hours\n By Lola Knight\n Directed by Peter Lainson\n Two students have to meet with their film professor to discuss their "no audio no visual" project. Let's just say art is subjective.\n\nFlatline\n By Nat Payan\n Directed by Tyler Salow\n For most\, a trip to the emergency room is stressful but for Jack\, it’s a nightmare.\n This production contains depictions of mental illness and self-harm and will include loud flatline noises and the sound of vomiting.\n\nDave's Pizza\n Written and directed by Alice Doherty\n Everyone's favorite hometown restaurant is closing its doors forever due to COVID-19. It's the last day before the owner hands over the keys\, and there's not much to do besides reminisce and take shots in the kitchen. The unexpected arrival of a former coworker forces the last employees left to reckon with the darker side of the institution that was Dave's Pizza and decide where their loyalties lie–and whose story to believe.\n This production contains depictions of sexual assault.\n\nHow Many Marks\n By Tyler Salow\n Directed by Josie O’Neil\n When a boy is met by some otherworldly figures\, he is forced to come to terms with what he truly believes in.\n\nThe Writer Spends an Evening at Work\n Written and directed by Aly ShamburgThe Writer Spends an Evening at Work is a three person play about the creative process and one artist's love/hate relationship with what they've created.\n\nForest\n By Emma Schroeder\n Directed by Emelia Wenzel\n Through the seasons\, a school-obsessed girl learns to love the forest with the help of her nature-loving friend.\n\nSTAGED READINGS\n\nControl\n Written and directed by Demi Makeig\n What if you had a fully developed brain before you were even born\, in the womb? Control follows a being as they brace the traumatic journey into the world known as modern childbirth.\n\nSpeed Dating\n By Emelia Wenzel\n A night of speed dating does not go according to plan when an ice-breaker-hating bachelor meets some strange characters.\n\nMarley's\n By Elaina Irving\n Welcome to Marley’s! Marley’s has the best selection of groceries in town and you can’t beat our amazing prices. We have the world’s greatest staff and we totally all get along! Join us for a glimpse of small-town grocery store life and you might find that things are a bit more special than they seem.\n\nWhispers in the Fog\n By Aidan Schuttler \n Two friends reminisce and attempt to connect before one leaves for the other side of the country.\n\n3 bells\, 2 twins\, 1 wish\n By Jivani Rodriguez\n As they move forward and backward in time\, two twins struggle to belong.\n This reading contains discussion of death via electric chair.\n\nThe Other Side\n By Tyler Salow\n A simple farmhand dreams of life away from the farm.\n\nTickets:\n Tickets for the Ten-Minute Play Festival are available in the Theatre Building lobby one hour before show time.\n Tickets are free for University of Iowa students (with a valid ID) and $5 for general admission.\n\n\nhttps://events.uiowa.edu/53056 LOCATION:Theatre Building\, \, 200 North Riverside Drive\, Iowa City\, IA 52242 UID:edu.uiowa.events-prod-53056 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Ten-Minute Play Festival
\n By undergraduate playwrights
February 17\, 18\, 19 at 8:00 p.m.
\n February 20 at 2:00 p.m.
\n Alan MacVey Theatre\, UI Theatre Building
The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts is proud to present the 25th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival. Join us for the premiere of these undergraduate playwright’s new works!
\n\nThe Ten-Minute Play Festival features ten-minute productions that are written\, acted\, designed\, and run by undergraduate students. Support these students in a night that will have something for everyone.
\n\nThere will also be a staged reading of select works at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday\, September 19.
\n\nFESTIVAL PRODUCTIONS
\n\nOffice Hours
\n By Lola Knight
\n Directed by Peter Lainson
\n Two students have to meet with their film professor to discuss their "no audio no visual" project. Let's just say art is subjective.
Flatline
\n By Nat Payan
\n Directed by Tyler Salow
\n For most\, a trip to the emergency room is stressful but for Jack\, it’s a nightmare.
\n This production contains depictions of mental illness and self-harm and will include loud flatline noises and the sound of vomiting.
Dave's Pizza
\n Written and directed by Alice Doherty
\n Everyone's favorite hometown restaurant is closing its doors forever due to COVID-19. It's the last day before the owner hands over the keys\, and there's not much to do besides reminisce and take shots in the kitchen. The unexpected arrival of a former coworker forces the last employees left to reckon with the darker side of the institution that was Dave's Pizza and decide where their loyalties lie–and whose story to believe.
\n This production contains depictions of sexual assault.
How Many Marks
\n By Tyler Salow
\n Directed by Josie O’Neil
\n When a boy is met by some otherworldly figures\, he is forced to come to terms with what he truly believes in.
The Writer Spends an Evening at Work
\n Written and directed by Aly Shamburg
The Writer Spends an Evening at Work is a three person play about the creative process and one artist's love/hate relationship with what they've created.
Forest
\n By Emma Schroeder
\n Directed by Emelia Wenzel
\n Through the seasons\, a school-obsessed girl learns to love the forest with the help of her nature-loving friend.
STAGED READINGS
\n\nControl
\n Written and directed by Demi Makeig
\n What if you had a fully developed brain before you were even born\, in the womb? Control follows a being as they brace the traumatic journey into the world known as modern childbirth.
Speed Dating
\n By Emelia Wenzel
\n A night of speed dating does not go according to plan when an ice-breaker-hating bachelor meets some strange characters.
Marley's
\n By Elaina Irving
\n Welcome to Marley’s! Marley’s has the best selection of groceries in town and you can’t beat our amazing prices. We have the world’s greatest staff and we totally all get along! Join us for a glimpse of small-town grocery store life and you might find that things are a bit more special than they seem.
Whispers in the Fog
\n By Aidan Schuttler
\n Two friends reminisce and attempt to connect before one leaves for the other side of the country.
3 bells\, 2 twins\, 1 wish
\n By Jivani Rodriguez
\n As they move forward and backward in time\, two twins struggle to belong.
\n This reading contains discussion of death via electric chair.
The Other Side
\n By Tyler Salow
\n A simple farmhand dreams of life away from the farm.
Tickets:
\n Tickets for the Ten-Minute Play Festival are available in the Theatre Building lobby one hour before show time.
\n Tickets are free for University of Iowa students (with a valid ID) and $5 for general admission.