Eight plays in one night at Theatre UAB’s Festival of 10-Minute Plays

See eight exciting, original plays in one night when the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Theatre presents its eighth annual Festival of 10-Minute Plays Sept. 22-26, 2010.

  August 26, 2010

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - See eight exciting, original plays in one night when the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Theatre presents its eighth annual Festival of 10-Minute Plays Sept. 22-26, 2010.

The festival will kick off the department's 40th anniversary season. This year's festival theme is "If You Could See Behind My Mask. . ." Assistant Professor Lee Shackleford, M.F.A., Theatre UAB's resident playwright, produces the festival, and the plays are created by his students. These plays are just like plays of conventional length but with fewer characters, little to no scenery or set, and performed in 10 minutes or less.

This year's festival plays are "How to Solve the World's Problems" by Darlena Garner, "Operation First Day" by Shan H. Sheikh, "Questionable Existence" by Victoria Ward, "Stuck" by Amanda Oliver, "Socially Acceptable" by Ashley Reiners, "Quitting Time" by Peter Krothapali, "Love/Sick" by Daniel Martin and "What Kind of Day Has it Been?" by Alex LaFosta and Alana Jordan.

Theatre UAB's Festival of Ten-Minute Plays will happen at 7:30 p.m. each night Sept. 22, 24 and 25 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, in UAB's Alys Stephens Center Odess Theatre, 1200 10th Ave. South. All tickets are $3. The plays may contain adult language and themes. Call 205-975-2787 for tickets.

About the UAB Department of Theatre

The UAB Department of Theatre has won the highest honors awarded to university theaters, including best in region from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). In 2008, UAB's production of "In the Blood" was one of three shows chosen by KCACTF from 300 in consideration nationwide. Faculty members in the department continue to work professionally in addition to teaching. UAB Theatre performances are presented at the Alys Stephens Center, UAB's own world-class performing arts center. This year the department celebrates its 40th anniversary. It is part of the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, home to academic disciplines that include the arts, humanities, sciences and the School of Education.