Just a quickie
'10-Minute Play Festival' returns to DAC May 30-June 1

Got a short attention span or like a wide variety when you go to the theatre? You’re in luck. Durango’s 15th annual “10 Minute Play Festival” takes place May 30 – June 1 at the Durango Arts Center featuring seven 10-minute plays starring 17 local actors.

The plays were hand-picked by the Durango Arts Repertory Theatre, which is also putting on the production. The plays and a short synopsis of each follows: 

• “Life & Death & Crap” - Two butterflies discuss the meaning of life and death and crap, pretty much in that order. Directed by Vanessa Frank, written by Pam Dickler

• “The Shot Heard ‘Round” - Chaos ensues when an actress in a really bad play decides to stop the action and ask the audience what needs to be done to resolve the real drama being played out on stage, and thus spare both the cast and the attendees from any further suffering. What could go wrong? Directed by Wendy Ludgewait, written by Konrad Rogowski.

• “A Book by Any Other Cover” - Two lonely and unattached work colleagues are perfect for one another. .. if only they can change one thing about themselves. Directed by Wendy Ludgewait, written by David MacGregor.

• “Interplanetary Paul’s Divorce Spectacular” - Paul is having trouble processing his divorce on his own, so he gets a little help from his favorite sci-fi movie. Directed by Ashton Root, written by Marshall Logan Gibbs.

• “Cataclysm” - A young couple’s relationship comes to an abrupt end at the alleged request of their housecat. Directed by John Whitt, written by James Kelsey Nelson.

• “Not For Long” - A cup of coffee and a killer ending. Directed by Monica DiBiasio, written by M.J. Putnik.

• “The Worst Play Ever!” - During a staged reading about two Western cliches, two actors try valiantly to execute increasingly insane stage directions being read by the playwright. Directed by Monica DiBiasio, written by Brian Petti.

Shows takes place at 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., May 30-31, and at 2 p.m., Sun., June 1 at the Durango Arts Center, 802 E. 2nd Ave. Tickets are $20/adults, $15/students and available at: durangoarts.org