Short Attention Span Horror Festival Runs Oct. 11-28

The Shortened Attention Span Horror Festival will begin on October 11 and continue through October 28 at The Players Loft, 115 Mac Dougal Street in Greenwich Village.  The festival will present 18 plays running under 30 minutes each over 3 weekends.  Each week the audience will select a favorite with the three winning short horror plays to be presented in the 199 seat Players Theatre on Halloween, October 31.

In June The Players Theatre produced the first Shortened Attention Span Festival, presenting 20 plays under 20 minutes by 18 different authors.   Producers Carlo Rivieccio and Christy Benanti presented 4 different programs during the 4 week Festival.

The performance schedule for the October 11 - 28 Shortened Attention Span Horror Festival is Thursdays through Saturday at 8 PM with matinees Sundays at 3 PM.  $17 tickets are available through www.theatermania.com.  The performance schedule is:

Week 1: Oct. 11 - 14
Performances: Thursday – Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 3 PM            

America's Next Most Wanted by Robert W. McMaster, Jon Ospa and June Rachelson-Ospa 
Left Turn at Fresh Kills by Stewart Rudy and Julia Susman
Trees Like Nails by Will Snider              
Neverwonderland by Bob Ost              
Pulled Pork by Ernest Curcio              

Week 2: Oct. 18 - 21
Performances: Thursday – Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 3 PM

Visionary by Barbara Ann Rollins        
A Morning in May by Rosemary Frisino Toohey  
Why Vampire Musicals Suck by Michael Tester      
A Story from Abeyance by Kyle Bradstreet          
The Pedicure by H.E. Turner               
The Horror by Don Bapst              

Week 3: Oct. 25 - 28
Performances: Thursday – Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 3 PM

Merging by Charles Messina              
The Cliff Thing by Christopher Buckley          
Penny Luck by Donald Kingston              
In Sheep's Clothing by Jerrod Bogard              
The Death Card by Mim Granahan              
The Car by Jonathan Galvez              
Little Mouse by Carlo Rivieccio      

There will be a Special Performance on Halloween, October 31 at 6 PM featuring the most popular play selected each week by the audience.

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