2nd Annual One Minute Play Festival Kicks Off Tonight

Actor's Express and the New York-based company, The One-Minute Play Festival (OMPF)announce their joint presentation of The 2nd Annual Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival, to be performed tonight, June 10th and the 11th, 2013 at 8pm. Following sold-out performances last season, this year's festival will be a larger, more inclusive, and more ambitious collaboration between Actor's Express and OMPF.

"I'm so glad to be back in Atlanta. Coming to town last year was the highlight of my OMPF experience. I have deep admiration for this community of artists," says Dominic D'Andrea, OMPF's Founder and Artistic Director. "Partnering with AE for the second time feels great. I think we are tapping into something with this group of artists that is pretty special. I can't wait to share it."

Tickets to The 2nd Annual Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival are $20 and are available online at www.actors-express.com or by calling 404-607-7496 (SHOW).

The 2nd Annual Atlanta One-Minute Play Festival will feature over 70 brand new One-Minute Plays by 40 playwrights from Atlanta's-and Georgia's-growing pool of exceptional contemporary writers, among them, some of the most important artistic voices in the nation.

"This killer project is literally a thrill-ride of theatre. Seeing 70 one-minute plays by playwrights from our region all on one night is mind-boggling - even as one experiences it, it's hard to imagine its coming together. But Dominic hits a home run every time," says Artistic Director Freddie Ashley. "We are honored to host the OMPF again at Actor's Express and hope you'll join us for this one-of-a-kind theatrical event. You won't regret it!"

Artists will be working on this emerging short form to explore the relationship of the individual voice to the zeitgeist of a specific region. The writers have several weeks to complete scripts, with the only stipulation being that they can be performed in one minute.

Playwrights are selected by invitation and asked to engage in OMPF's playmaking approach. Playwrights are encouraged to write about anything they are passionate about, and, as emerging themes or ideas become apparent, the plays are grouped into "clumps" to reflect those elements. Teams of directors and actors work to stage each clump of plays. And the result: 70 fully mounted plays, all staged with 4 chairs.

This Festival will feature work commissioned by: Topher Nixon Payne, Margaret Baldwin, Addae Moon, Gabrielle Fulton, Pamela Turner, Theroun Patterson, Karla Jennings, Neeley Gossett, Patricia Henritze, Steve Yockey, Lee Nowell, Phillip DePoy, Peter Hardy, Daryl Fazio, Hank Kimmel, Robin Seidman, Greg Carraway, Nick Boretz, Amina McIntyre, Doug Graham, Lisa Brathwaite, Paris Crayton III, Michael Haverty, Jon Ludwig, Vynnie Meli, Grant McGowan, Suehyla El-Attar, Marki Shalloe, Nathaniel Lachenmayer, Ralph Del Rosario, Megan Hayes, Mike Schatz, Travis Sharp, Matt Myers, Katie Grant Shalin, Jordan Pulliam, Sherri Denise Sutton, Michael Henry Harris, Gabriel Jason Dean, and more!

Directed by: Justin Anderson, Jaclyn Hofmann, Grant McGowen, Ellen McQueen, Sherri Denise Sutton, Veronika Duerr, Christina Hoff, and Nichole Palmietto.

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