5th Annual CHICAGO ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL Set for the Den Theatre This Weekend

The One-Minute Play Festival (Dominic D'Andrea, Producing Artistic Director and Caitlin Wees, Associate Producer) in association with The Den Theatre, is pleased to present the 5th Annual CHICAGO ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL playing two nights only tonight, April 29 and tomorrow, April 30, 2015 at 8 pm at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. Tickets, priced at $20, are currently available at 1mpf.brownpapertickets.com.

The 5th Annual CHICAGO ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL will showcase a marathon of one-minute plays by nearly 60 established and emerging Chicago playwrights, commissioned for the Festival and prompted by #1MPF's unique playmaking process.

The Festival will feature works by Brooke Allen, Axel Arth, Andrew Bailes, Scott T. Barsotti, Dani Bryant, Manny Buckley, Dan Caffrey, EJ "Liz" Calvert, Megan Carney, Lonnie Carter, David Cerda, Rachel Claff, Kristiana Colon, Reginald Edmond, Dana Lynn Formby, Kimberly D. Furgason, Kate Healy, Addison Heimann, Scott Hermes, Andrew Hinderaker, Reeny Hofrincher, Ebony Joy, Dan Ker-Horbert, Carolyn Krass, Nambi E. Kelley, Jenni Lamb, Barb Lhota, Evan Linder, Arlene Malinowski, Patrick McLean, Kim Morris, Laura Nessler, Coya Paz, Francesca Peppiatt, Shawn Pfautsch, Mallory Primm, Ellie Reed, Jana Ross, Jennifer Rumberger, Edgar Sanchez, Jenny Seidelman, Jessy Lauren Smith, Steve Spencer, Jon Steinhagen, Tiffani Swalley, Robert Tenges, Leean Kim Torske, Juan Francisco Villa, Adam Webster, Julia Weiss, Tony Werner and others.

Directors include Taylor Bailey, Erica Barnes, Sydney Chatman, Patrice Foster, Jason Gerace, Brea Hayes, Thrisa Hodits, Lexi Saunders, Lee Stark, Juan Francisco Villa and Scott Weinstein.

"I'm just thrilled to be working with our new collaborators at the Den Theatre," comments #1MPF Producing Artistic Director Dominic D'Andrea. "To see the festival grow to include sixty playwrights, a dozen directors, and scores of actors is just thrilling. The wonderful thing about doing this work in Chicago is that collective community investigation into who we are in this moment, what we care about, and where we might be going. This cohort of writers took the opportunity to really engage in the investigation, so audiences will be in for a true look at where we are right now. That's exciting to share!," adds D'Andrea.

About the Festival

THE ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL (#1MPF) is America's largest and longest running short form theatre company, founded by Producing Artistic Director, Dominic D'Andrea. #1MPF is a social barometer project, which investigates the zeitgeist of different communities through dialogue and consensus building sessions and a performance of 70-100 short moments. #1MPF works in partnership with theatres sharing playwright, educational, or community-specific missions across the country. The aim is to create locally sourced playwright-focused community events, with the goal of promoting the spirit of radical inclusion. #1MPF represents playwrights of different age, gender, race, cultures and points of career. The work attempts to reflect the theatrical landscape of local artistic communities by creating a dialogue between the collective conscious and the individual voice.

In each city, #1MPF works with partnering organizations to identify programs or initiatives in each community to support with the proceeds from ticket sales. The goal is to find ways give directly back to the artists in each community. Supported programs have ranged from educational programming, youth poetry projects, theatre program in prisons, playwright residencies and memberships, playwrights salaried commissions, community access projects, arts workshops and other social and artistic initiatives.

Annual partnerships have been created with theaters in over 20 cities including: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Trenton, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Boston, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, Dallas, Austin, Indianapolis, Anchorage, Honolulu and more, with partnering institutions like Primary Stages, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Second Stage Uptown, New Georges at New York City Center, Z-Space, Victory Gardens Theater, Cornerstone Theatre Company, The Playwrights Foundation, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Actor's Express, InterAct Theatre, Mixed Blood & Walking Shadow Theatre, Passage Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Salvage Vanguard & ScriptWorks, ACT Seattle, Perseverance Theatre, Round House Theatre, Honolulu Theatre For Youth and others.

Notable #1MPF contributors have included: David Henry Hwang, Neil LaBute, Tina Howe, Donald Margulies, Nilaja Sun, Lydia Diamond, Phillip Kan Gotanda, Kristoffer Diaz, Rajiv Joseph, Sam Hunter, Karen Hartman, José Rivera, Craig Lucas, Mike Daisey, Greg Kotis, Michael John Garcés, & close to 1,000 celebrated, emerging, and midcareer playwrights. For more information, visit www.oneminuteplayfestival.com.

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