Shortened Attention Span Announces One Act Festival

Right on the heels of their Sold-Out Baseball Festival, Shortened Attention Span announces their Second Annual One Act Festival. The Shortened Attention Span will showcase the writings of twenty up and coming writers over four weeks.The plays deal with a wide range of topics from Blind dates gone wrong, a struggling writer whose characters fight him to the horrors of cohabitation and the results of God walking into a bar. This festival will feature the premiere of Because You Should from Concetta Rose Rella.  Ms. Rella's play Mama's Boys was the recipient of the Audience Favorite Award at the Shortened Attention Span Baseball Festival.

This June, Shortened Attention Span will produce Twenty Original Short Plays in four separate programs.  The festival will again be held at The Players Loft in The Players Theatre, 115 Macdougal St, NY, NY 10012.  Thursdays-Sundays (Thursday-Saturday @ 8pm, Sundays @ 3pm).

 
Tickets are available at www.TheaterMania.com , or call 866-811-4111. Tickets are $18.00. You can also call The Players Theatre at 212-475-1449 to confirm availability for tickets at the door on the day of the show.

 
The First Program, from June 5th to June 8th features:  

 
Attention Must Be Paid by: Bob Ost.
What happens when an oft-scorned actress decides enough is enough?

 
I Love You, Billy Trame by: Matt Pepitone
Two writers struggle to come up with ideas for a certain short play festival.  Theatrical Montage included!

 
Brooklyn Does Not Want You by Warren Schultz
The Story of a dramatic reunion of a couple separated by 9/11.  As they meet, secrets are revealed as they recognize it's not easy to go back to the past.

 
God Walks Into a Bar or: What is This, Some Kind Of Joke? By: Jerry Lazar
For every Joke Jerry Tells, God will answer a question about the world, but does Jerry really want the answers?

 
Pointless by: Paul Guyet
'Pointless' is a collection of inaccessibly accessible comedic vignettes created by Paul M. Guyet with the gracious help of others.

 
The Second Program, from June 12th-15th features:

 
You'll Let Me Know by: RoseMarie Hester        
Half siblings meet as the man seeks to reunite with their absent father.  Although they quickly forge the makings of a friendship, the woman resists her brother's plans, leaving him to make the decision on his own.

 
Cranes by: James Fauvell
Two strangers save each other for a brief moment in an NYC art gallery.

 
More Time by: Aliza Einhorn
A Tarot Card reader with a very busy love-life gets some ghostly advice from her Bubby.

 
Chemistry by: Jonathan Emont.
A blind date that goes terribly wrong.  

 
The Gay Agenda by: Mich Bucey and Nicholas Williams
The Gay Agenda concocts disjointed showstoppers and mangled love ballads

The Penultimate week, which runs from June 19th- 22nd will showcase:

Lox Atop The Lincoln Tunnel by: Tom Bruett
When a son shows up for his routine visit with his mother we see the humor, love and enlightenment that is these people.   And as always, real life wouldn't be complete with out a bump and twist along the way.

 
The Shocker Show by: Emily Paul
When Dana gets the chance to meet her Rock Star hero, she's reminded to put her energy into what's most important to her.

 
Because You Should by: Concetta Rose Rella
Isabella and Joey are expecting.  Why is marriage the "next step" for some and who makes that decision?

 
The Music Room by: Elizabeth Bove
There was something off key about the music room.  At least that's Mrs. Lamb thought…

 
Ryders Block by: Alan Gordon
Two writers struggle to overcome a deadline…and writers block!

 
The final week presented runs from June 26th-29th and features:

 
Theft by: Jerrod Bogard
Psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Featherstone spent his whole life getting inside other people's heads. He should have spent more time inside his own.

 
Mating The Black Widow by: Greg Lo Proto
The Black Widow is a romantic comedy, with murder.  A parable for anyone who thought they could never find someone to love.

 
Three Days in May by: Jason Grossman                  
Heavenly bliss turns into codependency hell over the first three days of cohabitation.

 
Episode by: Mim Granahan
A woman finds herself in a Mental Ward with no Idea how she got there.

Working Title by: Jon Ospa
A writer wrestles with the characters in his screenplay.  Who will take control of the written word?

Shortened Attention Span was founded by Carlo Rivieccio and Christy Benanti in 2007 as a means for up and coming writers to develop their craft and have their worked fully performed in front of an audience.

Tickets are available at www.TheaterMania.com , or call 866-811-4111. Tickets are $18.00. You can also call The Players Theatre at 212-475-1449 to confirm availability for tickets at the door on the day of the show. For more information on the Festival, please go to: www.ShortenedAttentionSpan.com.

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