Play In A Day Returns Feb. 17

Six professional Washington, D.C. area theatre companies will write, direct, rehearse and perform original plays based on similar themes in only 24 hours. The plays will be presented at the 14th annual Play In A Day, a one-of-a-kind event produced by the Bethesda Urban Partnership and Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 8pm at Imagination Stage, located at 4908 Auburn Avenue in downtown Bethesda.

Play In A Day kicks off on Friday evening, February 16th where playwrights and directors will come together to receive their assigned themes and props. Playwrights then work through the night to create their ten-minute masterpieces. As the sun comes up, rehearsals begin as teams of directors and actors prepare anxiously to make the 8pm performance deadline on Saturday, February 17, 2018.

Participating theatre companies include: Adventure Theatre MTC (Glen Echo, MD); Flying V (Bethesda, MD); Imagination Stage (Bethesda, MD); The Keegan Theatre (Washington, D.C.); Olney Theatre Center (Olney, MD) and Rorschach Theatre (Washington, D.C.).

General admission tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at www.bethesda.org. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door beginning at 7pm. Free parking is available next door in the Auburn Avenue/Del Ray Avenue public garage.

Cash prizes will be awarded to the theatre companies that are selected for Best Writing, Best Direction, Best Acting/Ensemble and Best Use of Prop. These prizes will be awarded by this year's accredited judges: Patrick Pearson, Director of Artistic Programming at Ford's Theatre; Joanna "Jojo" Ruf, Managing Director of The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University and Isaiah Wooden, director-dramaturg and Assistant Professor at American University.

The mission of the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District, Inc., 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is to create and implement arts and entertainment projects that contribute to the artistic, cultural and economic growth of downtown Bethesda. For more information, please call 301/215-6660 or visit www.bethesda.org.

Established by Montgomery County in 1994, the Bethesda Urban Partnership, Inc. (BUP) has grown from two full-time staff members to more than 35 employees working in maintenance, marketing, transportation management and administration. In its 21-year operation, BUP created Bethesda Transportation Solutions (BTS) in 2000, established the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District in 2002, took over management of the Bethesda Circulator in 2006, and opened Gallery B in 2011 and Studio B in 2014. For a closer look, please visit www.bethesda.org.

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