10 By 10 in the Triangle

10 Plays! 10 Minutes! 10 Actors!

“Hands-down, the best short-play festival in the country.”  ~ Mike Folie, Playwright.

The 10 By 10 Festival in the Triangle is The ArtsCenter’s international festival of new, 10-minute plays. The 10th installment of theatrical shorts brings to the Triangle the very best of the increasingly popular 10-minute format.

Over 900 scripts were submitted from all over the world and the final 10 plays selected for this year's production are truly works of art.

From super heroes to Greek gods, Hamlet to guardian angels, this year's plays examine everything form relationships, to family dynamics, job security, the meaning of life and life at the end of the world.

10 By 10 2011 features world and regional premieres from playwrights all over the United States including Alaska, California, Texas, Iowa, Ohio, Rhode Island, New York, Georgia as well as two from right here in the Triangle, Ian Finley and John Paul Middlesworth.  Not only in John Paul a Chapel Hill man, he is also a member of the Playwrights Roundtable, The ArtsCenter’s resident playwrights lab. 10 By 10 is, after all, international theatre at its most local. 

All 10 plays offer the audience a riveting, surprising, and unforgettable experience; all in less than 10 minutes. Get your seats courtside for these feats of theatricality!

Guest Directors: Jeff Aguiar, Chris Chiron, Leslie Cloninger, Mark Filiaci, Carolyn McDaniel, Sylvia Mallory, Meredith Sause, Jeri Lynn Schulke..

The Ensemble: Chris Chiron, Kelsey Didion, Matt Garner, Susannah Hough, Kelsey Kallang-Wang, Alphonse Nicholson, Brook North, Page Purgar, Ros Schwartz, Geraud Staton.