8 Tens @ 8 Short Play Festival
January 14 - February 6, 2022
The 26th annual 10-minute play festival is one of the most anticipated and popular events of the theatre season in Santa Cruz. Always a sell-out — get your tickets early!
Eighteen awarded short plays, from our annual International Short Playwriting and Young Playwrights' contests, are performed and directed by some of the best the Santa Cruz theatre community has to offer.
The Festival performs 9 short plays on "A" night, and 9 different plays on "B" night, running in rep.
“Brilliantly staged –
challenges your concept of
what a10-minute play can be”
– Good Times
2022 Festival Line-Up
"A" NIGHT
WONDER PEOPLE
by Madeline Puccioni. Directed by Hannah Eckstein
ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE ROBOTS?
by Dierdre Gerard. Directed by Gail Borkowski
ME AND HIM
by Michael John McGoldrick. Directed by Andrew Davids
NOBODY'S HERO
by Charles Anderson. Directed by Evan Hunt
FREE HUGS
by L. H. Grant. Directed by Marcus Cato
OLD AQUATICS
by Steven Kobar. Directed by Gerry Gerringer
TOGETHER AT LAST
by Stella Pfefferkorn (Youth Playwrights Festival Winner)
Directed by Kathie Kratochvil
KEW GARDENS
by James Armstrong. Directed by Bill Peters
GOD ON THE COUCH
by Dan O’Day. Directed by Peter Gelblum
"B" NIGHT
STRESS FOR SUCCESS
by Terrence Patrick Hughes. Directed by Kathie Kratochvil
GONE
by AJ Davey Ouse (Youth Playwrights Festival Winner) Directed by Andrew Ceglio
ROSA AND LEO
by Adam Szudrich. Directed by Jim Schultz
THE MALTESE WALTER
by John Minigan. Directed by Cathy Warner
DITMAS
by Glenn Alterman. Directed Helene Simkin Jara
THE CORIOLUS EFFECT
by Robert Lynn. Directed by Anita Natale
SLOW DATING
by Adam Szudrich. Directed by Buff McKinley
UNHEARD
by Glenn Alterman. Directed by Sarah Albertson
DRESS BLUES
by Donald J. Loftus. Directed by Karin Babbitt
“The Festival brings together playwrights, designers, directors and actors in exciting new works for the stage, each a brief window into a story, a life, a world that is always unexpected and original."
- Wilma Marcus Chandler
Founder & Artistic Director (retired)
8 Tens @ 8 Festival
Press Pray by Seth Freeman. Directed by Miguel Reyna. Featuring Ward Willats.
Press Pray by Seth Freeman. Directed by Miguel Reyna. Featuring Ward Willats.
The Argument by Seth Freeman. Directed by MarNae Taylor. Featuring Donna Johansen.
Press Pray by Seth Freeman. Directed by Miguel Reyna. Featuring Ward Willats.
8 Tens Festival Schedule
How the 8 Tens Festival
Became a Theatre Phenomenon
Read the Good Times cover story HERE
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