8 Tens @ 8 Short Play Festival
January 10 - February 9, 2020
The 25th 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!
Sixteen awarded short plays, from our annual international playwriting contest, are performed and directed by some of the best the Santa Cruz theatre community has to offer.
The Festival performs 8 short plays on "A" night, and 8 different plays on "B" night, running in rep.
“Brilliantly staged –
challenges your concept of
what a10-minute play can be”
– Good Times
2020 Festival Line-Up
"A" NIGHT
LIFE ON LAND
by Tom Sime. Director, Gerry Gerringer
THE ARGUMENT
by Seth Freeman. Director, MarNae Taylor
MORE THAN STINK
by Brian Spencer. Director, Jim Schultz
THE WINNER
by Lori Londigan. Director, Nat Robinson
WAKING UP
by Gail Borkowski. Director, Wilma Chandler
VANISHING BORDERS
by Elyce Melmon. Director, Buff McKinley
STRANDED TRAVELER
by Eric Thomas. Director, Kathie Kratochvil
UNCLE NUTTY ‘S FINAL DAYS
by William J. Royce. Director, Daria Troxell
"B" NIGHT
KNOTS
by Robert Moulthrop. Director, Brian Spencer
MEMORY OF US
by Mary Caroline Rogers. Director, Andrew Davids
COUNTING PEDESTALS
by Carlos Jerome. Directors, Noel Warwick & Suzanne Schrag
WHY GOD MADE BEGGARS
by Steve Koppman. Director, Marcus Cato
THE FISH POND
by Joe Lauinger. Director, Cathy Warner
FLORIDA
by Steven Doloff. Director, David Halper
THE NEXT IVAN SHARANSKY
by Jim Geoghan. Drector, Hannah Eckstein
PRESS PRAY
by Seth Freeman. Director, Miguel Reyna
“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
8 Tens @ 8 Festival