The 12th 10 Minute Play Festival and 1st Film Festival were an AUDIENCE HIT!
Photography: Vincent Ybanez
10 Minute Play & Film Festival
10 Minute Plays
The One-of-a-Kind Audience Favorite is BACK!
The festival took place October 6th - 22nd
at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood.
Friday Night Films
ACT ONE
Something Borrowed
When Edith finds out what her best friend borrowed from her neighbor, she must do everything she can to stop Bessie Mae from going forward with her insane idea! If not stopped, Bessie Mae’s life as she knows it will end!
Playwright: Laurie Allen
Director: Raf Mauro
Playwright
Fern and Cliff
Fern reconnects with her oldest son, Cliff, whom she gave up for adoption.
Playwright: Leda Siskind
Director: Nancy Davis
Playwright
Frankentherapy
The Creature has reached a turning point in his eternal life.
Playwright: Dan Taube
Director: JP Rapozo
Playwright
Double Feature
A man and a woman enter a movie theater and sit behind another couple. One is the dead husband of the woman and the other is the dead wife of the man.
Playwright: Chuck Smith
Director: JP Rapozo
Playwright
Stain
Dave is excitedly trying to prepare for his Ku Klux Klan meeting.
Playwright: Oded Gross
Director: Nancy Davis
ACT TWO
Slave Trade
An abusive businessman gets his comeuppance from his streaming device.
Playwright: Ian Patrick Williams
Director: Twon Marcel Pope
Playwright
That Sweet D
On a crowded train, a young woman is crammed shoulder-to-shoulder with an older gentleman, who engages her out of the blue.
Playwright: Asa Somers
Director: Elana Luo
Playwright
Little Red Handed
Red has come back to Granny's house, but she's not so little anymore... and she has an agenda.
Playwright: Aly Kantor
Director: Twon Marcel Pope
Playwright
Soar Spot
If an abuser had a Greatest Hits album, it would include such scintillating singles as "Diss You Much," "Keep on Shoving You," and "You Can't Stop the Beatdown." Except the women at the Safe House can and did. But will they stop listening to their setbacks' soundtracks and keep listening to their own, much more mellifluous voices?
Playwright: Allison Fradkin
Director: Elana Luo
Playwright
The Blue Panda
Will Betsy teach the unruly guests some manners? Or will... The Blue Panda?
Playwright: Madeline Puccioni
Director: Nancy Davis
Playwright
Production Team
Festival Director & TST Artistic Director & Producer & Casting
Costume Design
Set & Light Design & Technical Director
Sound Design
Projection Design
Production Manager
Publicity
Publicity
Social Media
Associate Producer
Stage Manager
Stage Manager
Stage Manager & Assistant Technical Director
Stage Managers
Production/Admin
Production/Admin
Not Pictured
Grady Florio
Videographer & Stage Manager
Vincent Ybanez
Production Photography
OCTOBER 6TH
James
A mother is confronted with her daughter's secret admission and must decide whether to follow her head or heart.
Written by Tanisha Williams
Directed by Valaira Sa-Ra
Blank Canvas
A visual artist, works on reclaiming herself despite her depression threatening to pull her back in.
Co-written & Co-Directed by Jacqueline Castañeda & Jose Alejandro Hernandez, Jr.
One of The Guys
A snapshot in the lives of a once tight-knit, and now growing apart, friend group of musical collaborators. When a studio session turns chaotic, it brings about a shocking revelation for the sole woman in the group.
Written & Directed by
LaChelle Chrysanne Watson
Amy & Neil
In this short 90's comedy, a young couple discuss gender roles & societal expectations on date night!
Written by DeLane McDuffie
Directed by Twon Pope
OCTOBER 13TH
Getaway
A single mother reconsiders her life in the U.S. when she vacations in her Jamaican hometown with her young son.
Written by Malaika Paquoit
Directed by Stephanie Malson
Ghostbusters Inc.
A Ghostbuster Engineer tests his trap on his colleague and is unprepared for what could go wrong.
Written by Estrella Esparaza-Johnson
Directed by Grady Fiorio
Vita
An actress is challenged with believing in herself.
Written & Directed by Callie Haun
We Can Move Mountains Together
*In Memoriam Tribute*
Two people find love amid a World Pandemic.
Written & Directed by Odell Ruffin
OCTOBER 20TH
The Nest
A mother is faced with finding herself again after her daughter leaves the nest.
Written by Kiziana Jean-Louis
Directed by Jammie Patton
Picture This
A Hollywood Talent Manager tries to hold onto his number one client.
Written & Directed by
Matt Winters & Andrew Essig
Blue Eye Shadow
A Man recounts his family's childhood memories and discovers his brother’s secret.
Written by Eddrick Jerome
Directed by Terrance Ivory
The Three Phases of Isa
Isa and Stephan, who met while Isa was a freshman in college, have been married for twenty-one years; a marriage riddled with domestic abuse. Tonight, on their twenty-first year anniversary another altercation ensues. This time leaving Isa to fight for dear life. In a moment of mental escapism, she confronts the younger versions of herself attempting to gain the freedom she desperately seeks.
Written by Mildred Marie Langford
Directed by Andi Chapman