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Play In A Day
The clock ticks as six professional Washington, D.C. theaters are given just 24 hours to create 10-minute plays.
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 12th 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 20, 2016 at 8pm at Imagination Stage’s Lerner Theater.
Play In A Day kicks off on Friday evening, February 19th 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 20, 2016.
Participating theatre companies include: Adventure Theatre MTC (Glen Echo, MD); American Ensemble Theater (Bethesda, MD); Flying V (Bethesda, MD); The Keegan Theatre (Washington, D.C.); Imagination Stage (Bethesda, MD) and Round House Theatre (Bethesda, MD).
