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20th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival

Best Play: Strangers Off a Train

Strangers Off a Train
STRANGERS OFF A TRAIN—Yinoelle Colon, Aaron Schroeder, director Alan Brasington and playwright Samara Siskind.
STRANGERS OFF A TRAIN—Yinoelle Colon, Aaron Schroeder, director Alan Brasington and playwright Samara Siskind.

Samara Siskind’s plays and monologues have been produced across the globe and featured in various anthologies including Shorter, Faster, Funnier: Comic Plays and Monologues, Great Short Comedies Volumes 1 & 2, The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2023, The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2024, The Best Men’s Stage Monologues of 2024, and The Best Women’s Stage Monologues of 2024 soon to be released by Smith & Kraus. Her work has been developed and produced by City Theatre Miami, Forward Theatre, Tiny_Theatre, Lakeshore Players Theatre, the Morgan-Wixson Theater and Ivoryton Playhouse, amongst others. Samara serves as the Resident Dramaturg for Athena Project and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.

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Runner-Up: A Very Private Person

A VERY PRIVATE PERSON—Playwright Don Salvo, director Ann Gundersheimer, Jan Wallace, James Thaggard.
A VERY PRIVATE PERSON—Playwright Don Salvo, director Ann Gundersheimer, Jan Wallace, James Thaggard.
A Very Private Person

Don Salvo is co-founder of the Playwrights Lab at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, has taught playwriting in Stetson University’s Lifelong Learning program and was a Fellow in the School of Speech and Drama at Northwestern University. His play, Unraveled, was a finalist for the Heideman Award for Drama and received two off-Broadway productions, introducing tv and movie star Joe Manganiello to New York audiences. As a member of Actors Equity, Don performed in over 60 musical productions with the Kenley Players. He has earned B.S., M.Ed., and M.S.Ed. degrees and currently teaches Playwriting, Broadway Musicals, and Acting courses at Celebration Lifelong.

For details on plays, playwrights, and adjudicators, see the playbill.

ABDUCTION—Director Glenn Schudel, playwright Stephen Walkiewicz, Adrian Van Stee, Paul Mullen.
ABDUCTION—Director Glenn Schudel, playwright Stephen Walkiewicz, Adrian Van Stee, Paul Mullen.
FEEL GOOD, INC—Playwright Bernie Yanelli, Tom Aposporos, Judy Glynn, Lee Gundersheimer, Eric Henry, director Preston Boyd.
FEEL GOOD, INC—Playwright Bernie Yanelli, Tom Aposporos, Judy Glynn, Lee Gundersheimer, Eric Henry, director Preston Boyd.
LOVE MY DOG, LOVE ME—Playwright Seva Anthony, Joseph Smith, Francesca Mendolia, Eric Henry, director Lynda StJames.
LOVE MY DOG, LOVE ME—Playwright Seva Anthony, Joseph Smith, Francesca Mendolia, Eric Henry, director Lynda StJames.
OUTCASTS & REBELS—Seva Anthony, playwright Marj O'Neill-Butler, director Cinda Goeken, Ruby Daines.
OUTCASTS & REBELS—Seva Anthony, playwright Marj O'Neill-Butler, director Cinda Goeken, Ruby Daines.
SOMETHING IS ROTTING ON THE STAGE AT GLENMARK—Terry Occhiogrosso, Adrian Van Stee, director Candace Artim. Not pictured: playwright Ken Preuss.
SOMETHING IS ROTTING ON THE STAGE AT GLENMARK—Terry Occhiogrosso, Adrian Van Stee, director Candace Artim. Not pictured: playwright Ken Preuss.
THE INTERMISSION—Yinoelle Colon, director Lee Gundersheimer, playwright Jan Wallace, James Kassees, Jill Schroeder.
THE INTERMISSION—Yinoelle Colon, director Lee Gundersheimer, playwright Jan Wallace, James Kassees, Jill Schroeder.
FESTIVAL CREW—Jorge Montero, Philippe Koenig, Chris McVicker, Kennedy Cole, Donna DeFant, Avery Cole, Priscilla Boyd.
FESTIVAL CREW—Jorge Montero, Philippe Koenig, Chris McVicker, Kennedy Cole, Donna DeFant, Avery Cole, Priscilla Boyd.

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The Verna Safran Prize

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IN MEMORY OF
DENISE KINNEY

Paragon Festivals

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The George L Spoll Foundation

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