One Act Play Festival

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CALL FOR

PLAY SUBMISSIONS

Seeking short, original one act plays for our annual festival

Comedic, absurd, dramatic, satirical, farcical, musical, etc. are all welcome for review!

All plays must be received by Friday, April 2, 2021.

*Any plays received after midnight on April 2nd will not be accepted.

GUIDELINES

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Artists' Exchange presents the 17th annual

Artistic Direction by Jessica Chace

June 2021

Thursday, Friday & Saturday @ 7pm

Sunday @ 2pm

Since 2006, Artists’ Exchange has hosted the One Act Play Festival (OAPF) for the entertainment and enjoyment of the Cranston community. Short plays are submitted from local, regional, and national playwrights and then selected for performance by a panel of directors/actors. This year’s festival will feature a delightful blend of local and national playwrights.

Tickets - $10 Advance GA | $15 Day of GA

Artists' Exchange - 50 Rolfe Square

The One Act Play Festival (OAPF) is an all-inclusive community theater event celebrating creative collaboration of playwrights, actors, musicians, visual artists, and technical theater artists. First formed in 2006, the festival enriches and entertains the Cranston and Rhode Island communities.

Thousands of short plays are submitted from regional, national, and even international playwrights and
then selected for performance by a panel of theater professionals. Casts feature community actors of all abilities ranging in sex, age, and experience levels; amateur and professional actors, writers, and technicians of all ages and abilities work together in creative harmony.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL!

SUPPORT THE FESTIVAL!

SPONSOR

Be a Key Member

Enjoy benefits including complimentary tickets & press exposure. Sponsorships start

at $250; see all sponsorship

levels and benefits.

DONATE

Do Good

Your tax-deductible gift of any size helps set the stage and make the plays possible.

Make your gift online, in

person, or through the mail.

VOLUNTEER

Get Involved

Help needed backstage with costumes, props and cues.

Also front-of-house passing out playbills and collecting tickets.

An all-inclusive community theater
event at Artists' Exchange celebrating creative collaboration of playwrights, actors, musicians, visual artists, and technical theater artists.

An all-inclusive community theater
event at Artists' Exchange celebrating creative collaboration of playwrights, actors, musicians, visual artists, and technical theater artists.

JESSICA CHACE

Festival Artistic Director

Jessica Chace earned her B.A. in Theatre from Michigan State University. She acted with the Beechwood Theatre Company at Astors’ Beechwood Mansion for four years and is currently Creative Producer of the Marley Bridges Theatre Company and Newport Murder Mystery in Newport. Jessica is Artistic Director of Artists’ Exchange’s summer One Act Play Festival in Cranston, and also works on productions for The Gamm Theatre in Warwick.

CAST & CREW

Meg Howe

Festival Coordinator

Meg Howe is proudly serving as the Theatre Programs Manager at Artists’ Exchange. Meg has her M.A. in Theatre Education from Emerson College, as well as a B.A. in Theatre Studies and a Minor in English, concentrating on Dramaturgy from the University of Connecticut. She served as a classroom teacher in the areas of English and Theatre for six years.

PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY

CALL FOR

PLAY SUBMISSIONS

Seeking short, original one act plays for our annual festival