Features might get all the glitzy attention, but short films are the backbone of the cinematic world. From Martin Scorsese (“The Big Shave,” 1967) to Wes Anderson (“Bottle Rocket,” 1994) to ...

Six budding playwrights from Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin had their one-act plays premiere during Spectrum 2024, a festival of short plays presented by First Run Theatre.

It’s a summer theater tradition. City Theatre at the Adrienne Arsht Center has been putting on its short play fest for more than two decades. This year, it’s flipping the script. “This is the 27th ...

EXIT Theatre Arcata’s Short Play Festival got off to a rousing start this past weekend with its staging of an eclectic group of original works that fascinatingly filled the venue’s up-close-and- ...

IN THE HOT SEAT, a new comedy written by Emmy Potter and directed by Andrea Romano, is set to premiere at the 2025 Fall Queens Short Play Festival. The play's creative team previously collaborated on ...