The Strawberry One-Act Festival is celebrating its 32nd season, the brainchild of Artistic Director, Van Dirk Fisher, is a play competition in which the audience and the theatre's judges cast their votes to select the best play of the season. Twice a year, hundreds of plays from across the country are submitted for the competition.
Plays move from the 1st Round to the Finals. The playwright of the winning play receives $1,500.00 and the opportunity to have a full-length play developed by the Riant. The awards to be presented are Best Play, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Set Design and Best Video Diary Short Film.
Highlights:
ELVIRA, The Immigration Play by Jessica Carmona
Based on the life story of Elvira Arellano, the play centers around an imaginary encounter between ICE and Elvira
LEAVES by Victor Vauban Jr.
"Muriel and her two sisters had dreams of becoming the new musical sensation just like, "The Supremes" - but fate intervene.
GOD’S YOUNGER SON by Joe Leary
Can an alcoholic agnostic and a schizophrenic who believes he’s the son of God coexist as roommates in a locked psychiatric ward without driving each other crazy?
DOIN’ GOOD by Natasha Cobb
Two siblings reminisce over their childhood as one faces a cancer diagnosis. Facing the truth alone is often impossible.
