Eight Tens @ Eight Play Festival

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SANTA CRUZ ACTORS’ THEATRE – PRESS RELEASE 2011-12
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ACTORS THEATRE PRODUCTION
Eight Tens @ Eight festival
Artistic Director Wilma Marcus
Returning to Actors’ Theatre for its 17th annual season, the hugely popular Eight Tens @ 8 festival of 10 minutes plays opens January 6th 2012 ending on January 29th. Regarded as the opening of the Santa Cruz theater season, the festival highlights the work of eight different playwrights in eight short plays.

Opening Night Gala on Friday, January 6
Actors’ Benefit Saturday, January 14 Evening Performance
All proceeds go to participating actors

Under the artistic directorship of, Wilma Marcus, this year’s festival promises a mixture of light and heavy theatrical fare to please a diverse audience.

Local or nearby playwrights are represented by:

Eight New Award-Winning Plays

The Bank
By Diane Patterson * Directed by Marcus Cato

Measure of a Man
By Earl Roske * Directed by Steve Brenner

Waiting For Wilma
By Marcia Rudin * Directed by Joan Van Antwerp

Fair Shake
By Jeffrey Gold * Directed by Maria Crush

It Begins with Goodbye
By Elyce Melmon * Directed by Bill Peters

Gay Paree
By Andrea Fleck Clardy * Directed by Peter Gelblum

The Unwedding
By Martin Azevedo * Directed by Daria Troxell

Crossing the Line
By Seth Freeman * Directed by Sarah Albertson

“Best of the Rest” Runners-Up Readings
Wednesdays-January 11, 18, 25 @ 8 PM

Tickets make a great Christmas stocking stuffer for your theatrically inclined family and friends. Actors’ Theatre sponsors The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County

All performances at Center Street Theatre, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz
Performances are Thursday through Saturday at 8PM and Saturday & Sunday Matinees at 3PM.
Tickets are $20 general; $16 students/seniors; and two for $25 all Thursdays and Sundays (Buy tickets at the theatre box office one hour before show times. You can also purchase tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com when applicable. To make a reservation, call 800.838.3006. Visit Actors’ Theatre website at http://www.santacruzactorstheatre.org

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Santa Cruz Art Center - Actors' Theatre Po Box 7840 Santa Cruz, CA

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