Actors Theatre presents

WEST CHESTERFIELD, NH - Actors Theatre Playhouse, at 21 Main Street, will present its annual “10-Minute Play Festival” for three weekends in June.

The festival is a theatrical potpourri, featuring seven mini-plays. This year’s plays were selected from over 300 submissions nationwide.

Comedy in the workplace becomes a threat in “Who’s Afraid of Laughter?” by Rand Higbee. A woman learns a terrible truth about her DNA in “The Fault in Our Genes,” by James McLindon. A villain struggles to think of the perfect dastardly greeting in “The Moment Before,” by Samantha Eppes. An elemental force vents its frustrations on a simple human in “Death Takes a Lunch Break,” by Jim Sampson. Three women face great life changes in “Stages,” by Rachel Zake. A new presence in the house brings change for a mother and daughter in “Finding Help,” by Marj O’Neill-Butler. And a desperate housewife hires a private investigator in “The Meadows,” by Ryan Kaminski.

This year’s ensemble of actors includes Scott Aronowitz, Jonathan Benney, Emmadora Boutcher, Jim Bombicino, Rebecca Cross, Rachel Distler, Lauren Fierman, Nick Hattam, Bruce Holloway, Cassandra Holloway, Tera Murray, Isabella Potter, Scott Rodenhauser, Rose Watson, and Jen Zakrzewski.

Friday and Saturday evening performances begin at 7:30 pm on June 5, 6, 12, 13, 18, 19, and 20. Matinee performances begin at 2 pm on Sundays, June 7 and 14.

Tickets to this event sell out fast, so reservations are highly recommended. Go to atplayhouse.org for more informatio or to purchase tickets.