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An evening of nine 10-minute plays from aspiring playwrights across the country as part of its National MFA Playwrights competition.

The 10-minutes plays are:

• BACK STORY
  by Benjamin Viccellio
  directed by Pesha Rudnick
  with Jacob Knoll (Man)
  
  when life imitates art, one diva loses her sense of reality after too many years in the theater
   
• THE BIG EXIT
  by John-Paul Nickel
  directed by Heath Cullens
  with Nick Sullivan and Anna O'Donoghue
  
  Three contestants on America's next hit reality TV show are in for the surprise of their lives.
   
• FERNANDO AND THE KILLER QUEEN 
  by Kyle J. Schmidt
  directed by Wesley Savick
  with Ivan Quintanilla and Nick Sullivan
  
  Revolution, mayhem and l'esprit d'Abba ignite the final moments of the ruthless Killer Queen.
   
• THE ECHO
  by Jennifer Fawcett
  directed by Wesley Savick
  
  A tragic accident haunts the adult soul of a childhood survivor.
   
• FROGS
  by Sam Marks
  directed by Heath Cullens
  with Hannah Cabell and Anna O'Donoghue
  
  After all an night house party, two young women sit in the kitchen in the dawn light and assess the damage of the previous night, youth, and the past.
   
• THE HIDING PLACE 
  by Melisa Tien
  directed by Wesley Savick
  
  A menacing, lyric glimpse at power, sexuality and the workplace.
   
• HIGHER UP 
  by Annette Lee
  directed by Pesha Rudnick
  with Hannah Cabell and Ivan Quintanilla
  
  When the 'new guy' shows up for work, two businessmen experience firsthand what it's like to be in the dog house.
  
   
• MAN UP AND AWAY
  by Joe Tracz
  directed by Heath Cullens
  with Jacob Knoll
  
  On the night of his Going Away to War party, Jordan says goodbye to his little brother Vic -- in the worst possible way.
   
• ROCKY ROAD
  by Stephanie Andrea Timm
  directed by Pesha Rudnick
  with Anna O'Donoghue and Birgit Huppuch
  
  One family's zany attempt to bring their son home from the war in Iraq.