Love and revenge were just two themes conveyed by Drama II students as they presented three plays from the Ten-Minute Play Festival on March 31, 2006. During the assembly in the Hauser Auditorium, the group of actors used their flair for the dramatics to tell each ten-minute tale.

Drama Chair Al Romano introduced each story, beginning with “Networking” by Gibson Knott ’93. “Networking” depicts two long-lost male, middle school schoolmates who agree to a business meeting that quickly turns into an exchange of power. With great calculation and a calm demeanor, senior Michael Kreisbuch humorously dictated the humiliating acts of redemption that his former bully must make in order to gain job contacts from him.

Following the comedic presentation, Form IV students Jenna Devine and Ricky Zacharias took the stage to perform “Maytag” by Thomas Stevens. Speaking in Russian accents and using expert timing, Jenna and Ricky conducted a witty banter between a woman and the washing machine repairman who loves her. Following the spin cycle of love, Form IV students Maureen Brady, Louis Riccardi, Michael Martinson, and Kris Mazara were at their finest in Matthew Quinn’s “Poison,” the story of coworkers whose lunch break is interrupted by a vengeful murder committed to claim one’s food.

Originally produced by New York Collective for the Arts, the Ten-Minute Play Festival features a collection of ten-minute plays by rising playwrights and established dramatists.

It was founded in 2004 by Wayne Kasserman ’94, Scott Hirsch ’94, David Bunde, Berns Rothchild, and Noah Schankler as a platform for artists’ works. The idea was generated by Kasserman after speaking at Pingry’s Career Day and recognizing the need to help fellow artists. The third installment of the Ten-Minute Play Festival will be held in New York City on June 9-11, 2006. For more information, please go to www.nycollective.org



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