One Act Playwriting Festival debuts this weekend in Milford

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Riverbend School of Theatre Arts One Act Playwriting Festival will feature three student writers this weekend when it presents its seventh annual One Act Playwriting Festival.

This year, there are two newcomers who will be directing in the One Act Playwriting Festival. Renee Reeves, 17, a home-schooled junior from Merrimack, will direct “A Ghra,” a romantic comedy set in 20th-century Ireland.

The cast of six is the largest of all the plays, so the professionals had some difficulty finding enough male actors. Also, they had to shuffle some people around late in the game.

Sarah Gill, of Gilford, will direct “Wednesday Man,” which is about the relationship between a teacher, a janitor and student.

Devon Labonte, a sophomore at Alvirne High School in Hudson, will direct the comedy “Just Wait,” which is set in a dentist’s office.

The seventh annual One Act Playwriting Festival will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27-28 at the Amato Center for the Performing Arts, 56 Mont Vernon St. in Milford. Tickets are $5 at the door. The Riverbend School of Theater Arts is a program of the Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley.