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10-minute plays being staged at Sharon Playhouse

Kathryn Boughton

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SHARON—Sharon Playhouse will present its fourth annual Writer’s Playground, a festival of new 10-minute plays, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4 and 5, in the Olsen Theater.

The festival provides an opportunity for local writers, performers, directors and technicians in northwest Connecticut and neighboring New York and Massachusetts communities to showcase their talents and see their visions realized while bringing community members together through live theater.

Plays presented will be “Police Activity” by Joe Godfrey; “Kirsten” by Darcy Boynton and James Mead; “Penguin Dad, Tiger Mom,” by Morgana Kate Watson; “Waiting Room” by David Simpatico; “Can I Take Your Order” by Parker Reed; “Decision Time” by Macey Levin; “Off Leash” by Melinda Buckley, and “A Quiet Light” by J. R. Stephens

Admission is free but donations are welcome and encouraged.

Sharon Playhouse is located at 49 Amenia Rd.

For more information, visit https://www.sharonplayhouse.org.

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Kathryn Boughton, a native of Canaan, Conn., has been a regional journalist for more than 50 years, having been employed by both the Lakeville Journal and Litchfield County Times as managing editor. While with the LCT, she was also editor of the former Kent Good Times Dispatch from 2005 until 2009. She has been editor of the Kent Dispatch since its digital reincarnation in October 2023 as a nonprofit online publication.

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