Plano theatre group Rover Dramawerks is bringing back their one-day-only short plays festival, One Day Only 30, at the Cox Playhouse on September 7.
This is the 13th festival for Rover Dramawerks, but the first since the pandemic. For the first time since 2019, approximately 60 individuals will write, produce, direct, rehearse, tech and perform seven new short plays in 24 hours.
On September 6, the group of writers, directors and actors will get together at Reclamation Church and get to know each other before the writers get together and work through the night to compose 10-15-minute plays based on the subject that each writer draws from a hat. At 6:30 a.m., the directors return to the church and read the plays, decide who will direct each one and cast the plays. The writers will go home and get some sleep, while the directors and actors block, memorize and rehearse the plays.
By 2 p.m., the company moves to the Cox Playhouse to start tech rehearsal. At 8 p.m., the curtain is drawn and ticketholders witness the plays for the first time.
Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for students, teachers and seniors, and can be purchased online.
