Six professional Washington, D.C. area theatre companies will write, direct, rehearse and perform original plays based on similar themes in only 24 hours.
The plays will be presented at the 13th annual Play In A Day, a one-of-a-kind event produced by the Bethesda Urban Partnership and Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District, on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 8pm at Imagination Stage’s Lerner Theater. Imagination Stage is located at 4908 Auburn Avenue.
Play In A Day kicks off on Friday evening, February 17th where playwrights and directors will come together to receive their assigned themes and props. Playwrights then work through the night to create their ten-minute masterpieces. As the sun comes up, rehearsals begin as teams of directors and actors prepare anxiously to make the 8pm performance deadline on Saturday, February 18, 2017.
Participating theatre companies include: Adventure Theatre MTC (Glen Echo, MD); Flying V (Bethesda, MD); The Keegan Theatre (Washington, D.C.); Imagination Stage (Bethesda, MD); Rorschach Theatre (Washington, D.C.) and Round House Theatre (Bethesda, MD).
General admission tickets are $15 and can be purchased by credit card online at www.bethesda.org. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door beginning at 7pm. Imagination Stage is located at 4908 Auburn Avenue. Free parking is available next door in the Auburn Avenue/Del Ray Avenue public garage.
Phone: 301-215-6660
Email: bomalley@bethesda.org
2017/02/18 - 2017/02/18
Imagination Stage
4908 Auburn Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814