Boston Playwrights Theatre At Boston University Presents Boston Theater Marathon Of Ten Minute Plays

The plays contained in this collection are chosen from the award-winning Boston Theater Marathon.

High School/ Community Theatre The plays contained in this collection are chosen from the award-winning Boston Theater Marathon. This ten-hour marathon of fifty new ten-minute plays by local authors, each one produced by a different New England professional theatre company, were all performed in one place in one amazing day. In 2000, the BTM received a special Elliot Norton Award for "Enlivening Local Theatre." This fifth edition of this popular play festival is a collection of plays performed

¿An astonishing array of imaginative worlds . . . a delicious dose of theater . . . a jaw-dropping collection of talent . . .¿ BOSTON HERALDBOOK SYNOPSISThis companion book to 2009¿s Boston Theater Marathon XI chronicles the fifty ten-minute plays featured in the annual event that brings together the entire Boston theater community.- 10 hours worth of 10-minute plays- Features both emerging and established playwrights- Foreword by Robert Brustein- Introduction by Kate Snodgrass, Artistic Director- Complete list of all the participating theater companies and their contact informationTHE BOSTON THEATER MARATHONThe Boston Theater Marathon is the winner of a 2000 Elliot Norton Award and a Dramatists¿ Guild Citation for its work in forging relationships between playwrights and theatre companies all over New England. In its eleventh year, the BTM is an annual tradition in Boston, utilizing hundreds of actors and dozens of directors. Fifty ten-minute plays are performed in ten hours (that¿s five plays per hour), each one supported by a different New England theater company. And to top it off, all net proceeds from the Marathon go to the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund, a charitable organization that helps New England theater artists, technicians, and companies in times of need (providing funds for medical emergencies, fires, vandalism, loss of property, and the like).¿What is always exciting about the Boston Theater Marathon¿s festival of 10-minute plays is seeing new playwrights emerge, watching familiar ones spread their wings in new directions, and sitting in a theater with dyed-in-the-wool stage enthusiasts.¿ THEATER MANIA

For more than two decades, the Boston Theater Marathon has brought together playwrights, directors, and theatre companies in an effort to foster collaboration between artists and producers. Plays are chosen from approximately 400 submissions from New England playwrights and the selected plays are produced in a single 10-hour day by New England theatre companies donating their time to this event. Generously supported by the Boston University Center for the Humanities and by individual donations, the BTM gives net proceeds to the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund which helps area theatre artists and companies in crisis. The traditional version of the BTM was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, and BTM XXII (and XXIII): Special Zoom Editions were born.