IHRAF 25: Ten Minute Play Festival

Monday, December 8th @ 7pm

Extensions

Short Play

Karen Campion - Playwright

KM Jones - Director

Raven Jeannette - Kasey

Jade Mason - Lou

Arlene A. McGruder - Glo

Three women’s lives intersect in a prison hairstyling program. Kasey, a young volunteer teacher, unknowingly connects Lou, an inmate one week from release, with Glo, a former prisoner now running her own salon. When a shocking confrontation reveals their hidden bond, all three must examine what they’re truly extending: skills, worth, or their capacity for human dignity. A story about connection, transformation, and discovering that the most meaningful extensions reach beyond bars and limitations.

Content Advisory: Contains references to domestic violence, incarceration, and substance abuse. Includes verbal descriptions and visible evidence of physical abuse.

MAKING FOOTBALL GREAT AGAIN

Short Play

Steven Gaynor - Playwright

Sophie Schulman - Director, Cynthia Ross

Sebastian Zuniga - Peter Burr

Randy Lindsay - Joseph Adams

Two applicants for the position of head coach of a New York professional football team, Joseph Adams (40) and Peter Burr (35) sit in the office of Cynthia Ross (30), being interviewed for the job. Joseph was an ex-professional quarterback and has been involved in football his whole life. Burr seemingly knows nothing about football and has absolutely no experience in the field. As events evolve, Burr will begin to create doubt in Joseph's mind as to who really is the more qualified man for the position and convince Cynthia that it is he who should be hired and not Joseph. The play is a satire of the 2024 Presidential election in the United States.

Pearls Don’t Grow Perfect

Short Play

Madeleine Yu-Phelps - Playwright

Na « Նա »

Short Play

Lightning House Players

Zareh Artinian, Jr. - Writer, Co-Director, Producer

Lilith Artinian - Co-Writer, Director

Judy Streib - Khordavorian

Tess Greenhaw - Arsha

Isabelle Assaf - Princess Anahit, Lulizar, The Serpent

When the genderfluid Arsha tells the king and queen that they want to marry the princess, they send Arsha on challenges to prove their worth before consenting to the marriage. After completing three challenges, Arsha suspects the royal pair wants them to prove more than just their valor as a knight. The title for this piece comes from the fact that the Armenian language has one, non-gender-specific pronoun that is used for both he and she: նա, pronounced “na.”

Cain's Garden

Short Play

Grayson May - Playwright

Will R Penrose - Director

Peter walks into his backyard to find his gardener, Miko, digging. What's unearthed cannot be reburied.

A CALL TO ARMS

Short Play

Donna Sisco - Playwright

Nathaniel Johnson - Ivan

Samuel Pygatt - David

How far would go you for the cause?

The Reenactment

Short Play

Jesser Horowitz - Playwright

The Reenactment follows lesbian comedian Sarah James Kohl on the night of her first performance after a naked pictures of her were leaked online by an ex-girlfriend. The play touches on themes of trauma, celebrity, and the healing power (or lack thereof) of performance.

Content Advisory: references to suicidal ideation, revenge pornography, homophobia