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Featuring Plays by: Matt Casarino, Brett Hursey, Joshua James and Michael Kimball

Directed by Alan Velotta

Starring: Kevin Roach, Randi Shamsabadi, Rachel Simmons and Alan Velotta

Incidental Music by Steven Craven and Alan Velotta

March 7, 2008 • 7:30 p.m. at Southeastern Theatre Conference
Chattanooga Theatre Centre • 400 River St. • Chattanooga, TN • Free Performance

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Culled from hundreds submitted to a National Ten-Minute Play Contest commissioned by Merely Players, Third Tuesday Coffeehouse and Original Works Publishing, OPEN 24 HOURS is a showcase of hilarious short plays by promising new playwrights. Don't miss this evening of outstanding ten-minute comedies from Merely Players, every one expanding the possibilities of the ten-minute form.

SAY NO MORE! by Michael Kimball — Two couples enjoying a New Year’s Eve dinner begin noticing the awkward silences that punctuate their conversation. When they make a sport of seeing who can create the longest awkward silence, the game turns brutal.

SOMETHING WENT WRONG by Matt Casarino — Harry came home from work with a dead clown. Melissa wants answers … but Harry would rather not talk about it.

SCRAMBLED by Brett Hursey — Domestic tranquility is shattered when Chloe discovers her husband of only two and a half months just bought a “feminine protection” product for another woman. Even though Max just sees it as an innocent box of tampons, he soon discovers his life just got “scrambled.”

A GAY THING by Joshua James — A gay man tries to talk his straight buddy out of going gay.

THE PLUNGE by Matt Casarino — It’s New Year’s Day in Delaware as three people prepare to dive into the icy Atlantic. But when one plans to skinny dip, the stakes are raised for the others.

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