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2025 One-Act Play Festival

BEST PLAY

Eldred Brown and Lilian Moore in SEEDUBYA AND MIZHALL by John C. Davenport.

Seedubya and Mizhall

by John C. Davenport

In a Dallas barbershop in the 1960s, an elderly white woman has her first encounter with the Black shoeshine man she has always resented. Featuring Eldred Brown and Lilian Moore, directed by Meg Gilbert, the winning play was written by a Seattle playwright originally from Dallas. Davenport wins the $1,000 Verna Safran Prize.

SEEDUBYA AND MIZHALL—Lilian Moore and Eldred Brown. Meg Gilbert directed this prize-winning play by Seattle playwright John C. Davenport.
SEEDUBYA AND MIZHALL—Lilian Moore and Eldred Brown. Meg Gilbert directed this prize-winning play by Seattle playwright John C. Davenport.
THE DISAPPEARING WOMAN—Ruby Daines, Karen Kelly, Jill Schroeder, director Lee Gundersheimer, playwright Holly Hepp-Galván, James Kassees and Charlie Agurcia.
THE DISAPPEARING WOMAN—Ruby Daines, Karen Kelly, Jill Schroeder, director Lee Gundersheimer, playwright Holly Hepp-Galván, James Kassees and Charlie Agurcia.
JUST ASKING—Director Yinoelle Colón, Jan Wallace and Kelly Kirschner. Playwright was Cary Pepper.
JUST ASKING—Director Yinoelle Colón, Jan Wallace and Kelly Kirschner. Playwright was Cary Pepper.
Playwright John Kelly, Lucinda Schlotterback, Aleah Colón-Alfonso, Ren Pearson, Robert Heath, Madeline Holdway, Gabriella Sands, and director Blake Walton.
Playwright John Kelly, Lucinda Schlotterback, Aleah Colón-Alfonso, Ren Pearson, Robert Heath, Madeline Holdway, Gabriella Sands, and director Blake Walton.
PRIMITIVE INTELLIGENCE—Sarah Mayper, Ren Pearsom, Aleah Colón-Alfonso, Charlie Agurcia, and director Michele Strauss. Playwright was James Perry.
PRIMITIVE INTELLIGENCE—Sarah Mayper, Ren Pearsom, Aleah Colón-Alfonso, Charlie Agurcia, and director Michele Strauss. Playwright was James Perry.
STAGE CREW—Lucy Manuel, AJ Trinci, Chris McVicker, Donna DeFant, Avery Cole, Otto Bucholtz, Kennedy Cole.
STAGE CREW—Lucy Manuel, AJ Trinci, Chris McVicker, Donna DeFant, Avery Cole, Otto Bucholtz, Kennedy Cole.

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