Twenty-First Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival
January 8-11, 2026
Cook Theatre, FSU Center for the Performing Arts, Sarasota
CASTING IS COMPLETE
Our thanks to all the talented performers who auditioned!
Ambient Light by Paul Donnelly
Directed by Ken Basque
Two former lovers have a chance encounter after thirty years. They discover what has changed over time and what has not.
DONNIE—Eric Henry
PHILLIP—Dan Landon
A Promising Young Man by Ken Preuss
Directed by Dylan Jones
A man with a penchant for promising finds himself in a romantically precarious position as a trio of women come to cash in on the commitments.
WYATT—TBA
ERICA—Erica Bommarito
TINA—Cassandra Santiso
AUBREY—Lynne Doyle
JASPER—Joseph Klens
Breaking News! by Dolores Salvo
Directed by Glenn Schudel
A boy? a young man? in a hoodie and a baseball cap … and two very concerned parents.
ALICE—Julee Breehne
MARK—Anthony van Eyck
By Choice by Gabriel Ortiz
Directed by Lynda StJames
What happens when a man has no say in a future his partner alone can decide, even if it destroys him.
NATALIE—Yinoelle Colon
JAMES—Josh Brin
On the Likelihood of Elephants by Brian Brijbag
Directed by Cinda Goeken
In a late-night train station, a resigned professor and a grieving poet debate probability, grief, and the impossible, discovering that even the unlikeliest of arrivals — whether elephants or second chances — can restore belief in connection.
PROF. CLARKE—Mark Shoemaker
AUDREY—Carrie Greenberg
Ripcord by Diane Finney
Directed by Steven Butler
A student who’s afraid of heights decides to overcome her fear by taking a lesson in sky diving — and experiences an equipment malfunction.
STUDENT—Yinoelle Colon
INSTRUCTOR—Josh Brin
BAD DEVIL—Scott Ehrenpreis
GOOD ANGEL—Erica Bommarito
Sorting Through M&M’s by Rishi Chowdhary
Directed by Cindy Schlotterback
Two siblings reunite on a hiking trip after years apart, confronting the past and finding their way forward together.
MASON—Scott Ehrenpreis
MORGAN—Joseph Klens
‘Til Death Do Us Part by Sara Lazarus
Directed by Bob Trisolini
The ghost of the husband that Collette poisoned returns to find evidence to convict Collette of his murder.
GEORGE—Jared Inman
COLLETTE—Cassandra Santiso
INTRUDER—Chip Fisher

