Out of the Box: A Celebration of New Plays
O.C. Play Fest 2023
New York Orange County Arts Council founded its 10 Minute Play Festival in 2017 with twenty local submissions. With the help of PEP Productions, it expanded to accepting hundreds of submissions each year from our own neighborhood to across the world.
O.C. Play Fest 2022
After two years of virtual festivals, in 2022, PEP ditched the previous format of staged readings and opted for fully-mounted productions complete with costumes, scenery, props, and off-book actors. 2022 featured a handful of newly selected plays, as well as a few favorites from festival’s past that were never fully realized through staged readings.
10 Minute Play Fest 2020/ 2021
In 2017, the 10 Minute Play Festival was founded by the Orange County Arts Council. Producers Paige Dillon and Paul Ellis expanded submissions exclusively from the Hudson Valley, to across the globe in 2020, allowing the festival to grow even during the pandemic. It was traditionally presented as staged readings, in 2021 we integrated costume pieces into the show for the first time.
CONFABULATION
Confabulations are community driven devised, theater workshops. These sessions are based on stories garnered from the community. A community is defined as any group with a common connection. In our case a community could be an entire town, a school classroom, or a church or social organization.
Confabulations fall into the category of devised theater, a form of theater in which the play evolves from a source other than a traditional script. The value in devised theater lies in its ability to emphasize the differences between people and begin building bridges. Using this as a foundation, the workshops are designed to find common ground through our personal stories.
Confabulations begin with a simple flash card process to encourage storytelling. Using the basic play structure of who, what, and where the stories can then be crafted into a script. Once the full play is written it can be presented as a reading or full performance depending on the length of the residency.
Confabulation workshops are available to groups of any size and residencies can range from one session to several months. Production values also vary depending the type and size of the final presentation.
Air Pirates Radio Theater
A unique mix of live interactive theater and old time Radio Comedy with the audience making all the SFX.