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SPOTLIGHT: The 10 By 10 Festival in the Triangle

Green Eggs and Mamet with Eric Swenson and Brad Schnurr. Photo courtesy of The ArtsCenter
The ArtsCenter’s 10 By 10 Festival in the Triangle, featuring 10 10-minute plays presented in succession, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, 10 By 10 will present “The Best of 10 By 10,” featuring some of the most popular plays performed over the course of the festival’s history.
The regular 10 By 10 Festival, featuring all new plays, will run July 8-17, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. This year’s line-up, selected from more than 900 scripts submitted from all over the world, features everything from superheroes to Greek gods and Hamlet’s ghost to guardian angels. A playwright gala will be held July 9 and Meet the Artists night will be July 17.
The Best of 10 By 10 show will run July 22-31 at the same times as the new plays. The gala will be July 23 and Meet the Artists will be July 30.
Tickets are $14 in advance, $16 on the day of the show and $12 for ArtsClub members. Student admission is $10 in advance, $12 the day of the show.