12th Annual Players Theatre Short Play Festival - NYC at Players Theatre

Beautiful, gritty, one-of-a kind—New York City is the greatest city in the world! In just a few short weeks, the Players Theatre Short Play and Musical Festival -NYC -is back and ready for action in the city that never sleeps.

Marking the midway point of 2023, the NYC-themed festival celebrates the of their 12-year run of the tri-annuals short play festivals. Audiences will delight in the work of sixteen playwrights whose original short plays, chosen by the SPF team, will be presented. Each week, five or six short plays will appear onstage, and a "Best of the Week" production will be selected by audience vote.

In addition to having a connection to NYC, this year’s plays embrace the humor, love, and idiosyncratic nature of life, both in the city and on a personal level. Anyone looking for an evening of entertainment that examines both the existentiality and the absurdity of life in the Big Apple will find it at SPF NYC

Week 1: June 8 – 11

“Low Bar” by Julianne Mason “Just a Cockroach” by Jacob de Guzman-Lawson “Amazons of Tomorrow” by Rex McGregor “Twin Towers” by Esther Caporale “Art Lovers” by William Zolla II

Week 2: June 15 – 18

“Garbage Wars” by Adam Ilardi “Six Incidents” by Michael Rendino “Rip Tide” by Marjorie Conn and Joe Quattro “It’s for the Plot” by Grace Schofield “Oh, Those Eyes!” by David Christopher “Myles to Go” by Annie Brown

Week 3: June 22 – 25

“New York Yoga” by Matt and Ariel Aliza Sanders “Unpacking” by Jackson Bradshaw “Saving Funny Girl” by Charles Rix “Romeo and Juliet Visit New York” by Risa Lewak “Podunk” by David Taylor Little