15 Minutes of Frame at Gene Frankel Theatre
Dates: 8/21/2025 - 8/23/2025
📍 Theatre: Gene Frankel Theatre
24 Bond Arts Center
24 Bond Street, NY,NY 10012
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 917-841-7567
Tickets: $25-$30
15 Minutes Of Frame
A Competition-Battle of the Plays
Aug 21 & 22nd 8pm & Aug 23rd 7pm
Our 15-minute playwrights, actors, and directors will be presenting the very best of over 500 plays — and the winner will be decided by you, the audience.
The winning production will have the opportunity to develop their 15-minute short play into a full production, to be presented and produced by Lucky’s Lighting Inc. and Gail Thacker w/ 24 Bond Arts Center at the Gene Frankel Theatre.
The winner will be announced following our final performance on Saturday night, August 23rd, followed by a gala celebration.
These festivals are presented in honor of Gene Frankel’s Summer Festival in August at The Gene Frankel Theatre & Film Workshop, and Gail Thacker’s Shotgun Theatre Festival at the Gene Frankel Theatre — where the audience vote tradition began!
This is our 3rd year of 15 Minutes of Frame, a playwrights’ competition held every August at the Gene Frankel Theatre. We look forward to this year’s competition and to welcoming our growing community.
15 Minutes of Frame at Gene Frankel Theatre Schedule
On Sat showtime is at 7pm with 1 intermission. After the audience votes there will be a musicial guests & snacks while waiting for the winner to be announced. 2 hours but welcome to stay longer.
News About 15 Minutes of Frame at Gene Frankel Theatre
The First Annual Gene Frankel Theatre Festival to Feature Over 20 Debut Plays
July 18, 2025 This August the inaugural Gene Frankel Theatre Festival will take palce in NoHo featuring new theatrical works. The two-week festival will showcase an exciting lineup of 25 one-acts and short plays.
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February 01, 2024 YouTuber Erik Van Conover will star in Dakota Silvey's new play FLIGHT RISK. This thrilling new play takes audiences to new heights above the vast Alaskan wilderness and quickly sends them spiraling with its dark humor and perilous tale of survival.About the Theatre
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15 Minutes of Frame (08/21/25-08/23/25)
THE BATSON TRILOGY = FORT KNOX + FLIGHT RISK + ILL WINDS (03/15/23-04/02/23)
DRACULA Finding of a Shadow (10/19/22-10/30/22)
“The Gift of the Magi” And other stories from O. Henry’s “The Four Million” (12/03/21-12/18/21)
Mother Moon (03/08/19-03/10/19)
A PIECE OF MY HEART (10/20/17-11/11/17)
THE ONOMATOPOEIA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS “A PIECE OF MY HEART” by Shirley Lauro (10/20/17-11/11/17)
EXPLORING SHAKESPEARE'S JULIUS CAESAR (07/07/17-07/29/17)
SIREN'S DEN: A ROCK MUSICAL (05/24/17-06/03/17)
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