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John Cariani, Christopher Innvar, and More Join Barrington Stage's 10X10 New Play Festival

The fourth annual event revisits Barrington Stage this February.

John Cariani will contribute A Wish to Barrington Stage's 10X10 New Play Festival.
John Cariani will contribute A Wish to Barrington Stage's 10X10 New Play Festival.

Barrington Stage Company has announced the lineup of 10-minute plays set for the fourth annual 10X10 New Play Festival — part of the 2015 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival. Performances will be held February 12-March 1, 2015, at BSC’s St. Germain Stage, with an official opening scheduled for February 15 at 3pm. Directors for the 10X10 New Play Festival are BSC Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Artistic Associate and Director of New Play Development Stephanie Yankwitt.

The list of plays slated for the New Play Festival is as follows: Visiting Dad, written by Emily Taplin Boyd and directed by Yankwitt; Cuddle, written by Bekah Brunstetter and directed by Yankwitt; Stat!, written by Ron Burch and directed by Boyd; A Wish by John Cariani and directed by Boyd; Wedding Belles, written by Brett Hursey and directed by Boyd; Exhilaration, written by Christopher Innvar and directed by Boyd; For Unto Us, written by Stephen Kaplan and directed by Boyd; Broken, written by James McLindon and directed by Yankwitt; and Mandate, written by Kelly Younger and directed by Yankwitt.

Produced by Megan Dieterle, the creative team for the festival includes Dylan Uremovich (lighting design), Emily King (costume design), and Beth Lake (sound design).