The Festival of Short Plays by Bismarck State College Theatre presents the acclaimed works of emerging playwright Matthew Fotis in a series of student-directed productions Wednesday and Thursday, May 4 and 5.
Performances during the two-day festival begin at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. daily in Sidney J. Lee Auditorium. They are free to the public during ArtsQuest, BSC's month-long festival of the arts.
Fotis won the 2011 John Cauble Playwriting Award at the regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) in Ames, Iowa, where BSC students participated last January. He is a national ACTF finalist with two of his short plays, which will have their premiere at BSC.
BSC is producing four Fotis plays - "Oedipus: The Prequel" directed by Tim Rosin, "Insomniacs in Heat" directed by Alex Johnson, "58 & 59" directed by Brittany Kuhn, and "Nights on the Couch" directed by Derek Harper.
Fotis, a doctoral theater student at the University of Missouri, Columbia, is founder of MU Improv and founder and executive director of Shantz Theatre in Chicago. He has been performing and teaching improvisation for more than 10 years. His plays have received several other awards and have been performed by three New York City troupes. Fotis is head writer for two critically acclaimed sketch shows and author of two solo performance pieces.
Performances during the two-day festival begin at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. daily in Sidney J. Lee Auditorium. They are free to the public during ArtsQuest, BSC's month-long festival of the arts.
Fotis won the 2011 John Cauble Playwriting Award at the regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) in Ames, Iowa, where BSC students participated last January. He is a national ACTF finalist with two of his short plays, which will have their premiere at BSC.
BSC is producing four Fotis plays - "Oedipus: The Prequel" directed by Tim Rosin, "Insomniacs in Heat" directed by Alex Johnson, "58 & 59" directed by Brittany Kuhn, and "Nights on the Couch" directed by Derek Harper.
Fotis, a doctoral theater student at the University of Missouri, Columbia, is founder of MU Improv and founder and executive director of Shantz Theatre in Chicago. He has been performing and teaching improvisation for more than 10 years. His plays have received several other awards and have been performed by three New York City troupes. Fotis is head writer for two critically acclaimed sketch shows and author of two solo performance pieces.