One of the hot concepts for the past few years has been "ten minute plays."  Am gathering production info and possible scripts for a local presentation.

Has anyone done or considered doing an evening of these? What problems, snags, successes did you have or worry about?

If I choose eight (four and four with intermission) is that too many with setup and strike time in between?

What are your thoughts on these questions, or ten-minute plays in general?

Originally posted by tristanrobin I love them. Do you know the plays of David Ives' "All in the Timing"? Or the Actors' Theatre Of Louisville 10-minute play series?

Yes to both.  Have seen a local version of "All In The Timing" which I enjoyed immensely and am rummaging through ATL's productions for some of the plays I'm hoping to produce.

I agree with your observation on audience scarcity. I've been involved both acting and directing one-acts and evenings of those.  They have been much more fulfilling to the audiences that saw them than some of the two+ hour "less than satisfying" "full" shows I have suffered through.

I have had one done recently as a radio drama (although initially written for the stage).  It was broadcast not only on Bay Area (San Francisco, California) radio station but national public radio, and over the internet (picked up globally).  I would like to see 10-minute plays done between two or three 30-minute to 40-minute one acts.  Makes a nice break.  Sometimes an evening of one-acts can be too much, particularly if they are all within the 30 to 40-minute range and do not have a shared theme.  My suggestion: go for it.