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One Act Play State Festival set for February 10-11

Posted: Monday, February 7, 2022 - 11:03 AM


BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. --- The 74th One Act Play State Festival is scheduled for February 10-11 at the O’Shaughnessy on the campus of St. Catherine University in St. Paul. Here is a look at the festival:

FAST FACTS

The schedule:

Class AA - Thursday, February 10

Section

School

Play

Time

1

Lakeville South

Overruled by George Bernard Shaw

9:15

8

Alexandria Area

Trousers by Helen Jones

10:00

3

Eagan

Sense and Sensibility by Kate Hamill

11:00

6

Robbinsdale Armstrong

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet by Tom Stoppard

11:45

7

Cambridge-Isanti

Aunt Leaf by Barbara Wiechmann            

1:30

5

Coon Rapids

Medea: Based on the Play by Euripides by Nelly E. Cuellar-Garcia

2:15

4

Hill-Murray

Little Women Adapted by Marisha Chamberlain

3:15

2

Chanhassen

Harvey by Mary Chase

4:00

Class A - Friday, February 11

Section

School

Play

Time

1

Plainview-Elgin-Millville

The Insanity of Mary Girard by Lanie Robertson

9:15

8

Bagley

Journey to the World’s Edge – A Folktale in the Irish Tradition by Harry Michael & Ernest Joselovitz

10:00

3

Russell-Tyler-Ruthton

Repentance by Erick Harper

11:00

6

Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton

Almost, Maine by John Cariani

11:45

7

Esko

Back Cover by Emily Hageman

1:30

5

Sauk Centre

Dark Road by Laura Lungren Smith

2:15

4

St. Paul Academy and Summit School

The Yellow Wallpaper Novella by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Adaptation by Jennifer Blackmer

3:15

2

Belle Plaine

Mill Girls by Eliza Anderson

4:00

 

Tickets: Session tickets must be purchased online. Tickets are $13.25 per four-play session for students and adults and can be purchased at https://www.mshsl.org/tickets. All-day passes will be sold onsite at the O’Shaughnessy box office for $19.00.

Results: Posted on the League’s website at www.mshsl.org

Social media: Follow the festival on the League’s Facebook page and on Twitter at @MSHSL and @MSHSLJohn.

Media note: Media photographers are welcome, but they must see Amy Doherty at the site for assistance. Photographers must shoot with available stage lighting only. No flash or other light sources are permitted.

FESTIVAL DETAILS

Class A: The Class A schools participating this year (including number of appearances and * starred performance years) are: Plainview-Elgin-Millville (first); Belle Plaine (18th; * in 1993, ’97, ’99, 2000, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14, ’16, ’18, ’19, 2020 and ’21); Russell-Tyler-Ruthton (11th; * in 1999); Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton (first); Esko (second); Sauk Centre (11th; * in 1975, ’76, 2007, ’13 and ’15); St. Paul Academy and Summit School (seventh; * in 1994, 2006, ’13, ’17 and ’18); and Bagley (ninth).

Class AA: The Class AA schools participating this year (including number of appearances and * starred performance years) are: Lakeville South (third; * in 2007 and ’09); Eagan (22nd; * in 1991, ’92, ’93, ’94, ’95, ’96, ’97, ’98, 2000, ’01, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’10, ’11, ’12, ’14, and ’19); Hill-Murray (10th; * in 1993, ’95, ’96, 2015 and ’20); Robbinsdale Armstrong (14th; *in 1975, ’76, ’86, ’89, ’90, ’91, ’93, ’95, ’96, ’97 and 2007); Cambridge-Isanti (eighth);Coon Rapids (fourth; * in 1979); Chanhassen (first); and Alexandria Area (14th; * in 1951, 2017, ’18, 2019, ’20, and ’21).

For past festival results and historical information, please visit www.bit.ly/21OneAct   

 

 

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