Manifest Minifest: Short Play Performances & Closing Party

This year’s festival pulls inspiration from Gil Scott-Heron’s song and poem, “The Revolution Will Not be Televised.” With a run time of 60 minutes, these four short plays spotlight activism and challenge systems.

Join us for a closing party in the Ground Floor Theatre lobby after the performance!

Ticket Price: Suggested donation of $5 - $15
Run Time: one hour
ASL interpreters will be at every performance.

“This Will Change Your Life” by Mia King
Directed by Kathleen McDowell

Fueled by metaphor and laced with futuristic themes, "This Will Change Your Life" follows Sam as his two greatest passions begin to destroy each other.

“Revolution Island” by Christine Hoang
Directed by Andrea Nuñez

Four women from four different generations meet on land, water, and bridge. They discuss what life, peace, and revolution mean to them. In the end, they must make a choice to continue or change.

“Future is F*****” by Adrienne Dawes
Directed by Indiia Wilmott

“Future is F*****" is a dark sci-fi comedy set in a dystopian government office. With women nearly erased from her department, programmer Ronnie spends her lunch breaks secretly developing a device to prevent physical attacks. But when a passive-aggressive male intern accidentally triggers it, their world begins to glitch, exposing a disturbing new reality.

“Famous Last Words” by Kleo James Ryan
Directed by Adam Adolfo

"Famous Last Words" is a podcast hosted by stand up comic, Alan Finnegan, where he converses with traitors of the state and gives them one last chance to get their message out there. So what happens when fellow comedian, Joanie Robbins, becomes the latest in a long line of podcast guests?

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