Valley Players will hold its first TAKE TEN celebration at Black Birch Vineyard, 108 Straits Road in Hatfield, on Saturday, October 25 (doors @ 6:30pm, show @ 7:30pm) and Sunday, October 26 (doors @ 5:30pm, show @ 6:30pm). The evening will showcase staged readings of six new 10-minute plays by playwrights from around the Valley, featuring a company of twenty Valley actors and directors. Half of net proceeds will be donated to The Literacy Project. Seating is limited, so reservations are strongly encouraged and are on a pay-what-you-can scale starting at $15. Reservations can be made at
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/take-ten
In addition to the plays, you can enjoy fine wines from Black Birch, sodas, non-alcoholic beers and mocktails, and artisanal wood-fired pizza from The Vintner’s Slice food truck. You can also bring your own food to enjoy during the show.
“The wonderful thing about an evening of ten-minute plays is the sheer variety of voices, styles, and genres,” remarked Valley Players president Matteo Pangallo. “It’s an opportunity to get a taste of just some of the incredible writing talent we have here in the region.”
“This partnership with Valley Players is a wonderful example of how the arts and education can come together to strengthen our community,” said The Literacy Project’s executive director, Colleen Kucinski. “The generosity of their audiences will directly support adults working hard to improve their literacy skills and build brighter futures.”
Valley Players received 31 submissions to its call for scripts, with the final six chosen through an anonymous review process by a panel comprising prominent members of the local theater community, made up of Christine Benvenuto, Chris Rohmann, Jarice Hanson, Cynthia Naughton, Miles Herter, and John Bechtold. More than 30 actors signed up for the open auditions, making TAKE TEN Valley Players’ largest collaborative project since its founding in 2024.
The plays in TAKE TEN are “A Concern” by Anna Fox, directed by Tracy Grammer and featuring Lila Oren-Dahan and Sandra Wang; “Summer People” by Stephen Poulin, directed by Anna Morrissey and featuring Tracy Trimm and Anthony Charles Ferreira; “The Waiting Room” by E. A. Blair, directed by Jill Franks and featuring Christine Mirabal, Claire Frierson, and Heather Lattuca Ferrari; “Terms and Conditions” by Sarah Zureick-Brown, directed by Joe van Allen and featuring K. Dymek and Camila Mugnani Hallet; “This is Not a Play” by JSWalter, directed by Marty Bongfeldt and featuring Martin Konowitch, Ben Hersey, and Daniel Greycloud-Jacob; and “Letting the Cat Out” by Richard Ballon, directed by Alan Harris and featuring Emily Hazelton and Susan O’Hara.
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