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According to James Randolph, director of two "Shorts 4 Kids" plays called The Monster in Maggie's Mirror and Regina Hector Wins the Science Fair, many writers in TV movies and theater got their starts writing short plays for these summer festivals. Randolph also reiterated that these types of festivals began some 30 years ago with the Actors Theater of Louisville.
Shorts 4 Kids, the series of short plays dedicated to kids (if you didn't get that already), is a one-hour, one-act show of eight plays: The Monster in Maggie's Mirror, Evolution, Regina Hector Wins the Science Fair, Best Friend, A Giraffe and a Half, Tea & Sorcery, Special Features: A Play About a Movie Marvin's Making and "Shine."Now, I can't critique all eight shorts because I don't have enough space, but I will address my three favorites. Monster, Regina and Tea all have some kind of female empowerment spin. I guess because I'm all for feminism, I connected with these three more. Not to diminish the other five plays, but these spoke to me the most.See the full content of this document
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Shorts 4 Kids
Last year around this time, I reviewed a series of plays called Summer Shorts. I was intrigued by the wide range of short plays with actors going through countless costume changes and portraying a wide variety of different people. Li...
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