Playwrights Fletcher Dickmann (left) and Lauren Shilansky discuss their respective works for the One Act Play Festival.
A dozen works created by students will be debuted in May in the annual One Act Play Festival at Fredonia.
The festival, presented as part of the New Works Series by the Department of Theatre and Dance, runs from May 5 to 8 with performances each date at 7:30 p.m. in the Alice E. Bartlett Theatre of Rockefeller Arts Center.
Tickets are available online 24/7 Tickets may also be purchased on Monday, Wednesday or Friday by phone at (716) 673-3501 or in person at the Fredonia Ticket Office in the Williams Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and at the door.
Presented will be:
- “Between My Teeth” by Parker Bandla
- “All Play, No Work: A Ghastly Lament” by Tali Kam
- “Symptoms of Time” by Leela Wildereth
- “The Monarch Butterfly” by Grace Galipeau
- “The Last First Date” by Sivan Adler
- “The NecRomancer” by Alice Tranquilli
- “Keep Swimming” by Nini Rodriguez
- “The Clever Hans Effect” by Fletcher Dickmann
- “Inevitable” by Indrid Wood
- “The Little Tilly that Nor-Woodn't” by Lauren Shilansky
- “Court Ordered” by Maggie Rowles
- “Under the Same Sky” by Byron Alexander
Daniel F. Lendzian, assistant professor of performance, is curating the festival, which made its debut in 2025. The student works were again created as part of a playwriting course taught by Lendzian.
The playwriting course was added in the 2024-25 academic year, expanding opportunities in the theatre arts at Fredonia. The One Act Play Festival was established at the same as a way to showcase the student works.
