At the end of every Winter Semester, the UVU Theatre Department presents Short Attention Span Theatre (or SAST) a series of ten minute plays written, directed and acted by students in the department. This year, SAST will feature:
Body Humor
Written by Corinne Gates
Directed by Nicholas Grossaint
Costumes by Allen Stout
Actors:
Zoe Wilde, Mark Navez
Body Humor is about Smith and Jones, who find themselves in possession of a dead body and must figure out what to do with it. Though their squeamishness may get in the way of doing anything at all.
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Goodnight Monday
Written by Chase Ramsey, Edited by Andy Hansen
Directed by Ann Thomas
Costumes by Jason Evans
Actors:
Alex Barlow, Parker Harmon
A homeless man named Monday is visited by a benevolent stranger named Majestic. A connection is clear, but how do these men know each other? And how will they help each other?
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Everybody Wants Me
Written by Coral Chambers
Directed by Alauna Bates
Costumes by Sharon Delong
Actors:
Minuet Anderson, Eric Phillips, Aubrey Bench
Coral is on the dating market after a very long absence, and her eager friend Stacey is trying to help her find The One. On the day Stacey may have found the next dating disaster for Coral, Coral has some news of her own. What they reveal may show they have more in common than they know!
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Pebbles
Written by Ben Steele
Directed by Chelsea S. Smith
Costumes by Natasha Hoffman
Actors:
Heather Ashton, Robbie X Pierce
In a modern-day Hansel and Gretal story, two siblings deal with a tense relationship with their parents after their mother has left and their father has remarried a woman determined to erase the children from his life. They must find a way to help each other and untangle their reactions to their parents.
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47 Minutes…
Written by Joshua Michael French
Directed by Amy Jo Henderson
Costumes by Elain Pearson
Actors:
Brooke Grant, Chase Grant, Ben Henderson
60 minutes in an hour—how much can happen? Can it change a person, family or all we know as our own? What if we only have 47 minutes? What can happen then?
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Fifteen Minute Intermission
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Cu-Pidity
Written by Aubrey Newell
Directed by Jason Jensen
Costumes by Megan Bisbee
Actors:
Michael Hess, Joshua Drew, Jenny Komp
Doug, a timid high school history teacher, dreams of asking out the English teacher across the hall, but lacks the confidence to do so. An unlikely friend arrives to help solve Doug’s dilemma.
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Wanton
Written by Brian Grob
Directed by Collin Thomas
Costumes by Sharon Delong
Actors:
Cherie Julander, Joshua French
Katherine has buried her past, but can’t seem to escape its devastating effects. She shares her dark secret with her husband, Jeremy, but doesn’t know if he will be able to accept her.
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Let’s Have Lunch
Written by Cameron Garcia
Directed by Scott M. Stringham
Costumes by Sharon Delong
Actors:
James McKinney, Amy Jo Henderson, Aubrey Bench, Marshay Norton, Jenny Komp
A bored waiter gets a little distracted at work, and decides to mix business with pleasure.
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The production will open April 14 and runs through April 16 in the Noorda Theatre. Call 801.863.PLAY to order over the phone, or stop by the Noorda Box Office. Tickets also available online at www.uvu.edu/theatre.
-Information Provided By Lisa Hall-
