This summer, the stage is set for bold voices and fresh stories at EAG's Midsummer Short Play Festival! Over the course of four exciting weeks, see four groups of short plays by emerging and established playwrights—from comedy to drama, experimental to heartfelt. You be the judge. Each week, the audience votes for their favorite play, and the winners from all four weeks return for a final encore performance in a spectacular celebration of creativity and community. Join us for a month of discovery, surprise, and theatrical magic. Come once or come every week! New plays. New voices. Your vote.

Tickets: $25. All proceeds raise funds for EAG's charitable services for performers in need.

Lineup

Group A

• Mrs. Mankiewics & Mr. Breitbart by Rose-Marie Brandwein
  
• Memory Tracers by Stuart Green
  
• Waves by Pangia Macri
  
• Fertility Rites by Joni Fritz
  
• Cats & Dogs by Stanley Martin
  

Group B

• Home’s Kitchen by Maeve Aurora Chapman
  
• My Lunch With God by Jim Brosseau
• If You Give A Yenta A Cup Of Coffee by Jeffrey Fuerst

Group C

• Ships Passing by Vincent Marano
• Unceasing by Susan Rowan Masters
• The Question by Paula Ralph-Birkett
• Felony by Anna Theresa Cascio
• Siobhan’s N. Beach Reverie by John F. Sarno
  

Group D

• Crossed Words by Stephen Joseph Olson
• The Maw by Christine Benvenuto
• The Therapy Session by Risa Lewak
  
• Eggs: Or How Much Do I Cost? by Ally Ibach
  
• Fowl Play by Mervyn Rothstein

Congratulations to our 2025 winning plays!
Fertility Rites by Joni Fritz
If You Give A Yenta A Cup Of Coffee by Jeffrey Fuerst
Ships Passing by Vincent Marano
Fowl Play by Mervyn Rothstein