The Theater Bug Ten-Minute Play Festival
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The young writers featured in the 2026 Ten-Minute Play Festival are Elle Wesley, Emma Delane Singleton, Imisi Otukpe, Iyanu Otukpe, Jamya Conner, Jasmine Hollowell, Jasper Paisley and Leroy Brown.
In addition to the eight new ten-minute plays, the Festival features a sneak peek from this year’s Playground Production Stuck In Your Head written by Theater Bug student, James Walker. James was a featured playwright in the 2025 Ten-Minute Play Festival and his new full-length play will premiere this spring at The Theater Bug.
Original ten-minute plays are submitted by Nashville-area students and selected through a professional reading process. The selected playwrights are invited to a week-long workshop to continue to develop their plays led by Nate Eppler, Director of the Playground at The Theater Bug, and the Theater Bug’s Managing Artistic Director, Cori Anne Laemmel.
The plays are presented as staged readings featuring both The Theater Bug’s incredible young performers as well as professional local artists. The Ten-Minute Play Festival proudly features local professional actors and directors including Jon Royal, Anastasia Teel, Maya Reilly, Chase Miller, Alicia Haymer and more!
The Ten-Minute Play Festival runs February 5- February 7 at 7:00 pm, February 8, at 2:00 pm, at Riverside Revival, 1600 Riverside Drive. The festival features eight brand-new plays written by students, divided into two programs. Program A will be performed Thursday and Friday night, and Program B takes the stage Saturday and Sunday. Audiences are encouraged to attend both programs to experience the full lineup of performances.
Some plays feature mature themes and language. Please use discretion when bringing audience members under 13 years old. Tickets are $15 and are available online at thetheaterbug.org. Tickets can also be purchased at the door for $18, if available. Limited numbers of subsidized and complimentary tickets are available for those who may not be able to afford the ticket price, limit two per family. To request these tickets, please email auditions@thetheaterbug.org.
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