1 play, 2 theaters, 21 performances

A graphic treatment of the title, The Besting of Friends
A casual apology during coffee between friends leads a series of surprising confessions. That's my 10-minute play, The Besting of Friends, inspired by an occurrence in my life. 

(Yes, I inadvertently lost a childhood friend's action figure. Yes, he had totally forgotten the incident when I replaced the figure decades later. No, nothing else that follows actually happened.)

Over the last two years I've racked up a lot of rejections for plays I've submitted to various short-play festivals. (Part of the process, and a career in advertising has given me lots of experience in having ideas rejected.)

So, at best, I was hoping that The Besting of Friends would at least make it into one of the many competitions in which it was entered. I was pleasantly surprised that it was produced by two different theatre companies in the same month, February 2025. 


The Rainy Day Artistic Collective, based in Seattle, included my play in their New Works New Writers 2025 showcase that was streamed live on February 8 and 9. You can see the actors bringing my script to life here:


Simultaneously, The Besting of Friends was being acted on stage in the 2025 Snow Dance 10-Minute Comedy Festival, held by the Over Our Head Players in Racine, Wisconsin. That ran for five weekends beginning on February 7.


And that's not all that happened in February. Another play of mine went into production in Minneapolis. But that's a future post.

(And yes, that's my design for the play title graphic at top; I do that for all my plays, just for the fun of it.)

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