Overnight Sensations is Roanoke’s version of the 24-Hour Plays. 6 playwrights are randomly teamed with 6 directors and 6 pre-selected casts of local actors, celebrities and patrons of the arts. Together they create in only 24 hours 6 newly brewed 10-minute plays presented to the public. This unique event allows lots of hand-on participation in every aspect of making theatre and represents an opportunity for inter-organizational cooperation. This year the event is hosted by the Hollins University and is co-produced by Mill Mountain Theatre. Special guest artists will include MFA playwrights, Playwright’s Lab guest artists and faculty and many local personalities!

For the past six years, the event has always been hosted at the Mill Mountain Theatre on the Trinkle Main Stage. This year, due to renovations to the Center in the Square, the event will be on the Hollins Campus in the newly renovated Hollins Little Theatre. (Now with air conditioning!) We hope you’ll join us for the same great show in this new (temporary) location!

Playwrights:

Carl Hancock Rux

Jonathan G Galvez

Erin Lane

Will Coleman

Ben R. Williams

Dwayne Yancey

Directors:

Art Borreca

Neeley Gossett

Charlie Boswell

Kris Laguzza

Miriam Frazier

This event produced in partnership between the Playwright’s Lab, Mill Mountain Theatre, the Wyndham Robertson Library and the Taubman Museum of Art.

If you are interesteted in being a sponsor (providing snacks, food, or hosting the cast party) or would like to place an ad in our program, please contact us at 540-556-5396 or tristau@hollins.edu.