Our latest episode of the nytheatrecast spotlights the Chester Horn Short Play Festival. This annual festival, now in its third year, is the brainchild of the company TheatreRats. Michael Criscuolo talks to Associate Artistic Director Michael Ruby about the genesis of the festival, which is named after his late grandfather, who was a huge fan and supporter of live theatre and provided the company with resources to start the festival. Ruby and Co-Artistic Director of the festival, Brad Caswell, also talk about the process of whittling down over 600 script submissions to the final lineup of 12.

Also on hand are Helen Huff and Lori Kee, both of whom are directing plays in this year’s festival. They discuss how they first got involved (they’re both holdovers from previous years) and talk about each of their respective pieces.

Episode links:

• TheatreRats website

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