The Secret Theatre is proud to announce the founding of the Queens Short Play Festival which launches in February, 2023. Now that the theatre is based in Woodside, we will be resting the LIC One Act Festival brand of previous years in favor of this new name.

We have received over 130 plays already and those have now be shortlisted to around 50+ plays which are separated into 7 different programs which are all given at least 4 shows each in a competition style festival where the audience votes for all of the plays that they see and once we get to the end of the initial month we then take the top two plays from each program that progress to the 2 semi-finals and then the final 8 plays move to the Grand Final.

The winning Play, Actor, Actress and Director will all win cash awards and be given an Award at the Grand Final.

Schedule:

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program A

Avenue B Blues – Matt and Ariel Sanders
Karma – Sarah Congress
One Night Standoff – Juan Ramirez, Jr.
Waiting for Gadot – Dimitri C. Michalakis
Are You My Last Stop? – TJL
Last Single Boy in Town – John David Brown
Raw Sewage – Robert Cantillon
Online Dating – Matthew Garlin

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program B

The Advice – Chelyn Cousar
Save Me, Superman – Joshua Danese
Broken Doll – Kevin Brofsky
GPS – Raphael Badagliacca
Visions of Wishes – Amanda Montoni
Son of Anarchy – Eugene A. Melino
Speed Dating – Curt Strickland
The Flying Dutchman Boards the Staten Island Ferry – Larry Rinkel

Thursday, February 23, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program C

Ladies Who Lunch – Jayne Deely
Charged – Jonathan Michaels
Why Did You Come to New York? – Michael Busani
The First Date for Two Soulmates – Parker Cross, Jr.
By Your Side – Charly Wenzel
Prime Directive – Taylor Wendell Lozano
Too Many White People – Peter Snoad

Friday, February 24, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program D

Short Girls Unite – Nikki Dos Santos
Before You – Natasha Cobb
Fair Weather Fans – William Zolla II
The Phone Call – Catalina Florina Florescu
The Mollies – Dan Brown
My Voicemail Diary – Charles Hsu
Forever and a Day – Jennifer Ju
The Flying Dutchman Boards the Staten Island Ferry

Saturday, February 25, 2023

3:00pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program E

Baba Yaga and the Federal Trade Commission – Erin Gruodis-Gimbel
Best Medium – Matt and Ariel Sanders
Lovers and Survivors – Aaron M. Leventman
Dancing Shoes – Collin McConnell
20th Anniversary – Marcus Harmon
A Play of Angelic Visitation – R. W. Schneider
Maybe Tomorrow – Brian Leahy Doyle

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program F

Turkey Perky Hotline – Darcy H. Sternberg
Want to Hold Your Hand – Brian Leahy Doyle
Snug, the Joiner – Michael Towers
Cricket and the Pope – Meny Beriro
My Christmas Break by Andrew – Barbara Matovu
Tales from the Cancelation Bardo – Bruce Dalziel
Just Right – Megan Lohne
Molting – Michael Towers

Sunday, February 26, 2023

3:00pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program G

Beethoven’s Ears – Larry Rinkel
I’m Trash and So Are You – Emma Sarah Davis
Bovine Existential – Brian C. Petti
The Fans Strike Back – Joseph P. Krawczyk
Still Life – Brian Leahy Doyle
The Wait – William Whalen
Basic Cable Method Acting – Michael C. O’Day
Thirty-Four Empty Pages – Jake Alexander

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program A

Avenue B Blues – Matt and Ariel Sanders
Karma – Sarah Congress
One Night Standoff – Juan Ramirez, Jr.
Waiting for Gadot – Dimitri C. Michalakis
Are You My Last Stop? – TJL
Last Single Boy in Town – John David Brown
Raw Sewage – Robert Cantillon
Online Dating – Matthew Garlin

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program B

The Advice – Chelyn Cousar
Save Me, Superman – Joshua Danese
Broken Doll – Kevin Brofsky
GPS – Raphael Badagliacca
Visions of Wishes – Amanda Montoni
Son of Anarchy – Eugene A. Melino
Speed Dating – Curt Strickland
The Flying Dutchman Boards the Staten Island Ferry – Larry Rinkel

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program C

Ladies Who Lunch – Jayne Deely
Charged – Jonathan Michaels
Why Did You Come to New York? – Michael Busani
The First Date for Two Soulmates – Parker Cross, Jr.
By Your Side – Charly Wenzel
Prime Directive – Taylor Wendell Lozano
Too Many White People – Peter Snoad

Thursday, March 2, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program D

Short Girls Unite – Nikki Dos Santos
Before You – Natasha Cobb
Fair Weather Fans – William Zolla II
The Phone Call – Catalina Florina Florescu
The Mollies – Dan Brown
My Voicemail Diary – Charles Hsu
Forever and a Day – Jennifer Ju
The Flying Dutchman Boards the Staten Island Ferry

Friday, March 3, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program E

Baba Yaga and the Federal Trade Commission – Erin Gruodis-Gimbel
Best Medium – Matt and Ariel Sanders
Lovers and Survivors – Aaron M. Leventman
Dancing Shoes – Collin McConnell
20th Anniversary – Marcus Harmon
A Play of Angelic Visitation – R. W. Schneider
Maybe Tomorrow – Brian Leahy Doyle

Saturday, March 4, 2023

3:00pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program F

Turkey Perky Hotline – Darcy H. Sternberg
Want to Hold Your Hand – Brian Leahy Doyle
Snug, the Joiner – Michael Towers
Cricket and the Pope – Meny Beriro
My Christmas Break by Andrew – Barbara Matovu
Tales from the Cancelation Bardo – Bruce Dalziel
Just Right – Megan Lohne
Molting – Michael Towers

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program G

Beethoven’s Ears – Larry Rinkel
I’m Trash and So Are You – Emma Sarah Davis
Bovine Existential – Brian C. Petti
The Fans Strike Back – Joseph P. Krawczyk
Still Life – Brian Leahy Doyle
The Wait – William Whalen
Basic Cable Method Acting – Michael C. O’Day
Thirty-Four Empty Pages – Jake Alexander

Sunday, March 5, 2023

3:00pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program A

Avenue B Blues – Matt and Ariel Sanders
Karma – Sarah Congress
One Night Standoff – Juan Ramirez, Jr.
Waiting for Gadot – Dimitri C. Michalakis
Are You My Last Stop? – TJL
Last Single Boy in Town – John David Brown
Raw Sewage – Robert Cantillon
Online Dating – Matthew Garlin

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program B

The Advice – Chelyn Cousar
Save Me, Superman – Joshua Danese
Broken Doll – Kevin Brofsky
GPS – Raphael Badagliacca
Visions of Wishes – Amanda Montoni
Son of Anarchy – Eugene A. Melino
Speed Dating – Curt Strickland
The Flying Dutchman Boards the Staten Island Ferry – Larry Rinkel

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program C

Ladies Who Lunch – Jayne Deely
Charged – Jonathan Michaels
Why Did You Come to New York? – Michael Busani
The First Date for Two Soulmates – Parker Cross, Jr.
By Your Side – Charly Wenzel
Prime Directive – Taylor Wendell Lozano
Too Many White People – Peter Snoad

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program D

Short Girls Unite – Nikki Dos Santos
Before You – Natasha Cobb
Fair Weather Fans – William Zolla II
The Phone Call – Catalina Florina Florescu
The Mollies – Dan Brown
My Voicemail Diary – Charles Hsu
Forever and a Day – Jennifer Ju
The Flying Dutchman Boards the Staten Island Ferry

Thursday, March 9, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program E

Baba Yaga and the Federal Trade Commission – Erin Gruodis-Gimbel
Best Medium – Matt and Ariel Sanders
Lovers and Survivors – Aaron M. Leventman
Dancing Shoes – Collin McConnell
20th Anniversary – Marcus Harmon
A Play of Angelic Visitation – R. W. Schneider
Maybe Tomorrow – Brian Leahy Doyle

Friday, March 10, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program F

Turkey Perky Hotline – Darcy H. Sternberg
Want to Hold Your Hand – Brian Leahy Doyle
Snug, the Joiner – Michael Towers
Cricket and the Pope – Meny Beriro
My Christmas Break by Andrew – Barbara Matovu
Tales from the Cancelation Bardo – Bruce Dalziel
Just Right – Megan Lohne
Molting – Michael Towers

Saturday, March 11, 2023

3:00pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program G

Beethoven’s Ears – Larry Rinkel
I’m Trash and So Are You – Emma Sarah Davis
Bovine Existential – Brian C. Petti
The Fans Strike Back – Joseph P. Krawczyk
Still Life – Brian Leahy Doyle
The Wait – William Whalen
Basic Cable Method Acting – Michael C. O’Day
Thirty-Four Empty Pages – Jake Alexander

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program A

Avenue B Blues – Matt and Ariel Sanders
Karma – Sarah Congress
One Night Standoff – Juan Ramirez, Jr.
Waiting for Gadot – Dimitri C. Michalakis
Are You My Last Stop? – TJL
Last Single Boy in Town – John David Brown
Raw Sewage – Robert Cantillon
Online Dating – Matthew Garlin

Sunday, March 12, 2023

3:00pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program B

The Advice – Chelyn Cousar
Save Me, Superman – Joshua Danese
Broken Doll – Kevin Brofsky
GPS – Raphael Badagliacca
Visions of Wishes – Amanda Montoni
Son of Anarchy – Eugene A. Melino
Speed Dating – Curt Strickland
The Flying Dutchman Boards the Staten Island Ferry – Larry Rinkel

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program C

Ladies Who Lunch – Jayne Deely
Charged – Jonathan Michaels
Why Did You Come to New York? – Michael Busani
The First Date for Two Soulmates – Parker Cross, Jr.
By Your Side – Charly Wenzel
Prime Directive – Taylor Wendell Lozano
Too Many White People – Peter Snoad

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program D

Short Girls Unite – Nikki Dos Santos
Before You – Natasha Cobb
Fair Weather Fans – William Zolla II
The Phone Call – Catalina Florina Florescu
The Mollies – Dan Brown
My Voicemail Diary – Charles Hsu
Forever and a Day – Jennifer Ju
The Flying Dutchman Boards the Staten Island Ferry

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program E

Baba Yaga and the Federal Trade Commission – Erin Gruodis-Gimbel
Best Medium – Matt and Ariel Sanders
Lovers and Survivors – Aaron M. Leventman
Dancing Shoes – Collin McConnell
20th Anniversary – Marcus Harmon
A Play of Angelic Visitation – R. W. Schneider
Maybe Tomorrow – Brian Leahy Doyle

Thursday, March 16, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program F

Turkey Perky Hotline – Darcy H. Sternberg
Want to Hold Your Hand – Brian Leahy Doyle
Snug, the Joiner – Michael Towers
Cricket and the Pope – Meny Beriro
My Christmas Break by Andrew – Barbara Matovu
Tales from the Cancelation Bardo – Bruce Dalziel
Just Right – Megan Lohne
Molting – Michael Towers

Saturday, March 18, 2023

7:30pm: Queens Short Play Festival - Program G

Beethoven’s Ears – Larry Rinkel
I’m Trash and So Are You – Emma Sarah Davis
Bovine Existential – Brian C. Petti
The Fans Strike Back – Joseph P. Krawczyk
Still Life – Brian Leahy Doyle
The Wait – William Whalen
Basic Cable Method Acting – Michael C. O’Day
Thirty-Four Empty Pages – Jake Alexander

Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 - Saturday, March 18, 2023

Location: The Secret Theatre - 38-02 61st Street , Woodside, NY 11377

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