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GLT Datebook: Key Opens Possibilites To One-Act Plays

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Heartland Theater serves up three plays in its annual New Plays From The Heartland:  Midwest One-Act Play Festival.  The plays were chosen during the short play competition open to nine states and highlights the talent thriving in the Midwest.

  • "A Key" is the theme for this year's festival.  The three plays are "Key Ring" by Steven Peterson, "Good Morning, Mirium," by Jacquelyln Floyd-Priskorn, and "Pazediv (Positive)" by Alyssa Ratkovich.
  • Cyndee Brown is the director of the tree plays, which have never been produced before.
  • Heartland Theater's Gail Dobbins said the festival was thought to be a great way to draw attention to the talent working in the Midwest.
  • The plays run July 15 - 17.
Reporter, content producer and former All Things Considered host, Laura Kennedy is a native of the Midwest who occasionally affects an English accent just for the heck of it. Related to two U.S. presidents, Kennedy appalled her family by going into show business.