A group of Missouri S&T students will write, direct and perform six new 10-minute-long plays in 24 hours at Leach Theatre’s Overnight Theatre Festival this November.

The performances will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall, located on the Missouri S&T campus at the corner of 10th and Main streets in Rolla. The festival is free to attend and open to the public.

The night before the performance, a group of students and invited guest artists will be given a genre, a theme and a line of dialogue. The playwrights must write a 10-minute play by Saturday morning, then student actors and directors spend the rest of the day rehearsing each play before performing them in front of a live audience.

For more information about Missouri S&T’s Overnight Theatre Festival, visit alp.mst.edu/news-and-events or contact the arts, languages, and philosophy department at 573-341-4185 or alp@mst.edu.

About Missouri University of Science and Technology

Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is a STEM-focused research university of over 7,000 students. Part of the four-campus University of Missouri System and located in Rolla, Missouri, Missouri S&T offers 101 degrees in 40 areas of study and is among the nation’s top 10 universities for return on investment, according to Business Insider. S&T also is home to the Kummer Institute, made possible by a $300 million gift from Fred and June Kummer. For more information about Missouri S&T, visit www.mst.edu.