The Durango Arts Center is pleased to sponsor its second annual 10-Minute Play Contest in 2012, which will culminate in a full production during the annual Durango Showcase of the Arts in September.

10-minute plays were officially introduced by the Actors’ Theatre of Louisville in 1977, when the genre was promoted as part of the Humana Festival of new American Plays. Often referred to as the “haiku of the American stage” as well as “a streak of theatrical lightning,” 10-minute plays have become an engaging and popular genre for today’s audiences and playwrights.