The New School for Drama’s RANDOM ACTS One-Act Play Festival began its six-weekend run last week and continues with its second week of new productions Thursday, March 5. Audiences are invited to experience work by some of the best of the school’s up-and-coming actors, directors, and playwrights. Free and open to the public, the plays are presented every other week and include both classic and contemporary works, ranging from Thorton Wilder’s A Ringing of Doorbells to Horton Foote’s Blind Date. The festival will also feature six new works by Drama’s third-year playwrights, to be presented in the final two weeks.

The second weekend runs March 5-7 and will feature these plays:
Lovers by Brian Friel
Part One—Winners, directed by Mary Beth Smith; with Marco Formosa, Jennifer McVey, Adrienne C. Moore, and Jason R. Stroud

Part Two—Losers, directed by Jennifer Hart; with Connor Carew, Alison Bridget Chambers, Tara Herweg, and Amanda Rhines

Komachi by Romulus Linney, directed by Tamara Ruppart; with Ji-Hye Kwon, and Aidan O’Shea
The festival will run through April 26, with performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free, and seating is first come, first served. Reservations are recommended; call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com. Performances will take place at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor, New York City.

Visit www.drama.newschool.edu for the complete schedule and more information.