The results are IN!
We are pleased to announce that after two vibrant weekends of eight plays read in November at Stone Valley Arts, gathering audience and reader feedback, and pondering deeply, we have decided to select ONE play to be developed into its full length. It is Old Dogs on the Porch, by Herb Childress.

THANK YOU to the writers for their work, and the readers who brought words to life. We look forward to seeing you at the spring production ~ time and place TBD.

Supported by VCF’s Arts & Social Cohesion grant, Theater in the Woods is excited to expand public involvement in the stages of this project:

From Ten Minutes to One-Act

Lead Director Meg Bouchard will guide the development of 2 plays* to emerge from our Ten-Minute play writing and reading process. Join us!

FIRST, the WRITING (September 13-27th)
We always welcome people who have yet to try writing a short play! 

The SELECTION
8 plays have been selected for our Ten Minute Plays reading and dinner event in November.

The INITIAL READING (October 4)
To get an inside look at the process of creating and mounting a play, the public came to hear the initial read-throughs in round-robin style. 

STAGED READINGS at Stone Valley Arts November 7 & 8, and November 14, 15 & 16

 * Eight plays read over two weekends by our community actors — four plays the first, four DIFFERENT plays the second. With audience input at the November readings, our original idea was that two plays would be chosen to be developed into one-acts over the winter. In the course of the project, we decided to focus on one play:

Old Dogs on the Porch by Herb Childress will be fully produced in the spring of 2026.