07.06.2026

We have selected the plays for our next One Night Stand Theater production, “The 10-1/2 Commandments” on August 9. Thank you to all the writers who shared their work for our upcoming evening of virtue, sin, Biblical wrath and modern morality. We will be presenting the following eight short plays and monologues:

 

• A holiday theft unleashes a mother’s fury in “Mother and Child” by Steven Korbar.

• Adultery turns complicated in “Sex in the Park” by Jack Rushton.

• Taking the Lord’s name in vain has repercussions in the afterlife in “D--n It!” by Jim Moss.

• A new commandment rolls along in “Waiting for Balle” by Leroy Leonard.

• A visitor from the past unearths scandals and secrets in “Intruders” by Matthew Sheridan.

• Some commandments are clearer than others in “The Ten Commandments: A Pondering” by Dave Brandl.

• An intern unwittingly breaks the Sixth Commandment in “COBOL Cobalt Screen of Death” by V.B. Rankin.

• A lifetime of ordinary moments inspires “A Half Commandment” by Dana Hall.

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06.17.2026

A reminder that the deadline to submit short plays, short stories or poems for consideration for our August 9 ONS Theater show, “The 10-1/2 Commandments,” is Tuesday, June 23. We’re looking for plays, stories or poems about any of the sins or virtues of the Biblical Ten Commandments (or any “new” Commandments you think of).

 

The limit is 3 plays, stories or poems per writer; send them to Tickets@OneNightStandTheater.org.

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06.16.2026

Thank you to everyone who made our Sunday-evening “With Friends Like These…” show happen! Thank you to our playwrights for their talent and creativity – Dan, Jye, Mark, Craig, Jim, Robert and Marjorie. Thank you to our actors – Koby, Colette, Linda, Randy, Natalie, Andrew, Mark, Abby and Carol – for bringing all the plays’ friends to life. Thank you to our directors – Lorraine, Suzanna and Brenda – for guiding the actors through the plays’ good times and bad times. Thank you to Beth, Jeremy, John, Doug, Bernie and the ushers for making the evening so enjoyable for the audience. Thank you to Vintage Theatre for letting our friends play on the stage. And thank you to the four actors and directors who each contributed a “Message to a Friend” that we read between the plays.  

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Our next show is “The 10-1/2 Commandments”: an evening of plays and stories about virtue, sin, Biblical wrath and modern morality. We are reading scripts and will announce the plays soon. Which Commandments will we feature? Will we covet thy neighbor’s wife or thy neighbor’s goods? Will we bear false witness, or witness false bears? Join us on Sunday night, August 9 at Vintage Theatre to find out!