15th Annual Ten-Minute Play Program
Directed by Cezar Williams

FRIGID New York will present the 2024 The Fire This Time Festival at a brand new home this January. The Obie Award winning festival will be celebrating its 15th anniversary with the return of its annual Ten-Minute Play Program at The Wild Project (195 E 3rd St, New York, NY 10009), January 18-January 28, 2024.

The six playwrights whose ten-minute plays will receive their world premiere include Taylor A. Blackman, Kamilah Bush, Leelee Jackson, Monique Pappas-Williams, Nia Akilah Robinson and Joël René Scoville. Cezar Williams, the Producing Artistic Director of The Fire This Time who directed the 8th annual Ten-Minute Play Program returns to direct the 15th anniversary Ten-Minute Play Program.

In season 15 the ten-minute plays all focus on Black women and the Black family with themes of ten-minute plays ranging from a family who redefines the meaning of kinship, both biological and chosen, and another family who deals with the psychological toll racism has on their teenage daughter; women navigating careers as artists and activists and the demands it places on their private lives; young women confronting colorism within the Black community; and, women being empowered to reclaim their agency and autonomy by refusing to be confined by unfulfilling relationships.

It’s Karen B**** 
Written by Taylor Blackman

Mamas and Papas 
Written by Kamilah Bush

What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Written by Leelee Jackson

The Mural 
Written by Monique Pappas-Williams

Why Jamira Gotta Do All Da Werk? 
Written by Nia Akilah Robinson

Ethel & Ethel 
Written by Joël René Scoville