Las Vegas Weekly

March 5, 2009 · 3:50 PM

UNLV presents theater for generation A.D.D.

By Jennifer Grafiada

If you’ve ever wished theater would catch up with the short attention span of today’s Facebook and fast food generation, then you might like UNLV’s 10-minute plays.

The bite-sized dramas, playing March 5-8, are written by MFA students, directed by faculty and performed by undergrads. While just as immediately pleasurable as a YouPorn clip or an In ‘n’ Out drive-thru, the shorts are anything but superficial.

Sample Childcare in Crocodiles, (“Herpetology and baby-sitting in the dark,” according to the playwright, Casey Davis); The Results (“Missing DNA test results and a mustache may just end a marriage” from Neil Haven) or Nature’s Last Stand about a New Year’s Eve party gone awry.

If you don’t mind a full length production complete with pee-holding discomfort and phone-checking antsiness, check out the Las Vegas Academy’s interpretation of The Wiz (March 5-7), which takes Dorothy and her jovial crew on a 150 minute journey to find out there’s no place like home.

Whether you like your theater short and inventive or long and elaborate, both schools are offering a cheap and enriching way to spend a couple hours. And with all those aspiring Shakespeares and Julie Andrews, you could be watching The Next Big Thing.

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