<div dir="ltr"><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-3d74327b-7fff-fc54-85aa-34116fd124c7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (March 26, 2025) - The SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Theatre will present The 24 Hour Play Festival on April 12 at 7 p.m. in the Hartman Theatre, John Myers Building. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Coordinated by Festival Artistic Director Dr. Shawna Mefferd Kelty and managed by Festival Production Manager Margaret Swick, The 24 Hour Play Festival challenges the artists involved to create a performance within 24 hours and share it in the Hartman Theatre.  All plays in this performance will be written, rehearsed, and performed by students within the 24 hour time frame.  “The 24-hour plays are 70% artistry and collaboration, 20% theatrical mayhem, and 10% sheer adrenaline,” Dr. Kelty stated, “ which makes for an exciting creative process and a </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">very</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> entertaining and dynamic evening of theatre. We hope you can join us to celebrate these very very new plays, the performances, and these daring young theatre artists.”</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Tickets for The 24 Hour Play Festival are $5 for General Admission, and $3 for SA Members. These can be purchased online at </span><a href="https://campusgroups.plattsburgh.edu/themus/events/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://campusgroups.plattsburgh.edu/themus/events/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> or on the evening of the performance in the Myers Box Office located within the Myers Lobby Gallery. Please note that the box office is cash only. All credit card purchases need to use the link provided above. </span></p><br><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For more information, contact Dwayne T. Butchino at 518-564-2243 or email </span><a href="mailto:butc3332@plattsburgh.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">butc3332@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. For a full schedule of music and theatre events, visit </span><a href="https://campusgroups.plattsburgh.edu/themus/events/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://campusgroups.plattsburgh.edu/themus/events/.</span></a></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_m8yie8ud0" alt="MUS2025SP_24HourFestWEB.png" width="330" height="510"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0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