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Chelmsford's home for community theatre since 2022 🎭

06/07/2026

Don’t miss your last chance to see this year’s Ten-Minute Play Festival! Today at 2:00 pm in the CCA auditorium. 💫

Get tickets here 👇
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06/03/2026

Introducing the cast of two more of the amazing plays in this year's Ten Minute Play Festival lineup: Brief Exchange – written by Matthew Heftler and directed by Justin Linscott, and Time Table – written by Jeff Perlman and directed by Alicia O'Dwyer. 🎭

📝 SHOW SYNOPSES 📝

Brief Exchange: When a series of heartbreaking events occur in the drawer they inhabit, three pairs of underwear find their lives are changed forever.

Time Table: A young couple is surprised when they go to dinner and are seated with older versions of themselves.

⏰ THE FOURTH ANNUAL TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL ⏰
📆 June 5th and 6th at 7:30 pm, and June 7th at 2:00 pm.

Get your tickets now before they sell out! 🎟️👇
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www.chelmsfordarts.org/theplayground

06/02/2026

Introducing the cast of two more of the fantastic pieces in this year's Ten Minute Play Festival lineup: Ups and Downs – written by Cam Eickmeyer and directed by Colleen Goldstein, and Crowbar – written by Sara Freedman and directed by Nancy Flynn-Barvick. 🎭

📝 SHOW SYNOPSES 📝
Ups and Downs: A married couple experience a shocking revelation while riding a roller coaster. Smile for the camera!

Crowbar: Riley is annoyed when her neighbor, Bill, is invited for Thanksgiving. But then, she makes a discovery.

⏰ THE FOURTH ANNUAL TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL ⏰
📆 June 5th and 6th at 7:30 pm, and June 7th at 2:00 pm.

Get your tickets now before they sell out! 🎟️👇
https://square.link/u/9faXFLU1

www.chelmsfordarts.org/theplayground

06/01/2026

Introducing the cast of TWO more of the amazing plays in this year's Ten Minute Play Festival lineup: Harken To Me – written by Alexander Wilkie and directed by Gary Silver, and 37 Origami Bees – written by Philip Middleton Williams and directed by Alissa Lord.🎭

📝 SHOW SYNOPSES 📝
Harken To Me: As a Shakespearean actor prepares for a blind date in a diner, he finds that due to a freak stage accident, he can speak only in Shakespearean English.

37 Origami Bees: Fred has reached his retirement as a high school teacher. When his co-worker Johnny asks him what he is going to do with all that free time, Fred offers a surprising answer.

⏰ THE FOURTH ANNUAL TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL ⏰
📆 June 5th and 6th at 7:30 pm, and June 7th at 2:00 pm.
Get your tickets now before they sell out! 🎟️👇
https://square.link/u/9faXFLU1

www.chelmsfordarts.org/theplayground

05/28/2026

Introducing the cast of one of the incredible plays in this year's Ten Minute Play Festival lineup: I, Phone – written by Tom Moran, and directed by Donna DeWitt. 🎭

📝 SHOW SYNOPSIS 📝
Single twenty-something Melanie is just trying to go out on a date. But her cellphone has other ideas.

⏰ THE FOURTH ANNUAL TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL ⏰
📆 June 5th and 6th at 7:30 pm, and June 7th at 2:00 pm.

Get your tickets now before they sell out! 🎟️👇
https://square.link/u/9faXFLU1

www.chelmsfordarts.org/theplayground

05/24/2026

Introducing the cast of one of the incredible plays in this year's Ten Minute Play Festival lineup: Bargain Barn – written by James Kelsey Nelson and directed by Aspen Marshall. 🎭

📝 SHOW SYNOPSIS 📝
When two characters exhaust the brief dialogue of the play which contains them, they attempt to make more of their existence.

⏰ THE FOURTH ANNUAL TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL ⏰
📆 June 5th and 6th at 7:30 pm, and June 7th at 2:00 pm.

Get your tickets now before they sell out! 🎟️👇
https://square.link/u/9faXFLU1

www.chelmsfordarts.org/theplayground

05/13/2026

Tickets are on sale now for The Playground Theatre Co.'s fourth annual Ten-Minute Play Festival! Don't miss out on this Chelmsford theatre tradition, featuring eleven original plays – directed and performed by local talent! 🎭

📆 June 5th, 6th and 7th in the CCA Auditorium.
🎟️ Regular tickets $20, $15 for students and seniors.

GET TICKETS HERE ⬇️
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www.chelmsfordarts.org/theplayground

05/06/2026

Audition signups are open for The Playground Theatre CO's fall production of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE!!!

Auditions will be taking place June 7th and 8th at the Chelmsford Center for the Arts. 🐝 are open!

Spots are filling quickly!

We are still seeking male actors for the roles of Panch, Chip, Barfee, Leaf and the 3 Dads!
Hope to see you there!

Please go to www.chelmsfordarts.org/spellingbee to learn more & sign up for an audition slot. BEE there or BEE square! ✅

Please note: we are seeking actors age 18+ for this production.

05/04/2026

Tickets are going FAST for an Evening of Nonsense – get yours today so you don't miss out on this side-splitting showcase of original comedies! 🥸

📍 May 8th & 9th in the Chelmsford Center for the Arts auditorium.
🎭 Presented by The Playground Theatre Co. 🎭

GET TICKETS HERE ⬇️
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www.chelmsfordarts.org/theplayground

04/28/2026

Six spellers enter, but only one can win the Bee! Auditions for our fall musical, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE will be taking place June 7th and 8th at the Chelmsford Center for the Arts. 🐝

Go to www.chelmsfordarts.org/spellingbee to learn more & sign up for an audition slot. BEE there or BEE square! ✅

Please note: we are seeking actors age 18+ for this production.

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