15-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL NEEDS SHORT PLAYS FAST

15-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL NEEDS SHORT PLAYS FAST

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- If you're an unknown playwright, you could soon get your 15 minutes of fame -- as long as you can write a play that's only 15 minutes long. A Los Angeles group is looking for 15-minute plays to be featured at an upcoming festival known as the Playwrights Express. About 120 plays are scheduled to be shoe-horned into the event, and festival organizer Dennis Safren says he's still looking for super- short plays to fill out the agenda. So far, only one play has been rejected: A mini Civil War drama featuring black characters saying stereotypical lines like, "Yes'm." One 15-minute play that will be performed features three women who carrying on a discussion while seated on rest room toilets.