One Act Play Festival

The Island Theatre Workshop’s One Act Play Festival begins tonight, Friday, March 12 at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven. This year’s festival, with shows spread over two weekends, features three plays: Trial by Jury, written and composed by Gilbert and Sullivan and directed by Lee Fierro with musical direction by Linda Berg; The Man Who Couldn’t Stop Crying, written by Murray Schisgal and directed by Leslie J. Stark; and Shasta Rue, written by Jane Martin, and directed and performed by former Vineyard resident Randi Vega.

Performances take place this weekend and next, March 12, 13, 19 and 20, at 7 p.m., with 3 p.m. matinees on March 14 and 21. Cost is $15 at the door, with tonight’s performance benefiting Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard. For details, call 508-627-3166.