Play Festival — Eight 10-Minute Florida Plays

The Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach is staging its first NSB Play Festival from May 22 through May 24, 2026, with eight short plays written by Florida playwrights. The event is built as a single evening program, with four 10-minute works in the first act and four in the second. (nsbplayers.org) The theater says the festival is directed and performed by local residents and is meant to showcase new directors, new scripts and local actors. Tickets are priced at $10 for the full program, according to the theater’s event listing and ticket page. ### Where is the festival taking place? (ticketpeak.com) The Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach is hosting the festival at its home venue in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, according to the organization’s website. The company, which describes itself as a local theater institution dating to 1947, lists the NSB Play Festival as the final event of its 2025-2026 season. The production appears in regional event promotion as part of Volusia County’s arts calendar for the week. ### What exactly does one ticket include? One ticket covers all eight plays, the theater says, rather than admission to a single short work. (nsbplayers.org) The program is divided evenly, with four pieces presented in Act I and four in Act II. The theater’s website describes the lineup as “eight distinct 10-minute works,” while the ticketing page lists separate performance times for the same full package on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The $10 ticket price is a notable part of the event’s pitch. The theater says the special-event pricing applies to the full festival, and its season page notes a small additional fee for credit-card orders while cash or check purchases avoid that fee. (nsbplayers.org) ### Who is involved in the production? Local residents are directing and performing the plays, according to the theater’s description of the event. The scripts are all by Florida playwrights, giving the festival a state-focused frame rather than drawing from a national or mixed roster. A promotional post from See Volusia also describes the evening as an inaugural festival built around original storytelling and local talent. (nsbplayers.org) The theater says the eight works span comedy, drama and experimental theater. That mix suggests the evening is designed as a sampler format, with each short piece offering a different tone and style inside a single performance block, according to the event descriptions published by the theater and local listings. (nsbplayers.org) ### When can audiences see it? TicketPeak lists three performances: Friday, May 22, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. EDT; Saturday, May 23, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. EDT; and Sunday, May 24, 2026, at 2 p.m. EDT. Those dates match the theater’s own season listing for May 22-24. The event therefore runs as a weekend engagement rather than a longer festival spread across multiple weeks. (nsbplayers.org) ### Why is this event showing up in Volusia County listings? Volusia-area calendars and tourism sites are carrying the event because it fits the county’s local arts programming for late May. (nsbplayers.org) See Volusia’s post calls it the inaugural NSB Play Festival, and community listings describe it as a showcase for Florida-written short plays performed in New Smyrna Beach. The event also arrives as the Little Theatre prepares to roll into its 2026-2027 season, which the company says begins with subscription sales on May 25 and individual ticket sales on June 1. (ticketpeak.com) May 24 is the last scheduled performance of the play festival, according to the ticketing page. After that, the Little Theatre’s posted calendar moves to summer events including a July 4 concert and the July 16-Aug. 2 run of “Shrek the Musical.” (ticketpeak.com) (seevolusia.com)