Mercury Players
10th Anniversary
PlayFest

Our 10th Season Explodes into Action with 3 Weekends of Short Plays in the Newly remodeled Drury Stage

It's our 10th Anniversary Party and We're Giving You the Presents!

3 Weekends
3 Completely Different Shows
30 Bucks for ALL Three!

Mercury Pushes All Your Buttons with the Largest Offering of Short Plays Ever Seen in Madison!

Scores of Actors, Technicians, Designers and Crew
Come together to Celebrate Mercury's Tradition of True Artistic Collaboration.

Don't Miss the Event of the Season!

Tickets: $15 Individual

OR GET MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK...
$30 PlayFest Pass
That's $10 per Show!

Here's a sneak peek ...

September 9-11 * COMEDIA * Directed by Matt Poulson

You'll be clutching your sides as Mercury opens the Festival with short comedies sure to leave you breathless.

FEATURING

  1. A Lizzie Borden Sit-Com by Madison's Guru of Gore, Rob Matsushita
  2. Mercury founder Paul Wells returns to Madison to regale audiences with a story like only Paul can tell.

September 16-18 * POLITIKOS * Directed by Beth Shippert

Nobody sticks it to the Man like Mercury, and the plays in this show could turn Rush Limbaugh into an activist!

FEATURING

  1. Mercury's political poet-laureate Doug Reed returns with his most provocative piece yet.
  2. Time travel, corporate greed, and yellow smileyfaces come together in Walmartopia, the new musical comedy, written and directed by Cat & Andrew (creators of Temp Slave).

September 23-25 * PATHOS * Directed by Kathy Lynn Sliter

Our Festival concludes with the best in dramatic theater. Compelling and haunting, this finale will leave you hungry for our biggest season ever!

FEATURING

  1. David Mamet's brilliant satirical statement on modern living, A Sermon.
  2. A remounting of the Short Stacks (Oct. '02) signature piece, I Want the Beautiful Love-Death by Lisa Konoplisky. Will the Make-A-Wish Foundation honor Little Christopher's last request? If you missed it the first time, DON'T MISS IT AGAIN!

    This Is the Mercury Show You've Been Waiting For!

Don't forget the Overture Center Grand Opening, with Mercury's encore presentation of POLITIKOS selections, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 8:00 p.m. FREE ADMISSION!