Marfa Live Arts presents the 15th Annual Marfa High School One-Act Plays
showcasing four award-winning student plays at the Crowley Theater on
Wednesday, March 4, at 7 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.).
The 2026 One Acts that will be staged are What Moves in the Dark by Seth
Nuñez; Tornado Warning in Mississippi by Ora Webb; Chasing Scrubs by Itzel
Urrutia; and The Quiet After by Christopher Huerta.
These plays will be brought to life by area actors. Actors include Jason Lara, Mia
Valentini, Elliot Horn, Dillon Orr, Julían Herrera, Yoseff Ben-Yehuda, Jordan De
La O, Fatima Anaza, Abby Boyd, Laura Buckshaw and Jerram Rojo.
“All of the plays this year are exceptional, and we are so appreciative of MISD
and MEF for continuing to support this program. Under the tutelage of Cal Poly
playwriting professor Ramón Esquivel, the students went above and beyond in
honing and crafting rich narratives, complex subtext, descriptive settings and,
most importantly, character transformation,” Marfa Live Arts Director Jennie
Hamilton shared. “We are incredibly proud of these students. The consistent rise
in the quality of their work speaks to this workshop being taught annually for the
past fifteen years. Students’ writing voices have matured and developed. It’s a
big accomplishment for anyone, and these kids feel really good about having
done it. We encourage folks to come out and support their hard work.”
The Playwriting Workshop and presentation of the Marfa High School One-Act
Plays supports the Marfa Live Arts’ mission of bringing the performing arts to
West Texas, educating the area’s youth, and bringing the community together.
These programs have become the cornerstone of Marfa Live Arts’ education
program and are sponsored by the Marfa Education Foundation and the Texas
Commission on the Arts. For more information please visit www.marfalivearts.org.