The Vagabond Acting Troupe is proud to present its Fourth Annual One-Act Play Festival. The festival will take place on April 8, 9, and 10, 2009 at 8:00 PM at L2 Restaurant and Bar, located at 2201 South Street. Tickets are $10 each and can be reserved by sending an e-mail to vagabondactingtroupe@gmail.com.

The One-Act Play Festival features five previously unproduced plays selected by its core members from over sixty-five submissions. The one-acts include BLANK SLATE by Mary Steelsmith, THE LOCKED EYE by Christopher Braak, PENELOPE by Sharon Graubert, WINCHESTER by Patrick Cleary, and MY INNER CHILD NEEDS A BABYSITTER by Eric Balchunas. Directors include Vagabond core ensemble members Joanne Cunningham, Kristen Gleason Block, Catherine Mary Moroney, and Eric Singel. Actors include Russ Addis, Gerre Garrett, Molly Heckard, Stephen Hyams, Asaki Kuruma, Christian Lisak, Sara Painter, Nina Schrader, Megan Slater, Douglas Thomas, and Ryan Walter.

"We are so excited to have had the highest response from playwrights in the history of our festival," notes Executive Director Aileen McCulloch, who notes that the company began annually holding a one act play festival as thanks to all the area playwrights who have assisted the company in building original works from scratch. "As a developmental company, we frequently call on area professionals to join us for readings and feedback workshops. Since so many who turned out were playwrights, we began offering the one act play festival as a way to share other area new works with our community, and thank those who'd helped us develop our own collaborative creations."

L2 Restaurant and Bar serves dinner from 5 p.m. on weekdays. For information about having dinner before the show or a late-night snack after the show, please visit the L2 Restaurant's website at www.l2restaurant.com. For more information about the One-Act Play Festival and Vagabond Acting Troupe, please call 610-286-5567, e-mail vagabondactingtroupe@gmail.com or visit www.vagabondactingtroupe.org.

Vagabond Acting Troupe (V.A.T) - The Barrymore honored V.A.T. is a physical based experimental theatre company that presents works for children, families and adults throughout Pennsylvania and surrounding states. In addition to a main stage series at various venues throughout Philadelphia, V.A.T offers an extensive touring schedule and community residency program. The Vagabond Acting Troupe creates exciting physical productions to rouse the imagination. The troupe offers interactive, educational trunk shows, innovative, reworked classics and dynamic experimental works, as well as creates site-specific original works for unconventional venues, curriculum based programs or special events.