time: 8 p.m.
location: Belfast Maskers Theater on the Waterfront
fee: $10, available at the door at 7 p.m.

Fat Sushi -- by Shanna McNair, Montville, ME
Performed by Crystal Vaccarro

A Recipe for Tomato Butter -- by Florence Gibson, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Performed by Andrea Itkin

Fifteen Notes -- by Ruth Kirschner, San Francisco, CA
Performed by Lisa Goodrich

Guess Who Came to Dinner -- by Craig Hickman, Winthrop, ME

See For Yourself -- by Kristen Burkholder, Belfast, ME
Performed by Kristen Burkholder

And introducing Nathan Raleigh, writer and performer, in excerpts from "Miami."

Saturday, August 21
Staged Readings

time: 5 to 8 p.m.
location: Belfast Maskers on the Waterfront
fee: Donations only

Who's There -- by Marty Chan, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
A Chance of Rain -- by Dennis Jones, Miami, FL
Wolfman and Janice -- by John Manderino, Buxton, ME
Dinner With the Hornblatts -- by Les Epstein, Clemmons, NC
If You Love -- by Marc Clopton, Salisbury, MA
The Love Cycle -- by Lauren Yee, San Francisco, CA
The Hat -- by Zsuzsanna Ardo
The Matchmaker -- by Arthur Kraft, Seal Beach, CA
Away Message -- by Kelly DuMar, Sherborn, MA
Natasha -- by Kristin Kirby, Arcata, CA
Yardies -- by Geoffrey Ewert, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Vision -- by Jim Gordon, Norwalk, CT

Monday, August 23 through Wednesday, August 25
Highlights from the Maine International Film Festival

time: 5, 7 and 9 p.m.
location: Belfast's Colonial Theatre on High Street.
fee: $7

Monday: Tussenland, a Dutch film portraying the crossing of paths of two "uprooted" people, a young illegal immigrant and an elderly reclusive veteran. Directed by Eugenie Janson.

Tuesday: Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, A flock of wild parrots, escapees and castaways from their former domestic lives are tended by a lone human, Mark Bittner. Introduced by Ken and Beth Eisen, MIFF founders.

Wednesday: The Fine Art of Frying Chicken, introduced by director/producer Topper Carew. A portrait of Maurice Prince, owner of "Snack and Chat" restaurant in Los Angeles. Still feisty at 87, Prince has been frying chicken for people as far back as Paul Robeson and Duke Ellington.

Thursday, August 26
"Theater: Voice and Action" Workshop
led by Larraine Brown, 15Minute Festival Co-Founder

time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
location: Festival Headquarters Studio in the Belfast Post Office
fee: sliding scale, $65 to $100

We are all creative people working hard to make the world a good place to be for everyone. You might be a creative thinker who volunteers at a shelter or a therapist who secretly wants to win local poetry slams. You might be a playwright who runs a business or a full-time activist who takes great photographs. Perhaps you are a facilitator, coach or manager who is interested in working at a more meaningful and creative level.

In this workshop, we will explore the source of our creative selves and consider the endless possibilities for action that present themselves in our daily lives.

We will use exercises from Augusto Boal's Forum and Image Theater, David Diamond's Theater for Living from the Actor's Institute of NYC, and Viola Spolin's rehearsal games. The workshop will be structured to integrate approaches from Sha'an Mouliert's "Creating Caring Communities" training series, New Freedwoman Project spoken word performance techniques, Anita Arnold's "Moving Injustice" expressive arts therapy approach and Larraine Brown's "C.A.L.L. (Creative Action for Leadership and Life)" training.

Gail Burton is a performance poet and playwright. She grew up in East Harlem NYC and graduated from Radcliffe College. She founded New Freedwoman Project to utilize the power of storytelling, performance and visual art.

Anita Arnold is a psychotherapist, international consultant and Cultural Competency Educator with a specialty in Diversity Issues. She has a private practice and consulting business in Doylestown, PA.

Larraine Brown is the 15Minute Festival co-founder and director and a writer, performer and coach. She created C.A.L.L. (Creative Action for Leadership and Learning) to explore individual expression, group action and leadership.

Register by email or call 207-338-2734. Limited space available.

Friday, August 27 and Saturday, August 28
At the Strom Auditorium
7 p.m. -- Box office opens
8 p.m. -- Showcase Performance

• "The Unstill Life Overture," composed by Paul Sullivan and choreographed by Seth Whited
• Introduction by Larraine Brown
• Mark O'Donnell's "A Small Reception," a 15-minute musical written specifically for the 15Minute Festival
• Child's Play
• The Book of Job, Part II: Job Strikes Back
• Zachary
• Intermission
• Tim Collins' "The Power Play"
• In the Rec Room
• Elephants and Coffee
• Curtain call