UMPI’s University Players will host their first ever 10-minute Student Play Writing Festival on Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium in Wieden Hall. Seven students and one community member will be taking part in the Festival. Jessica Cameron, Hannah Craig, Nicholas Crouse, Ashleigh Elliott, Darci Faye, Daniel Sanipass and Cody Theriault are the UMPI student writers and Dave Curran is the community member. The actors are Gaila Allan, Ethan Caron, Hazen Dauphinee, Sara Hall, Corey Hebert, Morgan Swan, Matt Theriault and Zach Veayo. All the actors except for Veayo are UMPI students. All eight plays will be staged each night. The cost is a suggested $5 donation. FMI, contact Darci Faye at darci.faye@maine.edu.