How many plays can you squeeze into two hours, including a 15 minute intermission? Six, if you attend the second annual Ten Minute Play Festival at Theatre in the Wings.

They vary widely in subject matter, but most show humour to wit. They are written by playwrights from across Canada and were selected from more than 260 entries, explained Peter Paylor on behalf of the theatre. Several performances are sold out with large audiences for the remainder for a show that runs four more performances, Thursday through Saturday evening, plus a matinee on Sunday.

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One of them, the first entry, called The Planner, written by Picton playwright Colleen Simm. It deals with an aging woman who seeks to interest her daughter and granddaughter in her “planner” book about dying and scali

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