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Third Year festival opens at Roxy Garden in Missoula; 16 short plays in development

5920763 · September 22, 2025
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Third Year, a nonprofit short‑play festival, opened at the Roxy Garden in Missoula, presenting eight original short plays tonight with eight more scheduled for the following evening. Producer Sean Gannett said the series received a media arts grant from MCAT and that audience feedback will be collected via a QR form.

The Third Year theater festival opened at the Roxy Garden in Missoula, presenting eight original short plays tonight and promising eight more the following evening, producer and dramaturg Sean Gannett said.

The festival is a nonprofit production that drew more than 30 submissions and three rounds of reader selection before the roster grew to 16 chosen plays, Gannett said. "We were aiming for 10, and it grew to 16. So you're going to see 8 tonight," he told the audience. The program pairs early‑career and experienced writers with actors and is explicitly presented as plays in development.

Why it matters: the festival is intended to showcase new local and national…

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