Jan 26, 2007 : Marika Barnett's short play, The Eleventh Minute was filmed recently by Newton Cable TV. The Eleventh Minute won numerous awards last year, including the Audience Choice Award (Series A) at the 2006 Playwrights' Platform Summer Festival held at the Boston Playwrights’ Theater, June 2006. Heuer Publishing instantly published it.

Studio Playhouse of Newton Cable TV is a program featuring short original plays by Boston area playwrights. The play selected for January is The Eleventh Minute, a satire about 10-minute plays, written by Marika Barnett, features actors Jerry Bisantz and Mark Leahy, and it ran last week in Newton to very favorable reviews. For more information, visit NEWTV, Playwrights' Platform Member Regina Eliot-Ramsay is in charge of this project with Newton Cable Television.

In Marika's opinion, "The play has no redeeming social value what so ever. As a matter of fact, it is about nothing. Absolutely nothing! But that – I am told - it is written very well!"

Marika adds, "If you have an opportunity to see it, please do! Or please forward it to friends who live in Newton. If you wish to have this play for your own town’s Cable TV, please let me know."

The schedule (posted on February 26th) for next two weeks is as follows:
Blue channel (Comcast 10; RCN 15)
Sunday - 4:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
Monday - 3:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.
Tues - 4:30 p.m.
Green channel (Comcast 26; RCN 3)
Friday 2:00 p.m.
Mon - 4:00 p.m.
Tues - 4:00 p.m.
Wed - 4:00 p.m.
Thurs - 4:00 p.m.