Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company’s Festival in Black and White is back for a 12th year of one-act plays featuring a multicultural crop of local writers, directors and actors Saturday through June 11 in the Pittsburgh Cultural District.

The festival was created to present diverse productions, matching three black writers with white directors and vice versa, with no constraints on the stories they tell. The six one-act plays are chosen from script submissions by Pittsburgh playwrights.

This year, the festival is timed to coincide with the Three Rivers Arts Festival. Performances at Playwrights’ Downtown home, 937 Liberty Ave., third floor, are free and open to the public (more at pghplaywrights.com).

The Plays

• “Crossing Sacred Lines” by Michael Curry, directed by Brett Sullivan Santry. Starring Devaugh Robinson, Lyn Starr.

• “Stay” by Ray Werner, directed by Cheryl El-Walker. Starring Brenna Conroy, Philip Fry, Alexandra Lenihan, Scott Vickinovac.

• “No Winners” by Daphne S. Austin, directed by Christine Marie. Starring Shanita Bivins, Christian Carter, Shenita Williams.

• “Mental Case” by Kim El, directed by Andrew Huntley II. Starring Ian Insect, Christine Marie, John Seibert, Leslie Ezra Smith.

• “Vows” by F.J. Hartland, directed by Stephanie Akers. Starring Natashia Burton, Christine Marie, Jomo Ray.

• “Home Again, Home Again” by Nik Nemec, directed by Wali Jamal. Starring Hazel LeRoy, Nik Nemec, Noah Zamamiri.

The Schedule

• Saturday: Noon-4, two one-act plays on the hour. 8 p.m.: Video viewing of a full-length PPTCO play.

• Sunday: 3-5 p.m.: Program A.

• Monday: 7-9 p.m.: Program B

• Tuesday: 7-9 p.m.: Program A

• Wednesday: 7-9 p.m.: Program B

• Next Thursday: 7-9 p.m.: Program A

• June 10: 7-9 p.m.: Program B

• June 11: 2-4 p.m., two one-act plays on the hour. 8 p.m.: Video viewing of a full-length PPTCO play.

Sharon Eberson: sberson@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1960. Twitter: @SEberson_pg.

First Published: June 2, 2016, 4:00 a.m.