The two winners of the 2026 NotaBle Acts One Act Playwriting Competition.

Thursday, July 30 through Saturday, August 1, 7:30 PM nightly, at Memorial Hall, UNB, 9 Bailey Drive.

Post-show reception to follow opening night performance on July 30 at The Grad House, 676 Windsor Street (all welcome).

Join us for a post-show Talkback conversation with the playwrights, actors, and directors after the performance on July 31.

Tickets: $15 General; $10 Students/Seniors/Underemployed, available at the door.

Marvin the Man by Margaret Andow

Louise and her cat, Marvin, are living a perfectly blissful life of treats and cuddles together until one day, Louise does the unthinkable: she brings home a sickeningly perfect boyfriend. The main problem: Marvin doesn’t quite realize that he’s a cat, not a human. How will this complicated love triangle play out? As we all know, hell hath no fury like a cat scorned.

Directed by Shane MacMillan and featuring Peter Boyce, Kat Hall, and Brennan Garnett

Loop by Merrit Johnson

It’s Eloise and Ruby’s last morning together before Ruby leaves for university. Eloise longs for the perfect goodbye with her girlfriend, but there’s something she hasn’t told her: she’s created a time loop so she can re-live their final moments, over and over. But as the loop loses its appeal, and with all of us as witnesses, Eloise must find a way to let Ruby go.

Directed by Rachel Rowan and featuring K.Leigh Bright and Brooke Webster-Snoad