KSC’s Theatre and Dance Department has opened a new play festival called The Premiere Series that runs through the month of October. The series consists of four original plays written by Keene State students with each play to be performed twice as a staged reading. The first play, Thanksgiving, by Taylor Jorgensen, was performed on October 3 and  4.

Here’s the schedule for the rest of the month:

• Oct. 9–10: The Speck in My Eye by Sarah Croitoru
• Oct. 16–17: Love, Life and Liberty by Hersch Rothmel
• Oct. 23–24: Bigfoot by Daniel Bullard

All plays begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Wright Theatre of the Redfern Arts Center. For tickets, call the Box Office at 358-2168 or visit keene.edu/racbp.