City Theatre's Summer Shorts festival of quickie plays is coming together, as usual, in a last-month flurry. Just out in the last hour is the lineup of plays in not one but four separate programs due May 29-June 29 in Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

The main body of the festival is the two-part Signature Shorts package, 17 playlets in two programs, each running 90 minutes or more (and sometimes it's been plenty more). Added this year is a late-night "edgy" package of seven plays for the uncensored crowd called Undershorts - And on the far side of that, four plays in a program called S4K (Shorts for Kids).

"Splat" by Michael McKeever, a snarky sequel to "The Wizard of Oz," was among the comic highlights of the 2007 Summer Shorts fest

This stuff isn't on the City Theatre website yet, so we're adding a page here with the whole rundown, including a brief description of each play.

Still to come are the directors and actors in the 2008 company, and precise schedule. Expect the usual weekend double-headers for Signature Shorts, with both shows and an optional picnic style dinner between. The series runs at Miami's Arsht Center Studio Theatre May 29-June 22, and moves to the Broward Center's Amaturo Theatre June 26-29. The Kids and Undershorts programs are presently set for June 12-22 in Miami.

Details will be added to the City Theatre's website as they become available. Or, call the company at 305-755-9401, or the box offices at the Arsht Center, 305-949-6722 and Broward Center, 954-462-0222.

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