Movies are shot with multiple angles, edited together with after effects, and put together slowly and meticulously until the story is complete. The same amount of writing, rehearsal and staging goes into live theater, but the story isn’t assembled later—it unfolds in real time.

Eight local filmmakers putting on “On Screen Offspring” Friday, Feb. 3 and Saturday, Feb. 4, are facing that reality this week as they stage seven original one-act plays at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H. The twist—one that these filmmakers are probably more comfortable with—is that each play must also use some kind of filmed element as well.

Read more: Lawrence.com