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Playwrights can find fame at 10 X 10 Play Festival
Article published on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006 |
PINELLAS COUNTY - American Stage Theatre Company and Largo Cultural Center are seeking submissions for 10 minute plays to be performed at the 10 X 10 Play Festival set for January 2007.
Plays will be accepted through Dec. 1 (postmarked). Only the first 250 submissions will be accepted, so it is suggested to submit entries early.
Ten winners will be announced Jan. 1, 2007 and posted on the American Stage Theatre Company and Largo Cultural Center Web sites. Winning plays will be presented in staged readings in the Largo Cultural Center's Tonne Playhouse.
"The 10-Minute Play challenges writers, directors and actors to develop characters and tell a story in a compacted amount of time," said T. Scott Wooten, chairman for the event. "Performed together, the plays will allow audiences to taste a plethora of styles, genres, characters and situations making the theatrical experience exciting and full of variety."
The Theme of the Festival is "Anniversaries: the marking of time of a notable event." All submissions must incorporate this theme into their narrative.
Ten 10 minute plays will be chosen for the Festival, and each winning author will receive $100.
"We are seeking a theatrical potpourri, that is, any style and genre of entertainment from dramatic, mystery, comedic, etc. - you have 10 minutes," said Wooten. "After all, anything can happen in 10 minutes."
Authors of winning plays agree to allow American Stage Theatre Company and Largo Cultural Center produce a staged reading of their play. American Stage Theatre Company and Largo Cultural Center agree to pay winning authors $100 per play that wins and an author complimentary ticket during the run of the Festival; this is for play authors only.
Playwrighting students involved in American Stage Education programs will be a part of the Festival's play selection and performance process. Talkbacks with actors, directors, and playwrights (as available) will take place with student writers, and students will also assist in stage management and assistant direction. Students will participate on a volunteer basis as part of their educational curve.
Submission guidelines
- Plays must be no longers than 10 MINUTES in length.
- Plays must have a clear beginning, middle, and end.
- Plays must be original, unpublished and unsolicited by agents (legal clearances of materials not in the public domain are the full responsibility of the playwright).
- Plays are not to exceed a cast of four and must be easy to cast.
- Plays must be appropriate for a minimalist production style; plays requiring extensive props and scenery will not be chosen.
- Plays must be easily summarized in one sentence .
- Plays must appeal to a general audience base. No "Mature Audiences Only" materials will be considered.
- The Author's name must not appear anywhere on the script copies to ensure blind judging.
- Plays must be typed and easy to read in a 12-point font on 8 1/2-inch by 11-inch paper in standard play format with page numbers.
- Each submission must be unbound, but stapled together on the upper left hand corner
- Submissions must be postmarked by Dec. 1, 2006 to be considered.
- Enclose a self addressed stamped envelope if return of the submission is requested.
- No e-mailed or faxed submissions will be considered.
- There is no reading fee for the first submission. A $10 fee will be charged for each extra submission.
Sending information
Each submission should be accompanied by a separate sheet of paper that includes: playwright's name, play title, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number and a statement awarding American Stage Theatre Company and Largo Cultural Center the rights to produce the play at the festival, should it be chosen. Also include a short biography, 50 to 100 words.
Submissions should be sent to: 10 X 10 Play Festival, ATTN: T. Scott Wooten, curator, c/o American Stage Theatre Company, 211 Third Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
Enclose a check or money order if submitting more than one play.
Plays will be judged "blindly," which means that the author's name will be unknown until the play is chosen. 10-Minute Play submissions will be sent to an adjudicating body which will select 25 semi-finalists.
Those 25 will be reconsidered and 10 finalists will be selected by the student participants to be developed by directors and actors into a staged reading to be performed during the "10 X 10 Play Festival" at the Largo Cultural Center.
Chosen Authors must be available (via e-mail or phone) for consultation with producer and director prior to production dates and are encouraged to attend the Festival.
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Article published on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006
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