Play Competition
Bellarmine University Theatre Program proudly announces
its
Third Festival of New 10-Minute Plays
Professional, amateur, and student playwrights are welcome to submit one 10-minute play
Eight plays will be picked and produced in our 2013-2014 theatre season
Chosen plays will receive a $25 payment
Overall winner will received an additional $50 award
Audience choice will received $50 award
Production Dates: March 26, 27, 28 & 29, 2014
Requirements
- Only one play per playwright
- Plays should be no longer than 10 minutes in length when read or performed
- Plays should be typed and followed standard playwriting format
- Plays must be RECEIVED by October 31, 2013
- Plays need to be original works with no previous production history
- Playwright’s name should NOT be included anywhere in the script or it will be disqualified
- Title page should include ONLY the playwright’s name and title of the play
- On a separate cover page, please include playwright’s name, title of play, address, phone number, and email, (we will use email for communication)
- No musicals, adaptations, or children’s plays
- Pages must be numbered
- Plays must be on the theme of “PEOPLE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE”. Funny, absurd, black comedies, dramas, whatever as long as our theme is present in the work
- Plays must use minimal or no set
- Plays may contain 1 to 4 characters
- Play must make use the following three things:
- A character must use the phrase “No one can survive. We all depend on it.”
- A character must make use of a shovel
- At some point, each character must refer to a plant that must be part of the set.
- There is no entry fee
- No email entries allowed.
To enter, please send your original 10-minute play to:
3RD 10-minute Play Festival
Attn: Carlos-Manuel Chavarría
Theatre Program Director
Bellarmine University
2001 Newburg Road
Louisville, KY 40205