Aspiring Playwrights Contest
Sponsored by East Valley Children’s Theatre
East Valley Children’s Theatre is searching for aspiring playwrights to become a part of the theatre’s future seasons of performances. Contest rules and prizes are listed below.
- All Plays must be submitted to EVCT no later than March 15, 2011. Must include a cover sheet with name, address, phone number, email address.)
- Plays must be suitable for children to perform for children. (Small casts are not as likely to be chosen for performance.)
- Plays must be one hour to one hour and a half in length. (Shorter plays may be submitted but they will not be considered for production by the theatre as one of its season’s productions.)
- Plays and Musicals must not have been previously performed. They must be original and unpublished.
- Musicals must include a copy of the music in some form, either manuscript or recorded.
- Cash prizes will be given for the first, second and third place entries.
- The first place entry will not only receive a cash prize but also will be produced by East Valley Children’s Theatre in its upcoming season, if it meets all the criteria for performance.
Send entries to:
East Valley Children’s Theatre
P.O. Box 20514
Mesa, AZ 85277-0514
Or email them to: Karen@evct.org
For more information or questions call EVCT at 480-756-3828.
Congratulations to the winners of EVCT’s
2010 Aspiring Playwriting Contest!
First Place Winner
Puss ‘n Boots, a Tale of a Tail, by Steph DeFerie of Harwich, Massachusetts
Second Place Winner
A Fairly Told Tale, by Skye Bradsher of Mesa, Arizona
Third Place Winner
Dot and the (Amazing Technicolor) Quest for the Real Santa Clause, by Bobbie A. Chukran of Leander, Texas
Congratulations to all the playwrights who entered the contest. We hope you will all continue to write plays for children to perform and continue to send us your original scripts.
EVCT is currently accepting scripts for its 2011 Aspiring Playwriting Contest. Entries are due March 15, 2011.