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Playwriting Contest
Open to all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at any college or university in the United States. Both one-act and full-length plays may be submitted. Two or three short plays on related themes by the same author will be judged as one entry. The total playing time must be a minimum of 90 minutes. Full-length plays in one or more acts should be a minimum of 90 minutes in playing time. There is no restriction of subject, style, treatment, etc.
The plays must be:
Original, unpublished, and unproduced. More than one entry may be made by each eligible playwright.
One typewritten, bound copy, or e-mailed copy should be submitted.
Two title pages must be included:
one bound, the other unbound.
the unbound title page should contain the author’s name, address and telephone number. This information must appear nowhere else in the manuscript.
A self-addressed envelope must accompany each entry if return is requested.
If the contestant wants an acknowledgment of the receipt of the manuscript, a self-addressed stamped postcard must be included.
The deadline is January 16 each year.
There will be a production, or staged reading, of the winning play by the WSU Theatre (may be entered in the KCACTF Playwriting Awards Category). Transportation and other expenses for the playwright to attend will be provided. The judging will be done by a panel selected from the Theatre Faculty of Wichita State University’s School of Performing Arts. One to two WSU student will be on the panel as well. Students should request a copy of these guide.
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KCACTF
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities nationwide which has served as a catalyst in improving the quality of college theater in the United States.
The goals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival are: to encourage, recognize, and celebrate the finest and most diverse work produced in university and college theater programs; to provide opportunities for participants to develop their theater skills and insight; and achieve professionalism; to improve the quality of college and university theater in America; to encourage colleges and universities to give distinguished productions of new plays, especially those written by students; the classics, revitalized or newly conceived; and experimental works.
www.kennedy-center.org/education/actf
Each production entered in KCACTF is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels.
Students selected to participate in KCACTF award and scholarship competitions must meet with their advisors at the time of selection to receive information on competition rules. Students selected as Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship nominees will need partners for the competition, and doubling up of partners should be expected. Partner choices must be made in consultation with the Directors of their respective programs.
