Wednesday, July 23, 2003
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Wednesday, July 23, 2003 |
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CCSU Theater offers $1,000 playwriting prize Send us your unpublished script, and you could win $1,000 in the Clayton State Theater's playwriting competition. Established this year by retired, 31-year Artistic Director of Clayton State Theater, Dr. Larry Corse, the contest is open to all Georgia residents. Submissions are due by Nov. 15. Plays submitted to the competition must be non-musical, original pieces, written in English and never before performed or published. The work may be either full-length, one-act, or a series of related one-acts. The estimated running time of the play should be between 90 and 120 minutes. The number of actors needed for the play should not exceed six. If your play is chosen, you will receive $1,000 and the opportunity to have your play performed by Clayton State Theater. Clayton State Theater reserves first production rights for the winning play. The playwright retains all other rights including copyright, publication, and subsequent performance rights. If, for some reason, Clayton State Theater is unable to perform the winning play within two years of the winner's announcement, first production rights revert to the playwright. Plays should be submitted with a cover sheet containing the author's name, address, phone number or e-mail address, and a signed statement confirming the play as unperformed and unpublished. Because plays will be presented to the jury anonymously, the author's name should not appear on any page of the play. For more information on submitting your script, contact the artistic director of Clayton State Theater, Ed Hohlbein, by e-mailing edhohlbein@mail.clayton.edu or by calling 770-961-3460. Mail script submissions and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Clayton State Theater Playwrighting Competition c/o Ed Hohlbein Clayton College & State University 5900 North Lee Street Morrow, GA 30260
Corse, who premiered 34 original works while artistic director of the Clayton State Theater, instated the playwriting competition as part of the Theater's continuing emphasis on developing and producing new works for the stage. While the 2003 competition is open only to Georgia residents, subsequent competitions will admit aspiring playwrights from all over the country. Corse, through partnership with the Clayton College & State University Foundation, has committed to funding the competition for 10 years. For more information on Clayton State Theater, visit www.claytonstatetheater.org or call 770-961-3460.
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