Freeport, Grand Bahama - The organizers of
the Freeport Players' Guild's High School Playwriting Competition have decided
to up the ante and extend the playwriting challenge to all Grand Bahama youth
up to the age of 25. Veteran playwright
and director Sue-Lynne McCrea is excited that the re-named
'Young Writers Playwriting
Competition' will bring even more current and provocative content to
the Regency Theatre stage.
Entrants will be required to write a one
act play with no more than eight (8) characters. Play structure, realistic
dialogue, staging, and characterization will be studied by the judges. This is
a great way for young people to hone their writing skills and encourage their
friends to perform on stage.
Three Grand Prize winners will be selected
by the judges to have their plays performed at the Regency theatre in
mid-October. The winning writers will be apprenticed to a veteran director of
the Freeport Players’ Guild and mentored in directing a play. Auditions for
roles in the plays will occur once the winners have been announced in early
September.
Time
is of the essence as the final deadline for submitted plays is August 31st. So, put your creative writing cap on, open up
your laptop, or get out a pen and start writing! Call 727-1970 for more information or e-mail freeportplayersguild@gmail.com.
Rules:
The Freeport Players’ Guild Young Writers Playwriting Competition Official Rules
1. Plays must be the work of the author as indicated on the Official Entry Form. 2. All copyright procedures concerning excerpts, or quotations from other materials must be followed according to Bahamian copyright laws. 3. Authors must be age 25 and under. 4. Plays must be one act only with no more than eight characters. 5. Plays must be between 25-40 pages long. 6. Only one copy of the play must be submitted. 7. Manuscripts must not have the author’s name or school on the title page or any other page in the manuscript.(Manuscripts with author’s name or school will be disregarded) 8. All manuscripts must be accompanied by an Official Entry Form 9. No manuscripts with strong language, excessive violence or nudity will be accepted. 10. Manuscripts must be presented in Standard typed Playscript Format (see below) on 8½” x 11” white paper double spaced in Times New Roman or Courier font sized 12pt. A margin of no less than 1’ must be maintained top and bottom. Pages must be numbered. 11. Manuscripts must be bound or stapled securely. 12. If selected, the author must be available for auditions, rehearsals and production dates. 13. If selected, the author will be assigned to a veteran director of the Freeport Players’ Guild who will be responsible for the production of the play. 14. The Freeport Players’ Guild assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged manuscripts. 15. Manuscripts must be mailed or hand delivered in an appropriately sized sealed manila envelope addressed to: The Freeport Players’ Guild Playwriting Competition 2010 P. O. Box F 40151 Freeport, Grand Bahama 16. DEADLINE for acceptance of manuscripts-August 31st, 2010 Standard Typed Playscript Format on page 1: Character name and Description of character on following pages: SCENE ONE Time: when the scene takes place Place: where the scene takes place Character name: Words the character speaks (stage direction for character)
Freeport, Grand Bahama - The organizers of
the Freeport Players' Guild's High School Playwriting Competition have decided
to up the ante and extend the playwriting challenge to all Grand Bahama youth
up to the age of 25. Veteran playwright
and director Sue-Lynne McCrea is excited that the re-named
