Diez Minutos seeks 10-minute plays

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Diez Minutos Productions is seeking 10-minute plays for its Second Annual Play Festival. This fully-staged festival will be in English, and will take place in mid-March of 2014 in the international arts center of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico — a World Heritage Site brimming with charm, history, and culture.

There is no fee for submitting.

Each playwright whose script is selected and performed will receive a $10 USD cash honorarium and two complimentary tickets to the production. One play will be selected as the Audience Favorite and its playwright shall receive an additional $25 USD cash award.  No other remuneration will be provided, and any playwright attending must do so at his or her own expense.

Submission Guidelines

Diez Minutos Productions may delete, without reading, any submission that does not comply with these rules.

Only one play may be submitted per entrant. Send us your best!

Only the first 100 plays entered will be considered.

The play may be a drama or comedy and must be on the theme of SEX, LIES & ALIBIS.

The play must be submitted by email, as an attached PDF file. No MS Word files or other formats will be accepted. The subject line of your email should include your name and the title of the play.

The submission shall include all contact information for the playwright, including name, address, telephone number and email address; the script must be in standard play format, with a title page, a character listing, the setting, props, and any technical requirements or other production considerations.  The file should be titled "Submission [Name Of Play].”

The play must be in English and no longer than 10 pages in standard format, with a calculated running time of no less than eight minutes and no more than twelve minutes.

Submission period opens on September 1, 2013.

Entries must be received prior to midnight U.S. Central Standard Time, October 31, 2013. 

No late submissions will be accepted because of transmission problems.

The play must be unpublished, but may have had previous productions. If the play has had previous productions, a production history must be included with the submission. The submitting playwright must own all rights to the play.

Selection of plays will be at the absolute discretion of the judges.

Selection of a play does not guarantee production. Producers may decline to produce a selected play because of casting, directing or any other consideration, in which case no payment will be due the playwright.

Selected entrants will receive a list of the festival scripts by email. Notification is expected to be made no later than January 15, 2014. Only playwrights whose plays were received in the first 100 submitted will be notified.

Scripts must relate to the theme but are not otherwise limited in subject matter or content. However, there must be no nudity, and suitability for performance before a general adult audience will be a factor in selection.

Plays are restricted to 5 or fewer characters. Small casts are preferable, as the stage size is modest, with minimal set, props, sound cues, and costuming. Our talent pool is composed mostly of actors over 40. This will be a factor in selection.

By making the submission the entering playwright grants the producers of Diez Minutos permission to perform the play a maximum of ten times during the Diez Minutos 2014 festival, and to make as many copies of the script as are necessary for production.  All other rights remain with the playwright.

Please address your submission to: diezminutosfestival@yahoo.com. Any inquiries should be sent to the same address.