St. Paul's Arts Council Short New Play Festival (Indiana)

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The St. Paul's Arts Council is showcasing original, never been produced short plays.

We are featuring two categories of short plays, 2-Minute and 10-Minute Plays. We ask that, due to the 200th anniversary of its publication, you use Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus as your inspiration.

Those chosen will be performed as a stage reading at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in New Albany, Indiana on Sunday February 11 at 2:30 pm.

Submissions of original plays in either format, will be accepted beginning Friday, September 1, 2017. Submission deadline is Friday, December 15, 2017.

The number of plays to be produced will be at The St. Paul's Arts Council discretion and will depend on the mix of qualified submissions. Original plays accepted for the Festival will be announced between January 1 and January 15, 2018. There are no submission fees for this Festival. There will be no monetary stipend for plays used in the Festival, however, audience members will vote for their favorite play in both the 2-Minute and 10-Minute categories. Winning playwrights will receive a $25 cash prize.

Festival Submission Guidelines

Submission must be an original 2-Minute or 10-minute play, unproduced at time of submission. Plays that have had staged readings will be accepted. Plays that have received full productions, either professional or amateur, prior to submission will not be accepted. Legal clearance of materials not in the public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright.

Limit of ONE play may submitted by each playwright.

Maximum Length: Play should run in either the 2 minute or the 10 minute range. Longer submissions will not be considered.

Scripts may be comedy and drama. Not open to musicals. No more than 6 characters.
Plays must be submitted with pages numbered and include on the title page the following contact and bio information:
Playwright’s name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address and a brief biography.

All play submissions will be handled with care. However, The Arts Council assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged scripts.

Submissions may be e-mailed to parishoffice@stpaulna.org.

Preferred document format: Microsoft Word or .PDF files ONLY. No other formats will be accepted.

Mail submission to:
St. Paul's,
Ten Minute Plays,
1015 E. Main St,
New Albany, IN 47150.

Mailed submissions must be securely bound with a title page containing full contact and bio information as outlined above.

Scripts will not be returned. Scripts not selected will be shredded then recycled.

Selections will be made by The Arts Council and inclusion in the festival is solely at their discretion.

All decisions are final.

All submitting playwrights will receive an email notification upon receipt of their scripts. Notification of final decisions will be made by e-mail between January 1 and January 15, 2018.