Deadline: July 14, 2025
One-Act Plays (15-30 min in length)
Playwrights of all ages, new or experienced, we invite you to capture something unique in Quincy (Massachusetts)'s 400 year history (from 1625 to today). Have fun, get creative, & blow us away!
Email play to: info@friendsofrga.org
Cc to: saratcallard@gmail.com and anntdanby@gmail.com
- selected plays may be performed on the open air stage at the Ruth Gordon Amphitheater
- plays can tackle “challenging themes” with sensitivity, but please keep topics and language unoffensive for all audiences.
- plays can be funny, heartfelt, musical or anything you can dream up (minus any elaborate sets or expensive costumes)
- consider adding an intro or some narration from a “time travelling” observer (optional)
Here are just a few thoughts about Quincy, from 1625 to the present, to use as possible “jumping off points”:
- Native American life in Quincy
- First founders and settlers
- John, John Quincy, & Abigail Adams
- Waves of immigrants
- The Quarries (granite industry, swimming fun that ending tragically)
- Shipbuilding & SS Salem
- The unique neighborhoods
- Shops (Remicks, Bargain Center, well-loved “sidewalk sales,” Child World etc)
- Restaurants - Howard Johnson’s, 1st-ever Dunkin’s, Clam box, Beach Comber &more!
- Celebrities (Ruth Gordon, Lee Remick, Dropkick Murphies and more!)
- The beaches, the schools, the sports!
- Marina Bay, the Commons, new restaurants and night life