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Pan Theater's 2009 Play
Festival:
Last year's festival
sold out at every performance.
Pictures from the 2005 Play Festival: Anything Can Happen in Ten
Minutes
Deadlines/Contests/Types of Plays Sought:
We are accepting plays for
2009.
Suggestions for submissions:
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Have the play read by actors before
submitting
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Provide some background detail for the
actors
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All submissions should include a
synopsis and character outlines
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Limit the number of actors to six at
most
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The play should be appropriate
for a
minimalist production style
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Review our troupe
photo pages- these are the people that will be cast in the
plays.
Notes from
the winning submissions:
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Only one winning play was
over ten pages in length
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No play with more than six
characters was chosen as a festival winner
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Plays requiring extensive
props and scenery were not chosen!
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Plays requiring music
were not chosen
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Each play could be easily
summarized in one sentence
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Authors followed submission
guidelines
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Winning plays had strong central
relationships
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Winning plays had a strong main action/event
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Characters were transformed
during the play
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Plays chosen were easy to
produce with minimal scenery/props
The Ten
Minute Play- Drama Workshop Web site (links to external site)
Information on the structure, goal,
history and style of ten minute plays.
Plays will be judged by a panel of
local performers, directors, actors, and writers. Each piece will
be rated separately on the following metrics:
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Meets performance requirements
suggested
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Provides strong sense of character,
location, and action
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Casting description/suggestions is
flexible
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Story holds interest with discernable
and actable objectives
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Play is a complete story/scene
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Writing is entertaining and provides a
scene that will hold audience interest
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No submissions from current Pan
Theater performers or students will be accepted
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All plays will be judged blind
without reference to the author or author's previous work
SUBMITTING PLAYS:
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There are no submission fees
for plays. There is a two play limit per author.
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No more than two plays per author.
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Send two copies of each play
with the second copy marked reading copy.
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We are no longer accepting
electronic submissions! All electronic submissions will be
deleted.
No materials are returned/ we do not send out
notification emails. Winners titles/authors are posted to the
Web site.
What to include:
Agreement:
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Playwrights agree that
if their play is chosen they give Pan Theater ongoing
performance rights to the piece.
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Pan Theater agrees to
pay the playwright $25 and to present the piece unaltered
and give credit to the author in all performances.
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No further royalties or
other fees will be paid. Pan Theater will notify the
playwright of the first performance.
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Plays not selected will
be shredded / unless return envelopes are provided.
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Selected plays will be
posted on our Web site after July 1st.
Submission Address:
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NO Electronic
submissions.
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SNAIL MAIL
Pan Theater Play Festival
2135 Broadway, Oakland, CA,
Oakland, CA 94612
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NO PLAY RELATED PHONE CALLS
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