Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre

Fourth Annual Nor’Eastern Play Writing Contest

Sponsored by  Killington/Rutland Holiday Inn

Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre

Fifth Annual Nor’Eastern Play Writing Contest

Sponsored by

 Killington/Rutland Holiday Inn

This is the fifth year of world premiere staged One-Act Play performances to be presented in the Brick Box at the beautiful Paramount Theatre in downtown Rutland, Vermont.  The Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre in its exciting fifth season is again presenting the Nor’Eastern Play Writing Contest with showcase productions of the three winning scripts on May 06 and 07, 2011.  This contest features the work of three outstanding regional playwrights.  Each script goes through a rigorous screening process of two panels in a blind reading. The scripts with the highest scores are submitted to the final reader who selects the three scripts to be showcased.

Entry information is available at www.actorsrepvt.org or can be requested by writing to:

The Nor’Eastern Play Writing Contest

Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre

PO Box 580

Rutland, Vermont 05702

Or by emailing us at:

actorsrepvt@aol.com

Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre

Fifth Annual Nor’Eastern Play Writing Contest

Enter the Fifth Annual One-Act Play Writing Contest.  The three winners in 2011 will each receive a staged reading of the play, and two nights’ lodging to attend the staged reading of the plays.

 Guidelines:

1.      The contest is open to playwrights of all ages and experience who are residents of Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey & Pennsylvania.

2.      Submissions must be original, unpublished, one-act plays. One-act plays must be able to be read in performance in 30 to 45 minutes.  Plays that are longer or shorter may be disqualified. Plays that have had staged readings may be submitted, however, plays that have received Vermont productions may not.  Legal clearance of materials not in the public domain is the full responsibility of the playwright.

3.      Individual playwrights may submit a maximum of two entries per year.

4.      The author will maintain all literary rights to his or her own material.

5.      All submissions are judged blind.  We require four copies with four cover pages:  one with title, your name, address, e-mail & phone number; the other three with title only.  There should be no identifying information on the script itself except the title.

6.      If you would like your scripts returned, you must include a S.A.S. mailing envelope covering full return mailing costs with your submission. If no S.A.S.E. is included, your scripts will be recycled.

7.      Plays must be typed/word-processed, numbered, & securely bound in an ably bound soft cover, in standard professional play format. Write to Samuel French Inc., 45 West 25^th Street, New York, New York 10010-2751 for their format guidelines, or copy from www.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/format.html on the internet.

8.      All submissions will be handled with care. However, Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre assumes no responsibility for lost or damaged scripts.

9.      Submission fee: Following the guidelines of the Dramatists Guild of America  there is no entry fee. 

10.  Mail four copies of your script to: Nor’Eastern Play Writing Contest, Vermont Actors’ Repertory Theatre, PO Box 580, Rutland, Vermont 05702-0580

11.  Deadline for submission: November 16, 2010, notification of winners will be March 5, 2010 and the staged readings will be in May 06 & 07, 2011.

PAST WINNERS:

(2007)    RAY CHARLES. Stamford, CT, “Wellington Café”:  SUSAN SHAFER, New York, NY,  “Sadie and Ida” &  NICK VIGORITO, JR.,  Brooklyn, NY, “The Window”  (Featured Winner)

(2008)    ) RICHARD GOODMAN, Honolulu, HI  (by special invitation),

“The Insanity Trial of Mary Todd Lincoln”,

(2009)    BEN ALESHIRE, Wallingford, VT, “Gauvain The Good Knight”, MICHAEL NETHERCOTT, Guilford, VT, “Best Wine” (Featured winner) & RON RADICE, Andover, Massachusetts. “Bricks”

(2010)  CONSTANCE HUMPHREY EGAN, Pittsburgh, PA, “The

            Bad Habit”, JACQUELINE T.  LYNCH, Chicopee, MA, “In

            the Memory of Trixie Gazelle”, ALAN L. STEINBERG,

            Potsdam, NY, “The Revision”