Theatre Odyssey 2012 Call for Plays
Plays
Plays should be able to be presented in ten minutes (within a one-minute variance –generally 7 pages) and cast size should not exceed five actors. Theatre Odyssey will, in its sole discretion, make production decisions based upon appropriateness of content and the practical ability to produce all plays selected by its readers for presentation.
Submission Requirements
To be eligible for presentation in Theatre Odyssey’s Ten-Minute Play Festival, a play submitted must meet the following criteria:
- Three (3) copies of each play submitted containing no indication of the author’s identity must be received by 5pm on December 15, 2011 at the address referenced below.
- Each play submitted must have a cover letter with the author’s name and contact information contained therein and must contain the following statement. “I understand that Theatre Odyssey will only consider original work. Plays submitted which are based on any other published work, including but not limited to novels, short stories, teleplays or other theatrical scripts, unless also written by the submitting author, are ineligible. I hereby state that my submission meets this standard.”
- There is a submission limit of three (3) plays per playwright.
There is no cost for a playwright to submit one (1) play. If a playwright chooses to submit two (2) plays, the author must include a check to Theatre Odyssey in the amount of $15.00. If a playwright chooses to submit three (3) plays, the author must include a check to Theatre Odyssey in the amount of $30.00.
In addition to the foregoing,eligible playwrights must reside in the Central Gulf Coast of Florida Area (approximately Tampa Bay to Ft. Myers) and the playwright must agree to be present at the award performance (Sunday, April 8).
Theatre Odyssey, Inc.
1430 S. Orange Avenue
Sarasota FL 34236
The Process
Plays submitted in accordance with Submission Requirements are eligible for consideration.
All eligible plays are circulated among three (3) readers selected by Theatre Odyssey for their capability and integrity to select plays for inclusion in Theatre Odyssey’s Ten Minute Play Festival. The readers are given specific directions for scoring each eligible play and they independently complete this assignment. Scoring criteria provided by Theatre Odyssey includes five or more categories relating to story and plot, dialogue and characters and ease of production.
An artistic director engaged by Theatre Odyssey reviews the plays submitted and the scores placed on them by the readers. The artistic director has the responsibility to report to Theatre Odyssey any concern about the ability to present any play or plays eligible for presentation through the scoring process.
The authors of selected plays are presented with and required to sign an affidavit asserting the originality of the submitted work prior to the final decision to present by Theatre Odyssey and the public announcement of plays selected for presentation.
Theatre Odyssey selects individual directors for plays selected for presentation and auditions actors to play one or more roles in those plays.
Theatre Odyssey selects three (3) adjudicators recognized for their capability and integrity to judge the plays presented during the Ten Minute Play Festival. Adjudicators cannot be the artistic director, a reader, author, director or actor participating in the Ten Minute Play Festival.