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“Tagged” Wins Theatre Odyssey’s One-Act Play Festival

Don Walker and Olivia Yagy in “Tagged” by Jim Moss. Photo by Cliff Roles. “Tagged” by Tampa-based playwright Jim Moss took the top prize – named “Best Play” and awarded $1,000, while “Motherless Child” by Louisiana-based playwright Peggy Aultman was named “Runner-Up” and received $500. The two winners were chosen from four finalists that were... Read More

Meet the Semi-Finalist Playwrights: One-Act Play Festival

Theatre Odyssey is pleased to present semi-finalist winners in its inaugural One-Act Play Festival. The selected semi-finalist one-acts were chosen from 100 plays submitted from over eighty playwrights in twenty-six states and the District of Columbia. The semi-finalist plays will be presented to the public in a series of readings held September 10-13, 2018 in... Read More

Winners Announced: Sixth Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival

A witty play within a play, “Too Many Cooks” was the winner of Theatre Odyssey’s Sixth Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival. The play depicts a cast and crew dealing with focus group-driven script changes—during the actual production. Written by Luke Valadie of Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School, “Too Many Cooks” was one of eight plays by… Read More

SIXTH STUDENT FESTIVAL JUDGES ANNOUNCED

Tickets are on sale for Theatre Odyssey’s 2018 Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival being held February 3–4, 2018, at the Jane B. Cook Theatre (FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts). The eight plays selected for the sixth annual festival will be judged by three theatre professionals: Dan Leary, a comedic actor based in southwestern Virginia who… Read More

SIMPLY THE BEST: WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR TWELFTH ANNUAL TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL

The play hopefully titled THE BEST TEN MINUTES EVER turned out to be the judges’ pick for best script at Theatre Odyssey’s Twelfth Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, held this past weekend May 4-6 at the Asolo Theatre. Written by Dylan Jones, the production featured Philip Troyer and Johana Davila as actors whose lives are thoroughly entangled… Read More