[CW-Grad] UCR students: write and submit your plays to the KCACTF--

[rrussin at ucr.edu]

--which stands for the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. 

All undergrad AND graduate playwrights: check out the following info and links (paraphrased from their email to us).

National Playwriting Program Information:

Look at the website at kcactf-8.org for complete submission guidelines.  Students can also check the national website <kcactf.org> for a complete description of the awards. 

The prizes for these awards are outstanding.  Many playwrights will be invited to the Kennedy Center for a week packed with learning opportunities at the national festival.  The three playwrights from our region who attended last year raved about their experiences.

Any eligible student can submit 2 ten-minute plays, 2 one-acts and 2 full-length plays related to a Michael Kanin Award category.  
 
Please remember that students will need to send each play in a PDF format as well as fill out an electronic entry form.  We have eliminated the John Cauble production slot at our regional festival.  One-acts will be selected by readers from another region, just like the ten-minute plays. We will invite the six winning playwrights to bring a reading of the one-act play to the festival.  We will still cast and work-shop the selected ten-minute plays.  Ten-minute plays are no more than 10 pages.  One-acts run from 11-60 pages. 

Also:
  
Student Fringe Festival

This year at Festival, the region is excited to announce the creation of a new fringe festival of student work. We're looking for work that is less than 1 hour in length and requires less than 1 hour to load-in and crew. The work can be devised, spoken work or an established a one-act play. These productions only need to be registered as associate productions. This is a new opportunity. 

Please consult and explore the websites mentioned above; then contact Prof. Erith Jaffe-Berg if you have any further questions.

Robin Russin
Associate Professor & Graduate Advisor
Department of Theatre
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
(951) 827-2707
(213) 949-1061 cel
robin.russin at ucr.edu

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