Issue link: https://newsleader.uberflip.com/i/90018
Sarasota News Leader October 26, 2012 THEATRE ODYSSEY ISSUES 2013 CALL FOR PLAYS Theatre Odyssey is ready to begin accepting 10-minute plays for its eighth annual festival, scheduled to be held March 29-31, 2013 at the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe's theater, 1664 10th Way, Sarasota, the company has announced. Theatre Odyssey's 10-Minute Play Festival is presented during a three-day weekend that in- cludes evening performances on Friday and Saturday and one matinee on Sunday. Each play is presented by professional actors who have rehearsed with an experienced director, a news release notes. Winners of the festival are announced follow- ing the Sunday performances. In addition to seeing their plays presented by professionals, the 2013 finalists will have an opportunity to have their works published in the second volume of Theatre Odyssey's Ten-Minute Play Festival 2010-2013 anthol- ogy, to be released at the end of 2013. Anyone wishing to submit an original 10-min- ute play should read the criteria below, the news release says, and send the work before the Dec. 15 deadline to Theatre Odyssey, c/o Melliss Kenworthy, 1430 S. Orange Ave., Sara- sota, Florida 34239. Each play must be presented within 10 min- utes (generally between seven and 10 pages in print), the news release says. The cast should not exceed five actors. Theatre Odyssey will make final production decisions based on ap- propriateness of content and practical ability to produce the play. Submission requirements follow: • All playwrights must reside in the central Gulf Coast of Florida (Tampa to Fort My- ers). • The playwright must agree to be present at the award performance March 31, 2013 in Sarasota. • There is a submission limit of three plays per playwright. The first submission is free. Each subsequent submission carries a $15 fee. Payment by check to Theatre Odyssey must accompany the play submission. Each submission or submissions must have a separate cover sheet containing the author's name, contact information and a 150-word bio. • The cover sheet should contain a statement saying the following: "I understand that Theatre Odyssey will only consider original work. Plays sub- mitted which are based on any other pub- lished work, including but not limited to novels, short stories, teleplays or other the- atrical scripts, unless also written by the submitting author, are ineligible. I hereby state that my submission meets this stan- dard." • Three copies of each submission are re- quired, preferably using Microsoft Word with no author identification. • All submissions must be received by Dec. 15. • A high resolution headshot should be emailed to rgp123s@aol.com. Page 105