NEW VOICES TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL

The New Voices Ten-Minute Play Festival is held in conjunction with the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Questions can be directed to Actors Education at 502-584-1265 x3046 or Education@ActorsTheatre.org.

ACTORS THEATRE SEEKING NEW VOICES FOR 10-MINUTE PLAY CONTEST

Students grades 6 – 12 are invited to participate in New Voices, Actors Theatre of Louisville’s annual 10-minute playwriting contest!
•Submissions are open to middle and high school students, grades 6–12, living in Kentucky or Southern Indiana.
•Title page must include playwright’s name, address, telephone, school, & year/age.
•Scripts must be typed and individually bound or stapled.
•Playwright must also provide an electronic copy, if requested.
•One submission per playwright – send us your best!
•Scripts must be no more than ten pages long.

Winning plays will be given full productions at Actors Theatre, and will be published in an Actors Theatre New Voices Play Anthology!

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: New Year’s Eve - December 31, 2008

Please send submubmubmissions to:
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Actors Education: New Voices Play Contest
316 W. Main Street
Louisville, KY 40202

Questions can be directed to Actors Education at 502-584-1265 x3046 or Education@ActorsTheatre.org.

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2008 NEW VOICES PLAYS

Public, private and parochial school students throughout Kentucky and Indiana submitted more than 250 ten-minute plays to the New Voices Ten-Minute Play contest at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Ten plays written by high school students were selected as winners of the festival, while three were chosen as Honorable Mentions.

Winning Plays
A Hypothetical Situation by Caitlin Willenbrink, DuPont Manual High
American Beer by Neil Carter, Louisville Male High
Behind the Yellow Brick Road by Leyla Nouri, Atherton High
Gin by Laura Garrett, Atherton High
Gin and Tonic by Jackson Wolford, DuPont Manual High
Little Miracles by Lusie Cuskey, Atherton High (book & lyrics) and Nicole Carlson (score), Ballard High
Sessions by Leah Blair, Louisville Male High
The Laurel by Max Newland, Youth Performing Arts School
What Doesn’t Kill You by Ramey Monem, North Oldham High
Write of Passage by Shawn Hughes, Jr., Meade County High

Honorable Mention
Measure Still for Measure by Jacob Lyle and Wes Laudeman, Trinity
High Talk Politics by Morgan Sinnard, Atherton High
Dependent by Tara Duffy, Ballard High