10 Minute Play

AGENDA:

Devote yourself to writing as much as you can on your 10 minute play!

Young Writers Showcase

Showcase Date: Saturday, May 5, 2018
Submission Deadline: Thursday, March 1, 2018
Selected Writers Notified By: Monday, April 9, 2018

We want YOU to write a play for us!

Geva Theatre Center invites aspiring playwrights from the Greater Rochester area, ages 13-18, to submit short plays for consideration for the Young Writers Showcase. We recommend submitting plays of no more than 10 pages and with no more than eight characters.

Script-in-hand concert readings will take place Saturday, May 5, 2018 in Geva’s Fielding Stage. Writers will attend rehearsals of their work in the morning before the 3pm performance, which is free and open to the public.

Submission requirements:

• Include clear contact information on the script, including name, address and phone number.
• Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope for return of the script if submitted in hard copy.
• Each submitted play must have only one author. Unfortunately, group projects cannot be considered for the Showcase.

Scripts may be submitted by mail or by hand delivery to:

Young Writers Showcase
Geva Theatre Center
75 Woodbury Blvd.
Rochester, NY 14607
Submissions may also be sent electronically to youngwriters@gevatheatre.org.

For more information, contact Jean Gordon Ryon at (585) 420-2034 or youngwriters@gevatheatre.org.

The Philadelphia--David Ives

AGENDA:

Read "The Philadelphia" by David Ives

Work on 10 minute play

https://pwcenter.org/playwriting-toolkit/how-write-10-minute-play

https://adirajan.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/a-10-minute-play-a-staged-script-writing-activity/

https://nickpalmerwriter.com/2012/04/18/how-to-write-a-ten-minute-play/

http://www.lucyflint.com/blog-1/50-plot-ideas

Formatting for 10 minute play

THE STANDARD STAGE PLAY FORMAT What follows is a guide to “professional” stage play script formatting. These pages are an explanation of the standard stage play format. See the Example Pages for visual examples of the format. There are three reasons why playwrights use this format: 1) In this format, it is easy for a producer/script reader to estimate how long the running time of the script will be. The accepted format lays out the script at roughly one minute per page. 2) This standard format is optimized to make all the separate elements of the script easy to read and comprehend (character names, dialogue, stage directions, page numbering, etc.). 3) This standard format immediately tells a producer/script reader that the playwright knows something about submitting plays. “How good could the play be if the playwright doesn’t even know the basics of formatting?” they will ask. Unfair, yes... but the way your script looks is the first impression you make.

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/stageus.pdf

Durang/Ives plays

AGENDA:

Work on monologues

Videos: Durang plays.  View videos and post a comment about the play.

'dentity crisis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWZ5Tv6q3Hg

The Actor's Nightmare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXmTNA5TzRQ

The Funeral Parlor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfDyTUiL8xs

David Ives "Sure Thing":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NJhaj1nNqs

Play readings/continue w/ Monologue

AGENDA:

1. Read "Playwriting 101"  "Sure Thing" "Role of Della"  2/1/2018

2. READ: "The Stronger" (Strindberg) 

GET CHRISTOPHER DURANG plays from library
 "DMV Tyrant" "Funeral Parlor"   (Durang)

WRITING:  Continue to work on monologue