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Opportunities for Young Playwrights
* For complete guidelines to any of these programs, send a self-addressed, stamped business envelope along with your request to the program director at the address below. An update of competitions open to young playwrights is included in The Playwrights' Companion, an annual guide to theaters and contests in the U.S.A. available from Feedback Theatrebooks, 305 Madison Avenue, Suite 1146, New York, NY 10165, or order from your local bookstore. Theater companies in your area may offer plays, school tours, playwriting workshops, and related programs not listed in The Playwright's Companion or below. Contact them!
Arts Partners Playwriting Workshops (junior/senior high, Kansas City area). offered by The Coterie, 2450 Grand Avenue, Suite 144, Kansas City, MO 64108, c/o Jeff Church, Artistic Director.
Athe Student Playwriting Competition (graduate/undergraduate). Athe Playwrights' Program, Dept. of Theatre and Dance, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, c/o Paul Mrocska.
Baker's Plays High School Playwriting Contest (high school). Baker's Plays, 100 Chauncy St., Boston, MA 02111, c/o Raymond Pape, Associate Editor.
California Young Playwrights Contest (California residents under 19). The Playwrights Project, P.O. Box 2068, San Diego, CA 92112, c/o Deborah Salzer, Director.
Chicago Young Playwrights Festival (Chicago residents, 8th grade through age 19). Pegasus Players, 1145 W. Wilson Avenue, Chicago, IL 60640, c/o Arlene Crewdson, Artistic Director.
Child's Play Touring Theater (material by writers aged 5-13, to be adapted by theater). 2650 W. Welden, Suite 201, Chicago, IL 60647, c/o Victor Podagrosi, Artistic Director.
Hudson County Young Playwrights Festival, The Waterfront Ensemble Play Development, P.O. Box 1454, Hoboken, NJ 07030-1302, c/o Laura Quisenberry, Acting Artistic Director.
Inner City Cultural Center 1993 Act II Short Play Competition (request Youth Division rules). 1303 S. New Hampshire Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006, c/o C. Bernard Jackson, Executive Director.
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Awards (for plays, teleplays, musicals, etc. "students in accredited institutions of higher learning . . . works produced by ACTF participating schools"). Kennedy Center Education Department, Washington, D.C. 20566, c/o David Young, Producing Director.
Marc A. Klein Playwriting Award (undergraduate/graduate). Department of Theater Arts, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7077, c/o John Orlock, Chair.
Madison Young Playwrights Festival (4th - 12 grade). Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, 33 Green Village Road, Madison, NJ 07940, c/o John Pietrowski, Artistic Director.
Off-Off Broadway Original Short Play Festival (work from professional schools or colleges that have fostered playwriting for at least two years). Samuel French Co., 45 W. 25th St., NY, NY 10010, c/o Ken Hailey, Festival Coordinator.
The Playwrights Project (playwriting residencies and workshops in Southern California schools). P.O. Box 2063, San Diego, CA 92112-2068, c/o Deborah Salzer, Executive Officer.
Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre Programs Training Unit for Young People (ages 14-23). 141 W. 94th Street, New York, NY 10025, c/o Gloria Zelaya, Director.
Scholastic Writing Awards (grades 6-12). 730 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, c/o Lori Maccione, Awards Coordinator.
Very Special Arts Young Playwrights Program (12-18 years of age; plays dealing with disabilities). Education Office, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. 20566, c/o Coordinator.
Warehouse Theatre Company One-Act Competition (high school or college; works for or about women). P.O. Box 2077, Stephens College, Columbia, MO 65215, c/o Becky Jaynes, Artistic Director.
Wichita State University Playwriting Contest (college students). University Theatre, P.O. box 31, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67208, c/o Prof. Bela Kiralyfalvi.
Young Playwrights Festival (under 19 years old). The Foundation of the Dramatists Guild, 234 W. 44th Street, New York, NY 10036, c/o Nancy Quinn, Producing Director.
