Playwriting & National Playwriting Program
Region VII of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival is pleased and excited to sponsor the many playwriting opportunities for all of you in our region.
If you plan to submit either a 10-minute play, a one-act play, or a full-length play please read these pages carefully as some of the submission procedures are new. For example all play scripts must now be submitted in electronic form as PDF or Word docs – and a Cover Sheet must also be submitted.
Each year Region VII invites a number of 10-minute and one act plays (usually six in each category) to be performed at its regional festival. For 10-minute plays, now staged as concert readings, writers work closely with a guest faculty director of their play. One act plays may be readings or can be more fully staged with simple or minimal theatre resources. Two winning 10-minute plays and two winning one-act plays are then selected as National Semi-finalist plays to be considered for an invitation to the national festival in Washington, D.C. in the Spring. For details click on “Submission Guidelines”.
One of the goals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival is to encourage colleges and universities to give distinguished productions of new plays, especially those written by students; the classics, revitalized or newly conceived; and experimental works.
If you can’t find the answer to your question, please do not hesitate to contact your NPP Chair or NPP Vice Chair. They are here to help you and to guide you in this process.