Region VII One Act Festival &
KCACTF Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards 

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All scripts must be postmarked no later than Nov. 1st
Performances can occur and be responded to after this date.
Plays are selected on the basis of a blind reading of scripts and in some cases also on production. 

Scripts for other KCACTF reading awards
should be emailed to the regional NPP Chair by Nov. 27th

Region VII One Act Festival
Davy Marlin Jones Respondent's Choice Award 

The One Act Festival celebrates and supports the achievement of student playwrights as well as their collaboration with fellow directors, designers, and actors. Several One Act plays, read and selected by readers appointed by another KCACTF Region, are invited to be performed at the regional festival.  The plays invited to be performed are also considered for the John Cauble short play award with an opportunity to be invited to the National Festival in Washington DC.  

GUIDELINES:

  1. The running time of a one-act play is under 60 minutes; when typed in standard format  a one-act play is approximately 15-45 pages in length; there is no intermission in a one-act play.
  2. Please email your play and send four copies of your script to the Regional Chair, with a title page on three copies and the  playwright’s details and contact  information  on one copy only. (see Title page example).
  3. In order to be a selected finalist for the KCACTF National John Cauble Short Play Award  a one-act entry has to be invited to the regional festival. It may be invited as either a participating or an associate production. It may be a staged reading although traditionally in Region VII we encourage  a  minimal bare bones staged production. If selected as a finalist, you will be asked to send a copy of your script by email attachment to the Kennedy Center.
  4. Produced plays can either be associate or participating.  One entry will cover an evening of one acts- approximately 2 hours.
  5. One-Act Plays are eligible for all appropriate awards in the Michael Kanin Playwriting Program with the exception of the National Student Playwriting Award and the Mark Twain Comedy Award, which are for full-length plays.
  6. In addition to KCACTF Registration, please complete the New Play Entry Form marking the Michael Kanin Playwritng Awards. Email this form back to the regional chair along with your play.
  7. We will have a dedicated space in Wyoming – a well-equipped studio theatre – to stage our  One Act Festival.  More information about the performance space and rehearsal procedures will be made available in the new year.  

 

Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards

The distinguished playwright and screenwriter Michael Kanin (1910-1993) arranged for a remarkable series of awards to be given to student writers whose plays are produced as part of the festival. The purpose of the program is to encourage college students to write for the stage by providing the opportunity for them to engage in the complete playwriting process. 

AWARDS

*Indicates New KCACTF Awards 

Please note that there are many awards for which one-act and full-length entries are eligible -  with exciting rewards and opportunities for growth. For example the John Cauble Short Play Award comes with $1000, publication by Samuel French, Inc., membership in The Dramatist Guild of America and a fellowship to Playwrights Center/Play labs. And the National Student Playwriting Award (full-length plays) comes with all that the Cauble award offers plus $2500 and a fellowship at the Sundance Theater Lab.

 

 

Check the KCACTF web site for more information or contact:

Dr. Eric Prince
Region VII NPP Chair
Professor of Theatre
Theatre Office: School of the Arts
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
(970)491-5421
eric.prince@colostate.edu