JOHN CAUBLE SHORT PLAY AWARD

Submission deadline is November 1. All plays are to be submitted to the Regional Playwriting Chair and to the National Office. 

Please include with your submission the official cover sheet for One Act Plays.

Regional Playwriting Chair’s email address:  jgilg@uoregon.edu

National Office’s email address:  ghenry@kennedy-center.org

A short play is defined as a play of one act without intermission that, within itself, does not constitute a full evening of theatre; the running time of a one-act play is under 60 minutes, and when typed in standard format , a one-act play is approximately 15-45 (or so) pages in length.

Each entry must have had at least a staged reading at the student’s college or university to be eligible.  If the student’s school has any other associate or participating productions registered, the student is free to submit his or her play.  If the school has no registered productions, the student’s play would be required to register as an associate or participating production. 

The submitted plays will be read by at least two readers from a different region.  Two or more of the top choices will be invited to Region VII’s Festival .  Should you be one of the selected playwrights you must be able to attend the festival or your play will be disqualified.   Do not submit your play unless you are able to attend. 

The One Act Festival celebrates and supports the achievement of student playwrights as well as their collaboration with fellow directors, designers, and actors. Plays may be performed or presented as staged readings. More information about the performance space, resources and rehearsal procedures are made available shortly before the festival takes place.   Three experienced playwriting respondents will respond to your play at the festival. 

Two plays are chosen to be National Semi-Finalists from the regional festival.  Those two plays will then be held in consideration for the national festival in Washington DC, as potential National Finalists. 

For more information on the John Cauble Short Play Award, visit the KCACTF national website and follow this string:  www.kcactf.org; Students; Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards; John Cauble Short Play Award