The individual must be a current
undergraduate student or within two years after graduation with an
undergraduate degree. As this is a scholarship award, he/she must be a
currently enrolled student or planning to enroll the following year in a
graduate theatre or writing program in the following year.
The individual must submit a letter from a
faculty member nominating the student and attesting to his/her student
enrollment status.
The individual must represent a school that
has a KCACTF associate or participating entry. A school may have more
than one representative.
Application Process: The
prize will be awarded based on a playwright’s body of work. As evidence of
that body of work, the writer should submit:
A resume of their writing and production
history.
Three plays. One of those plays must be at
least sixty minutes in length.
Deadline is February 1st.
Evaluation Procedures:
The National Playwriting Program will
establish a screening committee each year to read submitted work.
The work of up to five writers will become
finalists, and that work will be judged by a professional playwright
provided by the National Playwriting Program and the Artistic Director of
KCACTF.
All evaluation should be done with blind
readings that do not include the author’s name, address or school.
