NPP Ten-Minute Plays
Region IV NPP Chair
Kim Stinson
kstinson@cvcc.edu
Region IV NPP Vice-Chair
David Beach
dbeach6@radford.edu
The KCACTF Ten Minute Play Festival is a regional award program designed to support the work of student playwrights and directors.
Directors of all experience levels are encouraged to apply.
Up to six student directors are chosen for this project based on experience and faculty recommendations.
These student directors will participate in auditions on the festival’s first full day and in a subsequent group casting session with the other directors.
During the festival, you will work with the student playwright, dramaturg, and actors to create a concert reading showcasing the playwright’s words and ideas. Awards and prizes are available to the director who successfully brings their play to life.
This is a wonderful opportunity to work with student artists from other schools — and can be an excellent springboard towards the SDC Fellowship Program.
To Be Eligible A Student Must:
- Attend a school geographically located in Region IV
- Be a registered student at the time of the regional festival
- Provide a letter of recommendation from a faculty member
- Complete a festival registration
- Submit a completed registration packet by November 2
The Registration Packet Must Contain:
- A letter of intent — Tell us why you are interested in the 10-Minute Play Festival, how the experience will support your growth as a director, and how your experience will enrich the festival
- A letter of support from a faculty member that also confirms your current enrollment in a participating college or University.
KCACTF guidelines describe a ten-minute play script as being ten pages or fewer (in 12-point typeface, not including character information or title page.) The limit is ten pages. Please do NOT send us any more than ten pages in the belief that the runtime will be under ten minutes. We want ten pages OR FEWER.
Up to SIX ten-minute plays will be chosen as finalists by readers outside the region, and will be given rehearsed readings at the Region IV Festival. From these six, TWO finalists will be chosen for the national ten minute play festival at the Kennedy Center, and the playwrights will be asked to submit their scripts to the Kennedy Center for consideration.
During the submission season, click the button below to send your script to us via Submittable!
Please contact Kim Stinson with your registration packet or any other questions.
