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12th Annual Short Play Festival

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Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette's

Short Play Festival

will take place June 28-30th, 2024!

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Curtain times are:

June 28rd 7:30pm

June 29th 7:30pm

June 30th 2:30pm 

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Pre-show music begins one-hour before curtain! We are excited to feature Camryn Boutelle and Sheeza as our pre-show musicians!

Come enjoy a drink in our lobby bar

Admission to the Festival is $12.00 or by a roll of the dice! Any amount from $2 - $12! is what you pay!

Admission is first-come first-serve!

Auditions

Auditions for the 12th Annual Play Festival will be held May 13 and 14, 2024 from 6pm - 9pm. 

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Attendance is required for one night only. Auditions will be held as a group, so the directors may change and adjust pairings. Because of this, please be prepared to stay for the entirety of the audition (+/-3 hours).

Sides will be available by April 29, 2024, Monday.

Please come dressed in comfortable clothes and shoes appropriate for movement. Bringing water is also highly recommended.

2024 Short Play Winners

The Sea of Tranquility – Ted Fry

A Biting Commentary – Kyle Brown

Rehabilitation – Kyle Brown

Captain Murica & The Right-Wing Squad – Alicia Ana Hernandez-Roulet

A Factually Inaccurate Conversation – Zachary Mark

A Date with Death – Laurie Russell

Love in the Time of Cockleburs – Nancy Gall-Clayton

The Audition – Linda Kampe

Carthago Delenda Est – Scott Starkey

This Cow & That Trombone – Steve Martin

An Apertif – Steve Martin

Damn! – Brandon Fulk

Glearm – Mark Harvey Levine

What Do You Say, A True Story – Mark Harvey Levine

Play Submissions - CLOSED

Playwrights can submit one 1-minute script and one up-to-10-minute script for judging. The submission deadline is Wednesday, March 1 at 4 pm. EST. Submissions are open to all Indiana residents.

 

Scripts must be attached as a PDF file in a message to playfest@lafayettecivic.org. The subject line should be the playwright’s last name, the play title, and the submission category – either 1- minute or up-to-10-minutes, for example: Smith, “This Is a Good Play Title,” 1-minute play. The name of the play, its category and the playwright’s contact information – name, physical address, e-mail address and phone number – must be included in the body of the message, too.

 

Other submission rules:

  • Playwrights must be 16 years and older to submit.

  • Submissions must be plays only. Musicals will not be accepted.

  • Please submit only one script per message.

  • Plays must not have been produced or published prior to submission.

  • Plays that are longer than 1 minute or longer than 10 minutes, depending on the category, will not be accepted.

  • The cast size is limited to five people; casts will include actors ages 18 and older, only.

  • Scripts should have simple set, costume and other technical requirements.

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Civic Theatre will contact all playwrights by email prior to a public announcement of the winning scripts on April 20, 2024 at The Civic Theatre Season Reveal and via external communications. The 12th Annual Play Festival will be produced June 28-30, 2024. 

Playwrights whose plays are produced in the festival will receive a PDF of the program, the poster, and production photos.

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