Weathervane Playhouse’s Second Annual 8x10 TheatreFest
Eight Plays. Ten Minutes Each.

Performance Dates and Times
Friday, July 13, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 2:30 p.m.
Winners announced at the post-performance reception on July 15

Tickets
$10 each (general-admission seating)

Information for Playwrights
Submission Rules/Guidelines/General Information

All 10-minute play submissions will be accepted until 5 p.m. on May 16, 2012. 

All entrants will receive acknowledgment of their submissions and, following the contest’s closing, notification of the eight Finalist plays. The list of Finalists will also be listed here on this website.

Maximum running time length is 10 minutes. Less is fine.

Cast maximum is three. Any combo, gender-wise. No characters under the age of 16, please.

Set must be very simple and utilize easily moved furniture/set pieces. Similarly, costumes and "tech" must be uncomplicated and easily done. No period pieces, no musicals.

Playwrights must be U.S. citizens and be at least 18 years old.

Submitted plays must be unproduced and unperformed, outside of readings and workshops. Submitted plays may have been entered in other contests.

There is a $10 administrative fee per playwright. Playwrights may submit a maximum of two entries for this administrative fee. (Please see below for "Why We Charge an Administrative Fee.")

Employees of Weathervane Community Playhouse and their immediate families are ineligible to enter.

By submitting an entry, you are affirming that you are the sole creator of the play, and entitled to confer performance rights. You further affirm that, if you are chosen as a Finalist, you will grant performance rights, royalty-free, to Weathervane Playhouse for three performances during its 8x10 TheatreFest on July 13, 14 and 15, 2012. The play remains the sole property of the playwright.

The Inspiration

Title page should include the following information:

• Name and all contact info, including mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.
• Title of play
• A short (two- to three-sentence) description of the play

Playwrights may send a bio as a separate document, also in Word or pdf format.

Administrative fee of $10 per playwright may be paid by credit card online here OR a check may be sent (payable to Weathervane Playhouse).

Mail check to: 
Weathervane Playhouse
ATTN: 8x10 TheatreFest 
1301 Weathervane Lane
Akron, Ohio

44313-5186



Why We Charge an Administrative Fee
CLICK HERE to learn why we charge an administrative fee.

Prizes

All eight finalists will receive full productions of their play and two tickets to the festival.  (As much as we would love to arrange travel and accommodations for our finalists, unfortunately, we cannot!)  If, however, playwrights are able to attend, we will welcome all and shower them with recognition!  

Additionally, we will send out press releases about the finalist playwrights to our local publications and to any of the finalist playwrights’ respective outlets.  

Thanks to a generous donor who very much enjoyed last year’s festival, we were able to increase our cash awards from 2011: 
• First Place: $350
• Second Place: $250
• Audience Favorite: $150
• The five Runners Up: $50 each

Please address all questions to 8x10 TheatreFest Coordinator Eileen Moushey.
E-mail: 10minuteplay@weathervaneplayhouse.com
Telephone: 330-678-3893

A FEW TIPS. . .

• Follow the guidelines!
• Number the pages of your play(s).
• Include a cast of characters, with brief descriptions
• Be careful of length — we will be very picky about sticking to 10 minutes or less!
• Don't forget to include the "inspiration!"