SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Look & Listen, a year-round performing arts series from the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, is proud to announce the 5 Minute Play Festival. Do you have a 5 minute play in you? Write it down and send it to us – your play might be chosen and performed by professional actors on March 11, 2013 as part of our staged reading series Straight From The Page.
Play Content Rules:
- The play must speak to Jewish identity, heritage, cultural experiences or values
- Submission must be a five minute original play (approx 750 words)
- Play can have 2 or 3 characters – no monologues, thank you
- No musicals may be submitted at this time, if there is any music, it must be sung acapella
- Comedy, drama, historical, political are all welcome
- Content must be Rated PG13
Play Submission Rules:
- Deadline for submission is December 11, 2012. All finalists will be notified by February 15, 2013.
- Plays must be submitted as a Word document only – a pdf will not be accepted.
- Plays must be created in a 12pt Ariel font
- There is no cost to submit
- Plays will not be returned
- Playwright must be based in southern California
- Submit plays to jewishplays@lfjcc.com
The Process:
- All plays submitted will be read blindly by the Straight From The Page committee
- 12 top scripts will be chosen to be cast and directed for a staged reading
- Casting & directing of the 12 top scripts to be done solely by the Look & Listen producer or their designate – playwrights do not have input in the casting or directing decisions
- 12 top scripts will be performed on March 11, 2013 at the Lawrence Family JCC in La Jolla as a staged reading, immediately following which the winning play will be selected by the audience via Twitter tweets or hand-written ballots
- The SDCJC reserves the right to cancel and/or modify the program at any time.
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