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season, Weathervane Playhouse is not only presenting plays and musicals and
youth theatre productions - they’re also conducting a nationwide search for new,
short plays. <U>Really</U> short plays. <FONT color=#ff0000>Ten Minute Plays, to
be exact!</FONT> They’re inviting playwrights to submit works that feature a
maximum of 4 actors, can be staged simply, and be presented in 10 minutes or
less. A panel of judges will winnow down the entries to 8 finalists and those
plays will comprise Weathervane’s Ten Minute Play Festival next summer.
A panel of guest judges will view the productions and award a First Prize
and Runner-up. Audience members will decide the third prize - Fan Favorite. To
provide the entrants with a little ‘inspiration’, Weathervane is supplying a
prop from their storage basement. Playwrights must feature the prop in their
plays, in whatever way they like. For this year’s Festival, the "inspiration"
prop is an antique chair which was donated by Kitty Brown, who was active at
Weathervane for more than 60 years and is remembered fondly as Weathervane’s
‘Grande dame’!</SPAN></P>
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color=#ff0000>Deadline for entries is May 20, 2011 and finalists will be
announced by June 1, 2011. </FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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color=#ff0000>Weathervane's Ten Minute Play Festival will be presented on July
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial>Janis
Harcar<BR>Director of Advancement<BR>Weathervane Playhouse<BR>330-836-2626
X16<BR><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Janis Harcar<BR>Director of Advancement<BR>Weathervane
Playhouse<BR>330-836-2323 X16<BR><A
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