Theatre Odyssey’s Eleventh Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival
Date and Time
Sunday Feb 5, 2023
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Performance Dates:
Saturday, February 4, 2023
7:30 PM-9:30 PM
Sunday, February 5, 2023
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Location
Location:
Jane B. Cook Theatre
FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts
5555 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, FL 34243
Directions & Parking
Asolo Rep is located at 5555 N. Tamiami Trail in the Florida State Center for the Performing Arts, adjacent to the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota.
Asolo Rep and The Ringling Museum of Art share parking in the large lot directly in front of the Florida State University Center for the Performing Arts building.
Fees/Admission
Tickets: $15-$29
Contact Information
Dan Yonko
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Description
This Eleventh Annual Festival presents the eight plays selected by our professional readers and written by area high school students from grades nine through twelve (or home-schooled equivalent). One playwright, whose play is selected by our qualified judges for BEST PLAY, will receive the Verna Safran Prize--a $1,000 cash scholarship. The author of the Runner-up Play will receive a $500 cash scholarship, and the remaining authors will receive $100 cash scholarships.
Performances of all eight plays in the competition for Best Play and Runner-up are on February 4, 2023, beginning at 7:30 PM and February 5 at 2 PM. A live announcement and the Verna Safran Prize presentation for BEST PLAY and for Runner-up Play will follow the February 5 matinee.
This year, award-winning playwright, actor, and director Jason Cannon was engaged to work with each of the eight playwrights to strengthen their works for this festival. The funds for Mr. Cannon's involvement were made possible by a gift to Theatre Odyssey from Melliss Kenworthy Swenson made in memory of her late husband, Curt Swenson.
