BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230205T003000Z DTEND:20230205T023000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Theatre Odyssey’s Eleventh Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival 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.\n\n \n\nPerformances 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.\n\n \n\nThis 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. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: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.
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\nPerformances 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.
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\nThis 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. 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. UID:e.2475.41640 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260516T003657Z URL:https://business.manateechamber.com/events/details/theatre-odyssey-s-eleventh-annual-student-ten-minute-playwriting-festival-41640 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR