Ten-Minute Play Competition
A wonderful opportunity for new and emerging writers to have their work read by theatre professionals as well as the chance for the 5 finalists to engage in their work being produced, from inception to stage.
Close your eyes. Close them. Can you remember it like it was yesterday, or is everything blurred and indistinct? Your first day at school? Your first bike? Your first kiss? Your first dance? Your first job? Your first fight? Your first love? Your first hate?
He let go, right at the last minute. It felt like I was flying.
The colour rose to my cheeks, my skin pricked as if on fire and I was crushed, crushed, crushed with shame.
We were just kids. Unknown goose-pimpled flesh, diving in moonlight. Sitting on walls. We laughed, afterwards. What were we supposed to do? I wish it had lasted... longer. But it can never last forever.
TEN-MINUTE PLAY CONTEST 2012 on the theme
The First Time
English Theatre Berlin´s 3rd ten-minute play contest received over 80 entries on the theme 'The First Time'. The jury is currently making its way through the vast amount of new plays and will come up with the five finalists by February 23rd. They will by presented in a production opening on April 17th.
The 2012 contest is curated by PIP SWALLOW. The finalists will be directed by ERIKA HUGHES.
Schedule:
SUBMISSION DEADLINE was on DECEMBER 21st 2011
ANNOUNCEMENT of the five finalists will be made on FEBRUARY 23rd 2012
PERFORMANCES of the five finalists start on APRIL 17th 2012.
RULES FOR SUBMISSION
1. Plays must be written around the theme to be announced. Authors may interpret the theme in any way they wish. Plays must be in English, unpublished, and never before performed.
2. Scripts should be approximately 10 pages and the staged performance should be expected to run between 9 and 11 minutes.
3. Our third annual competition bids to be greener with the request that entries are only to be submitted electronically, attached via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it as a PDF file. The subject line should read '10MP12' then the title of your piece e.g '10MP12 The First Time'. To maintain anonymity we request that playwrights only include their name, the title of their piece, postal address and telephone number in the body of the email. Each page of their submitted script should contain the title of the piece and the number of each page in the top right hand corner and NO other information.
4. Maximum number of actors: 2 men and 2 women. Plays need not include all four actors. Actors may play multiple characters.
5. Plays may not require unusual set pieces or elaborate props.
6. Playwrights must live in Germany at the time of submission, have lived in Germany for any length of time during the past five years or for at least one full year at any time in the past.
7. The playwright authorizes English Theatre Berlin to stage the production throughout the festival and to use the title and/or other text from the manuscript as well as any audio or video recordings of it for publicity purposes associated with the festival and/or the theatre itself indefinitely. The author will retain the copyright and all other privileges associated with ownership.
8. The authors of the five plays selected for performance will each receive 100 Euros. Finalists may be asked to participate in interviews or other publicity for the competition or theatre. Participation in these promotional events is voluntary.
9. There is no limit to the number of entries by any author and an author may win any number of the prizes.
10. A jury of three theatre professionals and journalists will choose the finalist. The decision of the jury is final.
