Monday, January 13, 2025

LTW 6th Annual Young Playwrights of Tucson Competition

Live Theatre Workshop is happy to announce our 6th annual playwriting contest for all local students between the grades 6th – 12th for the 2024/2025 school year.  This acclaimed program encourages students from all over our community to write and submit short stories. Each top young playwright is teamed up with one of LTW’s seasoned playwrights/directors to help get their plays from scripts to the stage. Local talented students audition, perform, and run the tech for all of the shows. With the help of LTW’s Children’s Theatre leaders, these students take the stage and give a voice to the stories they want everyone to hear. These performances are a great way to see the amazing talent of our Tucson Youth! 

 

Rules and Guidelines for Script Submissions

  • All script submissions are due Friday, January 31, 2025 by midnight.
  • All submissions must be original stories and can be any genre.
  • No more than 7 pages with 12 size font double spaced, no more than 8 characters, insert page numbers. 
  • All playwrights must be between 6th – 12th grade for the 2024/2025 school year.
  • Must have a cover page that includes show title, description of each character, and 3-5 sentences describing the plot. (cover page does not count towards your page limit)
  • To submit your short play, please send a PDF to Live Theatre Workshop’s Artistic  Director of Education, Amanda Gremel, at Amanda.g@livetheatreworkshop.org .
  • In your email please provide your name, age, school, and the best way to contact you.
  • Most importantly your name cannot appear on your script.  All playwrights are anonymous to our judges.
  • We want you to feel free in your writing but we do ask that you keep an eye on inappropriate language.  Any script with extreme language will not be considered for showcase. 

All this information can be found on our website www.livetheatreworkshop.org

Please contact Amanda Gremel, Artistic Director of Education, if you have any questions.

 

IMPORTANT DATES AND DETAILS

On March 7, 2025 we will announce the top plays to be workshopped. These shows will be paired up with some of our very own local seasoned playwrights who mentor our young playwrights workshop their scripts.  

On April 7, 2025 we will have open auditions for students in 6th – 12th grade for actors and tech roles. We will host a one week intensive workshop camp for all writers, actors, and technicians, Tuesday May 27th – Sunday June 1st, 2025 from 8:00 am – 4:00 pm each day. Our week ends with 3 professional performances on Saturday May 31st at 2:00 pm and Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm.   

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f cast or assigned a technical position you must be available for the schedule below:

Rehearsal schedule: Tues, May 27th – Fri, May 30th 8am – 4pm

Our shows schedule: Saturday, May 31st at 2:00pm, and Sunday June 1st at 12:00pm and 4pm

For any questions please contact Amanda Gremel at amanda.g@livetheatreworkshop.org 

 

More information: https://livetheatreworkshop.org/get-involved/young-playwrights/

 

 

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