REGION V KCACTF COVER SHEET FOR ALL FULL-LENGTH SCRIPTS

(This cover sheet is available as *.doc here)

For EACH play submitted, playwrights should submit TWO DOCUMENTS as email attachments: 

1)  this cover sheet completed with all appropriate information and

2)  the script in PDF format, which should have a TITLE PAGE but no author or school identification. (DOC, DOCX, hard copy, or any formats other than .pdf WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

SUBMIT THE COVER SHEET AND SCRIPT TO THE REGION V NPP (NATIONAL PLAYWRITING PROGRAM) CHAIR Richard Herman at rherman@ucmo.edu AND TO THE NATIONAL OFFICE (ghenry@kennedy-center.org). 

For the David Mark Cohen Award: Submit the cover sheet and script to Richard Herman rherman@ucmo.edu only.  Do not submit the David Mark Cohen entries to the National Office—except for full length plays that are part of the Ken Ludwig award entry.

THE DEADLINE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS IS October 26, 2009.

Please note: You must enter your play in a specific Michael Kanin Award category. 
Please check a box on this form designating entry category.

PLAYWRIGHT INFORMATION

Playwright’s Name:

College or University Affiliation:

Address:

Email:

Cell Phone:

The best way to contact you over winter break:

My college does ___   does not ___  have a KCACTF associate or participating entry this calendar year.

I am currently enrolled in a graduate (min. 3 hours) or undergraduate program (min. six hours) ___

OR I graduated from a graduate or undergraduate program within the last two years ___

OR I am a faculty member ___ (eligible for Musical, Rosa Parks, David Mark Cohen ONLY)

OR I am a non-faculty working playwright ____ (eligible for David Mark Cohen ONLY)

If my play is selected for the regional festival I agree to attend the festival.  Yes__  No __

Advising Professor’s Name:  

Advising Professor’s Email:

SCRIPT INFORMATION
Title of Script:

Length of Script (in pages):

Synopsis (100 words or fewer):

Check all items that apply to the STUDENT-WRITTEN script you are entering:

___  an entry for the Ken Ludwig Playwriting Scholarship (IF CHECKED, DO NOT CHECK ANY OTHER ITEM)

___ a FULLY MOUNTED PARTICIPATING KCACTF entry (eligible for the National Student Playwriting Award)

___ a comedy or a script with significant comic elements (eligible for the Mark Twain Prize for Comic Playwriting)

___ has a theme appropriate for young people (eligible for the Theater for Young Audiences Award)

___ written by a person of African heritage and deals with the African experience in the United States or abroad (eligible for the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award)

 ___ deals with the human experience of living with a disability (eligible for the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award)

___ celebrates diversity and encourages tolerance while exploring issues of dis-empowered voices (eligible for the Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting)

___ written by a person of Latina/Latino heritage (eligible for the Latina/Latino Playwriting Award)

___ recognizes science and scientists as part of the culture (see websites for specific topics)  (eligible for the National Science Playwriting Award)

___ illuminates the complicated issues facing the Middle East (particularly Palestine and Israel) (eligible for the Quest for Peace Playwriting Award)

Check all items that apply to the STUDENT AND/OR FACULTY-WRITTEN script you are entering:

___ a FULLY MOUNTED KCACTF entry (eligible for the David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award)

___ a musical (eligible for the KCACTF Musical Theatre Award)

___ addresses issues of social justice and/or civil rights (eligible for the Rosa Parks Playwriting Award)

Check this item ONLY IF YOU ARE A NON-FACULTY WORKING PLAYWRIGHT submitting a full-length script produced at a college or university and entered in KCACTF:

___ a FULLY MOUNTED KCACTF entry (eligible for the David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award)