REGION V KCACTF COVER SHEET FOR ALL ONE-ACT PLAYS

(This cover sheet is available as *doc here)

For KCACTF, a one-act play is more than 10 pages and less than one hour playing time.

For EACH play submitted, playwrights should submit THREE 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 and

Ensure that your name and contact information is absent from every page of the PDF script.  This is a “blind” submission selection process, so we are making every effort to have the outside readers influenced only by the script—not the name or institutional affiliation. 

3)  a letter from the playwright’s school’s department head acknowledging that the script is being submitted.

For the John Cauble Award: SUBMIT THE COVER SHEET AND SCRIPT TO THE REGION V NPP (NATIONAL PLAYWRITING PROGRAM) CHAIR Richard Herman at rherman@ucmo.edu Do not submit John Cauble entries to the National Office except for one-act plays that are a part of a Ken Ludwig award entry.

For all other Michael Kanin awards: SUBMIT THE COVER SHEET AND SCRIPT TO THE REGION V NPP (NATIONAL PLAYWRITING PROGRAM) CHAIR Richard Herman at rherman@ucmo.edu AND TO THE KCACTF NATIONAL OFFICE (ghenry@kennedy-center.org). 

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 ___.

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 ONE-ACT script you are entering:

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

___ a short play (more than 10 pages and less than one hour playing time) (eligible for 
       the John Cauble Short Play Award)

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

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

___ 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)

___ 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)