2014
marks the eleventh installment of the Actors’ Theatre annual 10 minute play
festival, Living on the Edge. We cordially
extend an invitation to interested Michigan writers to submit a script for
consideration.
The deadline for scripts will be March 12, 2014. Actors’ Living
on the Edge committee
will read all scripts. From the initial
submission, ten semi-finalists will be selected for a public reading, to be
held in April of 2014. All writers whose work is not selected for public
reading will receive written feedback on their work by May 1st, 2014.
The reading of the fifteen scripts presented on a Saturday in April (Date/Time
TBA) at Spectrum Theater, 160 Fountain Street. At the public reading
playwrights will receive verbal and written feedback on their piece. Based on
audience response and feedback, the Living
on the Edge committee will choose five finalists from the scripts read
at the public reading. These finalists will
receive full production from June 19-21, 2014 in the “black box” performance
space (Room 201 – Spectrum Theater Building).
The writers whose scripts are chosen for final production will receive $100. The theme this year that
writers are asked to respond to is “Desperate Moves”. We encourage
playwrights to consider the following as they craft their submission:
·
The
five scripts chosen will be performed before an audience. We always encourage
writers to create pieces that will be dynamic and engaging when presented by
performers on stage.
· We're excited to read your submission so choose any direction that is exciting and productive for you as a writer. If you’re excited about the direction, it’s more likely that we will see that in your submission as well.
· Craft a 10 minute play highlighting an aspect of the chosen theme. It can tie in broadly or very specifically, but relevance to the theme is a key consideration in selection.
Submit your play, including a brief synopsis, by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and include “LOTE XI” in the subject line. Submissions will also be accepted via U.S. mail to
Actors’
Theatre
Attn: LOTE XI
143 Bostwick NE
Grand Rapids, MI, 49503
on or before March 12, 2013. To be considered, the playwright must currently reside in the state of Michigan, or have resided within the last twelve months. All submissions must include a cover page that lists your name, address, phone number, email, title of play, total number of actors, and a brief synopsis of the work. Please do not list your name on any page other than your cover so that all plays may be read with anonymity by the committee. Final production decisions will be based on originality, ability to cast and produce, and the way the plays chosen fit together for an evening of theatre.
Ms. Reza is a multi-award-winning French playwright, novelist and memoirist. Her work has been translated into more than 30 languages and been produced worldwide, and has achieved both critical praise and popular international success. She is the author of seven plays, including Conversations After a Burial, Winter Crossing, Art, The Unexpected Man, Life x3, A Spanish Play and God of Carnage; the novels Desolation, Adam Haberberg and On Arthur Schopenhauer’s Sledge; the memoirs Hammerklavier and Nulle part; Dawn, Dusk or Night, a nonfiction account of a year she spent trailing French president (then-candidate) Nicolas Sarkozy on the campaign trail; and a dramatic translation of Kafka’s Metamorphosis for director Roman Polanski.
Tom Kaechele holds a Master's degree in Directing from Wayne State University and is the head of the 
