Lee Street theatre's 7th Annual Original 10-Minute Play Festival Calls for Playwrights

Calling all playwrights! Lee Street theatre's 2015 Original 10-Minute Play Festival: Yard Sale will be held May 6-9, 2015 with performances at 7:30 p.m. Submissions are currently open for the 2015 edition. Deadline is Saturday, February 28.

Lee Street theatre's Original 10-Minute Play Festival is one of the company's most anticipated productions each season. Currently in its 7th year, the festival is always a patron favorite. Whether you are an experienced playwright or trying to complete your bucket list, submit a play and have the chance to see your ideas come to life!

Guidelines:

1. The 10-minute play must be a comedy and incorporate this year's theme of "Yard Sale". Be as creative as you wish within the theme.

2. Must be easy to stage on a black box stage with limited single set and minimal props.

3. No more than four characters.

6. Script(s) must not have been previously staged by anyone in any way.

5. Limit 3 scripts per playwright.

4. Please email your script in PDF format to info@leestreet.org no later than the February 28 deadline. Email submissions are preferred, but if you are unable to email us your submission, please mail two stapled copies of your script(s) to the following address arriving on or before the submission deadline date:

Lee Street theatre

Attn: Yard Sale

P.O. Box 201

Salisbury, NC 28145

7. Include one separate cover sheet per playwright with contact information including email address and title of submitted script(s), along with a one-sentence synopsis. To ensure unbiased judging, the playwright's name must not appear anywhere on the script(s). Cover sheet must also be in PDF format.

8. Open to residents of NC, SC, GA, TN, VA, WV, MD. Mailed scripts will not be returned.

Winning playwrights will be notified by email. Email Questions to info@leestreet.org or visit www.leestreet.org.