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Lakeshore Players' 8th Annual Ten-Minute Playwrighting Contest - Sorry, deadline has passed and we are no longer accepting plays! JANUARY 24, 2012: SEMI-FINALISTS The Lakeshore Players' 10-Minute Play Committee is pleased to announce the following semi-finalists for the 2012 Festival: 13A William Sikorski, White Bear Lake, MN The Adjective Noun of Character Joshua Cohen, New York, NY A Point of Honor Nicolas Thurkettle, Huntington Beach, CA A Winter's Tail Kerry O'Doyle, Evanston, IL All Non-Essentials Jaclyn Villano, Boston, MA The Anniversary Rachel Kessinger, Berkeley, CA Annunciation Suzanne Wingrove, Gales Ferry, CT Answer the Question, Iris Stefanie Deleo & Jenifer Menedis, Ronkonkoma, NY Antique Roses Kristine McGovern, Centennial, CO The Art of Stopping Thomas Misuraca, Tarzana, CA Awkward Pauses Gary Seger, Del Mar, CA Barfight Tom Baum, Los Angeles, CA Bedtime Story Dan Borengasser, Springdale, AR Cat & Mouse Michael Callahan, Lompac, CA Corn Flakes Aaron Adair, Chicago, IL The Elimination Round Carl Williams, Houston, TX Eternity Elan Garonzik, New York, NY The Gift of Rift Evan Allgood, Alexandria, VA How Brad Hancock Saved the World Morgan Belcher, Sapulpa, OK Jump Diane Gribschaw, Moffett Field, CA Just a Bus Driver Susan Middaugh, Baltimore, MD Loons Bradley Hayward, Toronto, ON, Canada Lulu Takes a Walk Dalene Young, Portland, OR Missed Connections Marj O'Neill-Butler, Miami Beach, FL More Than a Sunburn Evan Baughfman, Long Beach, CA No Ideas Today Jeffrey Wolf, Aurora, CO Pigeons in Love Jeff Carter, San Francisco, CA Reality TV North Pole Matt Hanf, Elk Grove, CA Recalculating L.E. Grabowski-Cotton, Memphis, TN Rondo Rubato Jason Lenz, Grandville, MI Sculpting Perfection Nina Mansfield, Greenwich, CT The Sidewalk Café Reunion Joan Petitti, St. Pete Beach, FL The Third Wheel Erin Hug, Waltham, VT Tomorrow Elliot Baker, Boston, MA The Waiting Room Karla Sorenson, Lowell, MA The Whole Tooth Michael Burgan, Santa Fe, NM Widow's Peak Lucy Wang, Glendale, CA Working it Out Pat Montley, Baltimore, MD Ziggy's Heart Joel Doty, Clayton, MO THE CONTEST Plays will be accepted through November 15, 2011. Lakeshore Players Theatre is accepting submissions for 10-minute plays with the winners to be performed at our 8th Annual Festival June 7-10, 2012. HIGH SCHOOL PLAYWRIGHTS High School-aged playwrights are encouraged to enter. High school playwrights must have a letter from a teacher or school administrator, written on school letterhead, verifying that the play was written during high school, in addition to the guidelines below. If the committee chooses to name a high school entry as a winner for the 8th annual contest, the winning play will be produced with our other winners in our festival in June 2012. ALL PLAYWRIGHTS: Please read the following guidelines carefully, plays not meeting the the rules will be disqualified and may not be read. The play must run ten-minutes or less. The play must have 5 or fewer characters. You may submit ONLY ONE PLAY, so send us your best! Sorry, you may not make changes and resubmit your play. The play should be in a "play format" making it easy for the readers. (We like 12-point, easy to read fonts, such as Times New Roman or Ariel) The play must be unpublished at the time of submission to our contest. The play must un-produced at the time of submission to our contest. Staged readings are not counted as "produced." Submitting your play to our contest grants Lakeshore Players the right to produce your play in our annual festival and photograph and/or videotape it for archival purposes if it is chosen as a winner. Additional Guidelines The play must have simple technical requirements There won't be a set — a few furniture pieces and a few props only — we only have about one minute in between plays to change scenes. As a community theatre, we want to appeal to the largest possible audience, so plays with excessive offensive language will be accepted, but are less likely to be selected - so please keep that in consideration. NEW THIS YEAR! Two ways to submit: Email or Mail Your play must be received no later than November 15, 2011 to be eligible. Only plays submitted exactly as outlined below will be accepted. EMAIL TWO PDFs (Do not send files in any other format. If you can't convert to PDF, then send your play via U.S. mail): Send one copy of the play with ALL contact information: play title, your name, your address, phone number and email address Send ANOTHER copy of play for the judges with NO contact information - just the title and the play. Email Instructions--Subject line: PLAY SUBMISSION. Include your complete contact informtion in the body of the email. Please include the title of your play in the file name. For example: My Great Play-Blind.pdf My Great Play.pdf Email both plays to: office@lakeshoreplayers.com MAIL TWO COPIES. Don't know how to PDF? No problem. Send one copy of the play with ALL contact information play title, your name, address, phone number and email address Include ANOTHER copy of play for the judges with NO contact information - just the title and the play. Mail to: Lakeshore Players 10-Minute Play Committee 4820 Stewart Ave. White Bear Lake, MN 55110 Plays will not be returned to you. If you would like confirmation that we have received your script, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with your script. Winners Plays chosen for production in our festival will receive $10 per Lakeshore performance of the play, a copy of the program from the festival, and a photo CD of the play within 90 days of the festival weekend. Semi-finalists for the Festival will be announced in January 2012 Finalists will be announced in March 2012 Winners will be announced in April 2012 Any questions? E-mail Lakeshore Players: office@lakeshoreplayers.com	This activity funded, in part, by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008

2012 Lakeshore Players Theatre • 4820 Stewart Ave • White Bear Lake, MN 55110 • Box Office: 651-429-5674 _