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EILEEN HECKART SENIOR DRAMA COMPETITION
Watch this space for information about the 2009 contest
The 2007 Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Competition was intended to increase plays available for the rapidly growing field of Senior Theatre. The third Heckart Competition accepts plays in three categories: full length, one act (45 minutes or less in playing time), and ten-minute.
Only plays which have not yet received major professional productions may be entered. Plays should include major senior characters and/or deal with issues pertaining to seniors (people over 55). Musicals or adaptations may not be entered. There is no submission fee. Winning playwrights will receive cash prizes ($100 for full length, $75 for one-act, $50 for ten minute).
The Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Competition is sponsored by the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute at The Ohio State University. The first Heckart Competition in 2003, saw more than 470 scripts entered, while the 2005 Competition brought 459 entries.
Details of entering: Hard copies only. No electronic copies accepted. Author’s name should appear only on the title page, not in the text of play. Entries should include a brief biographical statement about the author. An SASE should be included if the script is to be returned at the conclusion of the competition. Finalists and semi finalists will be announced by mid-May, winners by the middle of June.
Winning plays, and first-runners-up, received staged readings at The Ohio State University during the 2007-2008 academic year. Winning writers are not required to attend.
Contact us if you’d like to be on our list of playwrights to receive information about the 2009 Heckart contest.
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