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2017 WINNERS
Submissions for 2015 and 2016 contained so many incredible plays. And 2017 continues with submissions of extraordinary work.
Congratulations to all of the playwrights who wrote scripts that were finalists or scripts of honorable mention. FIRST PLACE
O Do Not Love Too Long by Richard Molloy (See Log Line Below) SECOND PLACE Street Poet by Caleb Corkery (See Log Line Below) THIRD PLACE Governor Kath by Cile Pace (See Log Line Below) FOURTH PLACE The Unexpected Advocate by Deborah Dyer & Mary Wilkinson (See Log Line Below) FIFTH PLACE Heathen Hill by Jason Forbach (See Log Line Below) FINALISTS (alphabetical) A Tale of Africa by Tyler Powell An Unexamined Life by William Ivers David and Alice and Sophie Broke Up by Joel Fishbane Golden Land by John Adams Mortar and Pestle by Stuart Warmflash Pomegrenade by Ran Xia Shades of White by Ilan Kozlowski The Grave Diggers Lament by Gavin Kayner There is No You and Me by Linda Manning Valley Story by Margaret Wesseling When the Doorbell Rings by Krista Piccotti HONORABLE MENTION (alphabetical)
6 1/2 Dollars: A WASP Girl's Quest for Ubuntu by Lila Dupree A Bush House by Larry G. Fortin A Community of Saints by Shawn Erker Child of Lions by Jared Delaney Conquerers by Rena Goldstein Deserter by Daniel Thau-Eleff Escape by David Cintron Hibernation by Conor LaRocque Late to the Riots by Helen Valenta Loss Share by Beth Blair Onaje by Robert R. Bowie, Jr. Out of Print by Danielle Nusbaum Primary Feathers by Rita Cox Sundown in Beaver Creek by Larry G. Fortin The Last Man by Michael Spiegel The Myth of the Kamikaze Geisha by Michael Cooney Toss of the Dice by David Saffan TRANS-formation by triangle productions! We Will Make it Through by Jenn Weatherall Where is Everybody? by Kevin Daly PLAY LOG LINES
2017 FIRST PLACE: O Do Not Love Too Long by Richard Molloy In contemporary London, two aging, eccentric Irish immigrants, both haunted by the ghosts of the past and the present, seek redemption for their many sins and failures. 2017 SECOND PLACE: Street Poet by Caleb Corkery Street Poet, a black man who captures the “keeping it real” effect of popular spoken word artists, narrates the experience of a white poet teaching at an inner-city, predominantly African American high school. Though amused and disgusted observing a white man exploring the black city, Street Poet ends up being defined through the white poet’s story. 2017 THIRD PLACE: Governor Kath by Cile Pace When the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court dies, Governor Kath puts her name in for the Chief Justice appointment. Conflict ensues when Kath’s old boss and nemesis, a sitting Justice, puts himself forward for the spot while supporting Kath’s husband to fill his vacancy. 2017 FOURTH PLACE: The Unexpected Advocate by Deborah Dyer & Mary Wilkinson Two seemingly different women form an extraordinary and enduring friendship that carries them through domestic violence, murder, and prison to unrecognized goals of independence and redemption. 2017 FIFTH PLACE: Heathen Hill by Jason Forbach Set in the very near future in an ever expanding Alt-America, six men in an internment camp for Homosexuals turn toward creativity, art and truth as a way to survive. As the political environment becomes more and more hostile, the play examines the retaliative strength found through expression. |
UPDATES FOR 2017 WINNERS
O Do Not Love Too Long received a February 2017 reading at the Irish Theatre of Chicago, directed by Carolyn Kruse
O Do Not Love Too Long was Shortlisted, King’s Cross New Writing Award 2016 O Do Not Love Too Long was Shortlisted, Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize 2015 * * * * * * * * * Street Poet received a March 2018 reading at the Temple bar in Lancaster, PA, produced by the Lancaster Dramatists Platform and directed by Kelsey Pollard.
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The Unexpected Advocate by Deborah Dyer and Mary Wilkinson
received an April 2017 stage reading produced by the Playwrights Local of Cleveland OH, at the Creative Space at Waterloo Arts, directed by Nick Hrutkay. |