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Additional support provided by: Young Playwrights Festival sponsored by: CityOperaHouse.org/YPF Your voice. Your topic. Your play. Your voice. Your topic. Your play. Entry Deadline 12.14.2018 106 E. Front Street Traverse City MI 49684 Non Profit Org. US Postage PAID Traverse City MI Permit #264 “The future will be told by the storytellers we are training. This program is a gem.” Doug Stanton, New York Times best-selling author, Traverse City resident “ This program provides life- changing opportunities for high school students at no cost to them – experiences usually only available to college students or those living close to metropolitan areas.” Minda Nyquist, Educator, TCAPS

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Page 1: Your voice. Your topic. Your play. - Wharton Center AssetsYour voice. Your topic. Your play. It’s Easy! Write your own one-act play - just 9–12 pages with 4 characters or less

Additional support provided by:

Young Playwrights Festival sponsored by:

CityOperaHouse.org/YPF

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“The future will

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New York Times

best-selling author,

Traverse City

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“ This program provides life-

changing opportunities for

high school students at no

cost to them–experiences

usually only available to

college students or those living

close to metropolitan areas.”

Minda Nyquist, Educator, TCAPS

Page 2: Your voice. Your topic. Your play. - Wharton Center AssetsYour voice. Your topic. Your play. It’s Easy! Write your own one-act play - just 9–12 pages with 4 characters or less

Your voice. Your topic. Your play.

Hot Dates!

Script Entry Deadline Friday, December 14, 2018Semifinalists & Finalists Announced February, 2019

Finalist workshop and performances at City Opera House - Sunday, April 14, 2019

CityOperaHouse.org/YPF

Let’s Go!Win $100 and see your play performed on the City Opera House stage!

Check out CityOperaHouse.org/YPF where you’ll find the entry form, dates, samples, and more.

Start writing! Submit your script and entry form via email by Friday, December 14, 2018.

Questions? [email protected]

Your voice. Your topic. Your play. It’s Easy! Write your own one-act play - just 9–12 pages with 4 characters or less.

Submit to Win!Let’s face it, this is easier than your homework for the weekend! One-act plays are only nine to twelve pages of script with lines and spaces for each character and you only have time for one significant event. Start writing!

Picture This!•Yougetpickedasoneofsixfinalists•Yourstorygetstold•Yourplayisproduced•YourworkisperformedatCityOperaHouse!•Yougetyourownnationaltheatermentor•$100inyourpocketand...•Yougetyourfirstworkperformedbefore you graduate

Getting Started!A good one-act play focuses on one main action orproblem;there’snottimetogetintocomplicatedlayers of plot. It’s a good idea to keep your play to onesetandasfewscenesaspossible.Aone-actplay is 9-12 pages with four characters or less.

Theme•Askyourself,whatistheplayabout? Revenge?Self-discovery?Romance?•Yourmindneedstobeclearaboutthetheme•Characters,plotsneedtopointtoand support the theme

Plot•Differentinone-actplayfromafull-lengthplay. In a one-act play, there is only time for one significant event•Determinetheplaceforhero,whereallcanbe won or lost•Eventsleadingtothiscanbeincludedwithout beingshowntoaudience•Theeventsthatfollowmustbeinferredor understoodbytheaudience

Character•Thereisnotmuchareatodevelopallthe characters – limit-four •Theheroortheprotagonist’scharacter needstobemoredevelopedandfocusedon•Theantagonistcanbedevelopedtoshowconflict•Someothercharacterscanalsobealittlebit developed to move the story forward

Dialogue•Economyisthekeyaspecthere•Eachlinemustbecraftedcarefullytofocus on the theme, the incident and the character of the protagonist•Thedialoguesneednotbeterse,butconcise and full of meaning•Dialoguesirrelevanttotheplot,mustbealtered or omitted immediately

Protagonist/Hero: pro·tag·o·nist | noun the leading character or one of the major characters inadrama,movie,novelotherfictionaltext

Antagonist: an·tag·on·ist | noun a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someoneorsomething;anadversary

Plot: plot | noun the main events of a play, novel, movie similar work,devisedandpresentedbythewriteras an interrelated sequence

Dialogue: di·a·logue | noun conversationbetweentwoormorepeopleas afeatureofabook,playormovie

Creative: cre·a·tive | adjective relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work

Teachers:YoungPlaywrightsFestivalcomplementstheELACommon Core Standards and offers an alternate wayforstudentstolearnandgrow.AYPFtoolkitisavailableonline:EntryForm|SamplePlays|[email protected]

Entrants:•Exercisecreative-writinginanon-traditional way (while complementing ELA standards)•Expresstopicsrelevanttotheminasafeand nurturing way •Embracetheartofcraftingandstructuring language through research, construction, and application•Applycommunicationskillsthroughexplanation andexperiences

Finalists:•Learnalongsidenationaltheatermentors•Collaboratewithteachers,mentors,actorsand peers to see their play come to life •Experiencetheirworksproducedandperformed ontheCityOperaHousestagebyregionalactors•Showcasetheirworkonstagetofriends,family and classmates at no costs

Finalists are matched with professional theatre mentors who guide students through revisions via email and in person the weekend of the festival performance - April 14, 2019.

YPFisajuriedcompetition.