10-Minute Play Festival
2024 CONTEST SUBMISSIONS:
Applications for the 2024 Season Are Closed.
Thank you to everyone who submitted.
Plays Selected will be Announced May 1, 2024
CONTACT: Monica DiBiasio at monicad@durangoarts.org
TO PURCHASE TICKETS:
Festival Performances; May 24th, 25th @ 7:30pm and May 26th @ 2pm
Tickets are also available in-person at the Durango Arts Center.
Tuesday-Saturday, 12pm-6pm
For questions or more information, call:
(970) 259-2606
Welcome Playwrights, to the Durango Arts Center’s 14th Annual 10 minute Play Festival!
We have changed our rules for submissions and our template for the festival this year, please read on for
your opportunity to have your play staged by professional actors and directors at our stellar theater in
Durango, CO.
Festival is May 24, 25, 26, 2024
Tickets can be purchased here.
Beginning in January of each year, DURANGO ARTS REPERTORY THEATER (DART) at the Durango
Arts Center (DAC) invites playwrights from around the world to submit original 10-Minute plays. The plays go through a tiered reading process (author names and hometowns are kept anonymous from the
judges). The top 10 plays will be given a full production and playwrights will receive a royalty of $100 for a 3 show weekend.
Application Requirements
● Submission fee: We will no longer charge fees for submissions!
● Subject matter: Plays should reflect our Season Theme. Our 2024 Season is MYSTERY, MURDER and MAYHEM!
● Each play should include two to six characters, with minimal props, costumes and set requirements.
● Submissions must be in .docx or .pdf format.
● The play, exclusive of title and cast description pages, must be no more than ten pages.
● DO NOT PUT AUTHOR’S NAME, ADDRESS, OR ANY CONTACT INFORMATION ON ANY PAGE OF SCRIPT.
● Playwrights may submit more than one play.
● Only accepting first 300 submissions
*Submissions are due by February 29th, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria: Only original plays, never before produced, are eligible.
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HISTORY OF THE 10-MINUTE PLAY
10-minute plays were introduced by the Actors Theatre of Louisville in 1977 when the genre was promoted as part of the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Often referred to as the “haiku of the American stage,” as well as “a streak of theatrical lightning,” 10-minute plays have become an engaging and popular genre for today’s audiences and playwrights.
SPONSORS
DAC is grateful to receive support from the Ballantine Family Fund and Durango Friends of the Arts, as well as passionate local individuals who engage in sponsorship of the festival each year.