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Theatre BC's 20th Annual Canadian National
Playwriting Competition
Summary


This year's Jury selected 3 Winners and 3 Finalists from 81 New Canadian Plays in Theatre BC's 20th Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition

Full Length Winner ($1000 Cash Award)
"The Death of Sir Arthur Currie" by Jeff Pitcher, North Vancouver, BC

One Act Winner ($750 Western Canada Theatre Cash Award)
 "The Big Polka Dot" by Joel Janisse, Windsor, ON

($500 City of Kamloops Cash Award)
"Pox" by Harold Rhenisch, Campbell River, BC 

FINALISTS (alphabetical order by title)

"A Dying Family Tradition" by Dianne Lococo, Toronto, ON

"A Year of Winter" by Scott Sharplin, Edmonton, AB

"Dream for Upirngaq" by Tanya M.Gadsby, Victoria, BC

Summary of Entries:

-            81 entered scripts 

-            50 Full-Length plays;

-             31 One Act plays;

 

Breakdown of Entries:
Province
BC
AB
SK
MB
ON
PE
PQ
NB
NS
NWT
YT
Subtotals:
Full-Length
26
3
1
-
17
-
-
1
2
-
-

50
One-Act
18
2
-
-
10
-
1
-
-
-
-

31
Total
44
5
1
-
27
-
1
1
2
-
-

81
 

Congratulations to this year's Winners and Finalists. Thank you to all entering playwrights and to the Competition Jurors for their many hours of reading and careful consideration. Any artistic directors wishing to read winning and/or finalist scripts from this year's Competition, please contact Theatre BC.

Theatre BC
Phone: 250-714-0203 Fax: 250-714-0213
Email: pwc@theatrebc.org
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