Theatre BC's 21st Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition
Stage Play Winners, Finalists and Jurors Announced.
This year's Jury selected 3 Winners and 4 Finalists from 135 New Canadian Plays in Theatre
BC's 21st Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition
The identities of the Winning and Finalist Playwrights were revealed on Sunday, October
4th, 2009 at the ActoberFest One-Act Play Festival's Awards Lunch in Creston, BC,
following the Jurors' Meeting to make the final selections. The results were as follows:
CATEGORY WINNERS
Full Length Winner ($1000 Cash Award)
Tamarack by
Edward Kuhn , Kingston, NS
One Act Winner ($750 Western Canada Theatre Cash Award)
Dianne & Me by
Ron Fromstein, Toronto, ON
Special Merit Winner ($500 City of Kamloops Cash Award)
My Purple Wig by
Jessica Anderson, Oakville,
ON (FL)
FINALISTS (alphabetical order by title):
A Field of Flowers by
Robin Mathews,
Vancouver, BC (FL)
The King's Disposition
by
Christopher Morley, Richmond Hill, ON (FL)
Kobyła by
B.D. Miller, Regina, SK (FL)
Millicent's Pothole by
Sherryl Melnyk, Calgary, AB
JURORS
Garry Davey of Gabriola Island, BC
Burton
Lancaster of Nanaimo, BC
Nicolle Nattrass of Nanoose Bay, BC
All Winners and Finalists will be invited to Theatre BC's
New Play Festival , March 26th- 28th, 2010 at the Old Courthouse Cultural
Centre in Kamloops, BC.
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.
We invite Canadian resident playwrights to enter their new works in Theatre BC's 22nd
Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition. Entries will be accepted between April
15, 2010 and Monday, July 26, 2010. If you would like to be added to our mailing list for a
Competition "How To Enter" brochure, please send your contact information to
Theatre BC at PO Box 2031, Nanaimo, BC, V9R 6X6 or email us: pwc@theatrebc.org
The Competition Summary will be posted to the Playwriting Competition section of Theatre
BC's website. If anyone would like further details, please contact the Theatre BC office.
Contact:
Theatre BC
Phone/Fax : 250-714-0203
Email: pwc@theatrebc.org
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