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Theatre BC’s 11^th Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition

Playwriting Competition Summary & News

Theatre BC’s 11th Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition finished the jury process right on schedule and the Winners and Finalists were announced via the website and broadcast email during the weekend of December 4-5, 1999. A press release was issued following the weekend and all critiques, scripts and ‘Competition Summaries’ were mailed out to the playwrights before Christmas.

   The Winners and Finalists for this year’s Competition have been invited to the New Play Festival in Kamloops, April 7-9, 2000 and all have accepted.

   This year’s jurors were Sally Clark, award-winning playwright and filmmaker and former playwright-in-residence with "Theatre Passe Muraille", the "Shaw Festival" and "Nightwood Theatre", Mark Hellman, actor, director, composer, teacher, producer and consultant with over 20 years experience in theatre, and Libby Mason,actor, writer, director, dramaturge and teacher with 27 years experience in theatre (see photos and bios on opposite page).
Their selections for Winners and Finalists for the 11th Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition are as follows:

      Winner – Full Length Category:
      "November" by Jamie Norris, Vancouver, BC

     Winner – One Act Category:
     "Two Words" by Denise Blinn & Gabrielle Kemeny, Toronto, ON

Winner – Special Merit Category:
"Little Voices" by Lucas Foss North Vancouver, BC
Bios for the Winners can be found at TheatreBC.org/playcomp/winners.htm
Bios for the Jurors can be found at TheatreBC.org/playcomp/jurors.htm

The Seven Finalists in random order:

"A Bigger World" (FL) by Lilla Csorgo, Toronto, ON

"Easy Money" (FL) by Nicola Harwood, Victoria, BC

"Kitchen Party" (FL) by Maureen Robinson, North Vancouver, BC

"White Lies" (FL) by Larry MacKillop, Nanton, AB

"I.C.U." (1A) by Marita Dachsel, Vancouver, BC

"Home Movies: An Interdisciplinary Performance Piece" (1A) by Sally Stubbs, Vancouver, BC

"The Third Encounter" (1A) by Sjahari Hollands, Langley, BC

Honorable Mention:

"p.c. (Protective Custody)" by David Burgess, Guelph, ON

This year 63 Full-Length and 52 One Act plays were entered in the Competition, with no disqualifications. This was well down from last year's total of 192 scripts, very likely caused by the delayed announcement and deadline for entry, but the jurors commented that the top scripts were of very high quality. We are back on track and have already set dates for the 12th. Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition. The Deadline for Entries is set for Monday, July 24, 2000 with the announcement of results coming in mid-November. The New Play Festival will again be in early April 2001 in Kamloops.

Competition brochures are being updated at this time and will be available for distribution at this year’s New Play Festival. If you would like to receive a brochure by mail, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

Theatre BC’s 12 Annual Canadian National Playwriting Competition

PO Box 2031

Nanaimo, BC V9R6X6

Or check out the Playwriting Competition website at www.TheatreBC.org/playcomp/index.php
for details on 11th Annual results and 12th Annual Competition Information, Rules and Guidelines.

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