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After an overwhelming success in Greenbrier Valley Theater’s inaugural short play competition and festival in 2009. Greenbrier Valley Theatre, the State Professional Theatre of West Virginia, is pleased to announce that they are now accepting submissions for the 2nd Annual GVT’s “New Voices” Short Play Festival.

The best plays will be given a public performance at GVT’s Festival of Community Plays in January/February 2010. Plays should be 10-15 (longer plays will be disqualified) minutes in length and include between two and five characters. Plays should be appropriate for all ages and should be written to be played by adult actors. Due to the nature of the festival and production restrictions, plays with single unit sets will be given priority. The deadline for receipt of entries is December 15, 2009. A panel of professional theatre artists will judge the pieces and winners will be chosen in early December.

Who: Submissions are welcome from anyone but local playwrights in the Greenbrier Valley are especially encouraged to participate.

What: There is no official theme for the plays. Plays should be suitable for all ages, with minimal offensive material. Adult actors (15 and up) will be playing the parts during the festival, so characters should be geared towards that age range. Musicals may be considered depending on available production staff.

When: Entries must be received by GVT no later than Dec 15. The public festival performance dates will be announced at a later date.

How: Please email submissions to Kurtis Donnelly, kurtis@gvtheatre.org (prefered) or mail them to PO Box 494, Lewisburg, WV 24901.

Other important information:

By submitting a play to the New Voices Festival you will be granting GVT the rights to perform your play at the festival in January/February 2010, if chosen.

Please do not submit an original copy of your play, as copies will not be returned.

The number of winners selected to be performed will vary on the length of the selected shows. Anywhere from 4-7 may be chosen for performance.

If an inadequate number of entries are received, GVT reserves the right to not select any play for performance.

For complete details visit www.gvtheatre.org or contact GVT Education Director, Kurtis Donnelly, 645-3838 or kurtis@gvtheatre.org.