Call for directors for the Asheville National 10-Minute Play Contest and Festival

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The Asheville National 10-Minute Play Contest & Festival, a new major event from western North Carolina’s professional theatre community, seeks five directors to helm ten winning productions in spring 2016.

The National 10-Minute Play Contest & Festival was created by LEAD Productions, a local staging company dedicated to fostering professional development as well as supporting artistic visionaries who want to redefine boundaries between audience and stage.

“This is an extraordinary chance for a new or emerging director to be recognized on a national scale for his or her work,” says Richard Handy, the Festival’s founder and Production Manager.

The Festival’s coordinators report they expect up to 500 emerging and established playwrights from across the United States to submit their best, short, original plays for this event. The coordinators will then select ten winners to have their work selected, produced and performed in the Festival’s elegant venue, the Grace Center in Mills River, North Carolina, win prizes, and gain recognition as a contemporary talent.

Directors who are invited to participate will have several resources provided to them from LEAD Productions’ studios, as well as a limited budget available for set and props. They may cast anyone from the open audition pool of actors in March, and they will collaborate with lighting, stage and sound designers as a team.

“Not only does this strengthen area connections for theatre professionals, it also demonstrates the vast amount of local talent we have,” says Handy. “It’s a unique opportunity for all of the local theaters and a variety of directors to work collaboratively on what will be an unprecedented event.”

Directors who wish to be considered for the Festival may contact Production Manager Richard Handy at: 828-276-1212.

Submissions for the Festival are currently open, and playwrights may submit their work until February 15th. The 10-Minute Play Festival is slated for April at the Grace Center in nearby Mills River, NC.

For more information, visit: http://nys3.com/the-asheville-national-10-minute-play-festival

To apply to direct: http://bit.ly/1O5JF7d

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About Alli Marshall
Alli Marshall has lived in Asheville for more than 20 years and loves live music, visual art, fiction and friendly dogs. She is the winner of the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize and the author of the novel "How to Talk to Rockstars," published by Logosophia Books. Follow me @alli_marshall

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