Plays submitted

to the competition must be non-musical, original pieces, written in English

and never before performed or published. The work may be either full-length,

one-act, or a series of related one-acts. The estimated running time of

the play should be between 90 and 120 minutes. The number of actors needed

for the play should not exceed six.

If your play

is chosen, you will receive $1,000 and the opportunity to have your play

performed by Clayton State Theater. Clayton State Theater reserves first

production rights for the winning play. The playwright retains all other

rights including copyright, publication, and subsequent performance rights.

If, for some reason, Clayton State Theater is unable to perform the winning

play within two years of the winner's announcement, first production rights

revert to the playwright.

Plays should

be submitted with a cover sheet containing the author's name, address,

phone number or e-mail address, and a signed statement confirming the

play as unperformed and unpublished. Because plays will be presented to

the jury anonymously, the author's name should not appear on any page

of the play.

For more information

on submitting your script, contact the artistic director of Clayton State

Theater, Ed Hohlbein, by e-mailing [email protected] or by calling

770-961-3460. Mail script submissions and a self-addressed, stamped envelope

to:

Clayton State

Theater Playwrighting Competition

c/o Ed Hohlbein

Clayton College

& State University

5900 North

Lee Street

Morrow, GA

30260

Corse, who

premiered 34 original works while artistic director of the Clayton State

Theater, instated the playwriting competition as part of the Theater's

continuing emphasis on developing and producing new works for the stage.

While the 2003

competition is open only to Georgia residents, subsequent competitions

will admit aspiring playwrights from all over the country. Corse, through

partnership with the Clayton College & State University Foundation,

has committed to funding the competition for 10 years.

For more information

on Clayton State Theater, visit www.claytonstatetheater.org or call 770-961-3460.

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