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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">EILEEN HECKART SENIOR DRAMA
COMPETITION ANNOUNCED<br><br>
The 2005 Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Competition has begun.
Intended to increase plays available for the rapidly growing field of
Senior Theatre, the Heckart Competition accepts plays in three
categories: full length, one act (45 minutes or less in playing time),
and ten-minute. Only plays which have not yet received major
professional productions may be entered. There is no submission
fee.<br><br>
The Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Competition is sponsored by the Jerome
Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute at The Ohio State
University. The first Heckart Competition, in 2003, saw more than
470 scripts entered. <br><br>
Winning playwrights will receive cash prizes ($300 for full length, $225
for one-act, $175 for ten minute). Details of entering:<br>
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copies only. No electronic copies accepted. Author’s name should appear
only on the title page, not in the text of play. <br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>deadline
(postmark): March 31, 2005. We hope to announce finalists and semi
finalists by the middle of May, winners by the middle of June.<br>
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should include a brief biographical statement about the author..<br>
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should be included if the script is to be returned at the conclusion of
the competition.<br>
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submissions to:<br>
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Woods<br>
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Eileen Heckart Senior Drama Competition<br>
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Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute<br>
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Ohio State University<br>
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Lincoln Tower<br>
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Cannon Drive<br>
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OH 43210-1230<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Winning
plays, and first-runners-up, will receive staged readings in conjunction
with the 2005 International Centre for Women Playwrights’ Retreat in
Columbus, Ohio, August 2005. Winning writers are not required to
attend.<br><br>
The competition honors Eileen Heckart (1919-2001), the distinguished
American actress whose long career culminated in her stunning performance
in Kenneth Lonergan’s <i>The Waverly Gallery</i> (2000), for which she
received the Drama Desk Award, Obie Award, and Outer Critics Circle
Award. That same year she was awarded the Tony for lifetime
achievement. She also was the recipient of an Academy Award
(<i>Butterflies Are Free</i>), Golden Globe (<i>The Bad Seed</i>)
and an Emmy (<i>Save Me A Place at Forest Lawn</i>). She was
recognized with a Margo Jones Medal in 2000 for her long championing of
new plays, having appeared in almost thirty world premiere
productions. <br>
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Further information: 614/292-6614 (voice), 614/688-8417
(FAX), woods<br>
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<div align="center"><font color="#FF0000">Alan Woods<br>
</font>Director, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research
Institute<br>
The Ohio State University<br>
1430 Lincoln Tower<br>
1800 Cannon Drive<br>
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1230<br>
614/292-6614 vox office 614/688-8417 FAX office<br>
614/329-5689 CELL<br>
woods.1@osu.edu<br>
<a href="http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/OSU_profile/triweb/" eudora="autourl">http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/OSU_profile/triweb/</a><br>
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