FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

February 5, 2008

 

Contact:  Heidi S. Meyer  (605) 690-8590  haleyhayworth@hotmail.com

 

Submissions invited for the Claire Donaldson Short Play Festival

 

            Augustana College and The Great Plains Dramatist Exchange invite submissions for the third biennial ‘8 in 48:’ Claire Donaldson Short Play Festival.  Submissions will be accepted from February 5, 2008 to May 1, 2008.  Winners will be notified by June 15, 2008.   The winning ten-minute plays are selected by a national panel of readers and prizes are offered.  This festival is founded in the honor of the late Claire Donaldson.  Ms. Donaldson was a 2000 Augustana College graduate passionate about the art of playwriting.

            Julia Bennett, Augustana Theatre Faculty and founder, says, “The ‘8 in 48’ represents an outstanding opportunity for us to honor Claire while supporting the development of new short plays.”  Heidi Sue Meyer, submissions coordinator and Augustana alumna, adds, “As a playwright, I was eager to create greater opportunity and a supportive environment for nurturing new works and the playwrights creating them.”

            All submissions must be previously unproduced and ten minutes or less in length.  Only submissions by electronic attachment will be accepted.  Winning selections will be mounted during the “8 in 48” Festival on September 13, 2008 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  

 

Electronic submissions to:                                  haleyhayworth@hotmail.com

                                                                        Subject line:  “8 in 48” Submission

 

 

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