2020 MIDWEST ONE-ACT PLAY COMPETITION AND FESTIVAL
PLAYWRIGHTS: HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PLAY and details about the competition here.
The Premiere of Three Winning New One-Act Plays from the Midwest:
2020 Performances of Staged Readings: July 24, 25, & 26 – 2020
Three new winning one-act plays from 9 Midwest states, presented as staged readings for three performances. A nationally known playwright will be our guest, conducting a workshop with the winning playwrights, delivering a free forum to the community, and attending the opening of the festival. Made possible by Sponsors Paul and Sandra Harmon.
The History of the New Plays from the Heartland
The Mike Dobbins Memorial New Plays from the Heartland (NPH) provides Midwestern playwrights a chance to share their original plays with residents of Central Illinois. Heartland Theatre Company solicits new, never-produced one-act plays from writers in nine Midwestern States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Previous Winners
Play submissions are judged for excellence by a panel of judges who review all of the submitted plays to choose the top six entries. The six finalists are then sent without identification to a final judge, an experienced playwright with national prominence, who chooses the final three plays for a staged reading at our theatre.
The three winning plays are presented as fully staged enhanced readings (costumes, lighting, props, movement) on July 24, 25 and 26. On July 23, our guest playwright Lisa Dillman offers a forum for playwrights with tips for writing successful plays. On July 12, our guest playwright conducts a master class with the winning playwrights.
Heartland Theatre Company is dedicated to providing playwrights a forum for recognition in our theatre and our community.
