Call for Entries: Snowdance 10-Minute Comedy Festival

RACINE -- Do you have a skit, sketch or short 1-act play stuck in your head that's screaming to find its way into print? If you do, you may want to write it down, and work it up for a chance to see it performed live on stage.

Over Our Head Players is accepting submissions for the “2017 Snowdance 10 Minute Comedy Festival,” now through November 1.

“Snowdance ” entry is open to original 10 minute or shorter comedies for the stage. Winning entries will be performed together in one theatre presentation by the OOHP Snowdance ensemble at Sixth Street Theatre for five weeks beginning February 3, 2017.

The entire Snowdance production will be presented more than 24 times during the run. At each performance, audience members can vote for their favorite individual comedy; the audience favorites will earn cash prizes for the playwright.

How to Enter:

Entries may be sent to SNOWDANCE, c/o Sixth Street Theatre, 318 Sixth Street, Racine, Wisconsin, 53403. Alternatively, entries may be sent by email to Snowdance318@gmail.com.

About Snowdance:

The Snowdance 10 Minute Comedy Festival is a competition of original short comedies. Writers from throughout the community, the state, and the country are invited to enter.

Scripts will be chosen for production in a complete festival performance. Then, in the ultimate interactive experience, audiences vote for the production they enjoyed the most.

The votes will be tallied throughout the five weekend festival run, and the Snowdance “Best in Snow” will be awarded after the final performance on March 5, 2017.

A $500.00 prize goes to “Best in Snow”, with a $200.00 award going to second place, and $100 for third place.

Rules:

In summary, competition is open to unpublished, 10 minute or shorter comedies free of royalty and copyright restrictions. Musicals, adaptations, and translations will not be considered.

One entry per playwright, postmarked by November 1, 2016.

Complete rules are posted on the theatre website at www.overourheadplayers.org.

Any questions can be directed to Rich Smith via the box office, at (262)632-6802, or by e-mail at snowdance318@gmail.com. Scripts will not be returned.