“2 Pages/2 Characters” Competition

Winners have been selected for this year's 2 Pages/2 Characters program.

Here are the winning titles (and authors) for 2 Pages/2 Voices:
 
The Gate Keeper, by Ken Klamm
Boyfriends, by Lois Bennett
Hide and Seek, by Marge Mattioli
Zork at the Fifty Yard Line, by Karl Obine
Takeover, by Steven Lee-Davis
Brother Speak, by Katherine DaCosta
Sweet Nectar, by Tom Moran
Texas Veal, by Kory Andrieu
Untitled, by Ian Tierson
The Interview, by Rebecca Solomon
Canada by Thumb, by Byron Wilmot

Contest Winners Reading

Date: February 4, Monday
Time: 8:00 PM
Address: Writers & Books, Verb Café
Admission: Free admissions. Donations gratefully accepted

The winning plays in Writers & Books/Geva Theatre Center’s 5th annual
“2 Pages/ 2Voices” Playwriting Contest will be given their world premier reading at Writers & Books on Monday, February 4th.

Staged in W&B new Performance Space the winning scripts will come alive through dramatic performances given by highly experienced local actors under the Direction of Jean Ryon of Geva Theatre Center.

These original works, created by authors from the Greater Rochester area, will be presented for their first time on any stage.

This is a wonderful opportunity to see and hear some of the community’s wittiest and most original dramatic creations.

This is the fifth annual “2 Pages/2 Characters” competition, created by Geva Theatre Center and Writers & Books to encourage and support playwriting in our region.

We’re pleased to announce our annual “2 Pages/2 Characters” playwriting program. Writers of all levels of writing experience are invited to submit a short play to the competition.

Each play should be limited to no more than 2 pages, and involve no more than two characters. Writers may submit more than one play. Name, address, phone number and e-mail should be included for contact. Font size should be at least 11 points.
Submissions cannot be returned.

Submission Deadline: January 4, 2007

Submit to:
Two Pages/Two Characters
Writers & Books
740 University Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607

Winners will be chosen by January 18, 2007

Reading of the winning plays by local actors will be held in
Writers & Books performance space on February 4, 2007beginning at 8 p.m.

This is the fifth annual “2 Pages/2 Characters” competition, created by Geva Theater and Writers & Books to encourage and support playwriting in our region.