PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College’s “Find Your Voice” Play Festival is back, and drama and theater Director Lara Starcevich is looking for 10-minute manuscripts from local writers.
The deadline to submit a short play is Monday, Jan. 12, and more information is available by contacting Starcevich at 360-417-6478 or lstarcevich@pencol.edu.
“We are in need of your fabulously crafted and witty words, words of wisdom, words of genius,” Starcevich quipped, noting that as usual for the Find Your Voice Play Festival, each script must include three random objects or names.
This year’s must-write words are “Canada,” “a candle” and “Rick Flare the wrestler.”
The “how/why/when/where you choose to insert the words into your script is entirely up to you,” Starcevich said.
“If you’d like to blame anyone for ‘why these words,’ then you can lay the blame on my introduction to theater course this fall, a merry bunch of jolly lads and lasses.
“So, dip that pen in some ink and start writing.”
Submission guidelines
Of course, there is always some “fine print” one needs to read, Starcevich added.
In this case it is the submission guidelines. Scripts should be 10 typed-and-numbered pages with the writer’s name and return address on the first page.
Once the plays are selected, open auditions for the festival will be held Jan. 21-22 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Little Theater on the main Peninsula College campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Show dates are Feb. 27 and 28 and March 1.
The festival is held each year, Starcevich said, to encourage people to push their limits and discover their potential.
“There are so many amazing writers out there,” she said, including “those who are already familiar with the craft of playwriting [and] those who just love to write but may not realize that their talent could be put to wonderful use in the theater.
“We hope to attract more and more folks to the art of playwriting and play production with each new festival,” Starcevich added.
