Playwrights Under Progress (PUP Fest)

FREE!
June 12, 2010 @ 1pm & 4pm
in the Heldt/Hall Theater

This year’s Festival also features the exciting ninth year of the Playwrights Under Progress (PUP) Fest, a unique Project, co-produced with local youth organization Junior Players. The plays and playwrights of the 2010 PUP Fest are:

The Homecoming
by Charneequa Hunter (Jr, L.G. Pinkston High School)

There's Something Wrong in Wonderland A Romiet and Julio Story
by Charis Royal (Jr, Plano Senior High School)

The Coffee Conundrum with Assorted Conversation
by Chaz Sanders (Sr, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts)

What Happens
by Dani Seidner (Jr, Booker T. Washington HSPVA)

Fifty and One
by Judith Zamora Hernandez (Jr, W.T. White High School)

About PUP Fest

Playwrights Under Progress (PUP) Fest is a unique project co-produced with local youth organization Junior Players. As part of the New Works Festival, PUP Fest features an afternoon of five world premiere staged readings written and performed by some of the Metroplex's finest high school talent and developed through playwriting workshops.

Script Submission Guidelines:

• Scripts must be written by students currently in grades 9-12.
• Scripts must be short (20 minutes max.) - Longer scripts will NOT be accepted.
• Scripts must be type-written - 12 font, Times New Roman or Arial font
• Must have between one and five actors (character doubling acceptable).
• Must have Cover Page with the folowing information: Title of Play, Author(s) Full Name, Address, Contact telephone number, Current High School attending and Current Grade Level.
• Eligible playwrights MUST be available June 7—12 for rehearsals and performance.
• For proper play formatting examples, click here.
• Download an official cover sheet at www.juniorplayers.org.
• Script deadline for PUP Fest 2010 is April 1, 2010.