2020 KCACTF Region III National Playwriting Program (NPP) Slate
Andrew Morton
Dear KCACTF Region III,
We are thrilled to announce the following participants who will take part in the National Playwriting Program (NPP) events for the Region III festival in Madison in January. We had another year with a record number of submissions, making the process of choosing this year's slate especially difficult.
The following Ten-Minute and One Act plays listed below were selected through a blind reading process by readers from Region I and will receive an invitation to the Region III festival. Please join me in congratulating these playwrights!
Ten-Minute Plays:
A Long Day’s Journey Into A Hotel Room
by Kaela Garvin – Indiana University
Darn it! Darla
by Lavinia Roberts – University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale
Don’t Mention It
by Dustin Hageland -- University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale
Family Matters
by Dawn Richberg – Western Michigan University
Hip Hop Heaven
by Jada Hampton – University of Southern Indiana
Your Fifteen Minutes
by Brendan Holland – Indiana University
ALTERNATE:
The Sons of Atreus
by Rachel Stanford – Hillsdale College
(the alternate will attend the festival in event that one of the semi-finalists cannot attend)
One Act Plays:
Displace: A Street-Theatre One-Act
by Zoha Bharwani – University of Michigan
Miss Julie
by Amber Palmer – Western Michigan University
Where Mushrooms Grow
by Sebastian Ffrench – Wilbur Wright College
Wire Taps
by Emma Swain – Carthage College
At the regional festival two of the six Ten-Minute plays will be nominated for the Gary Garrison National Ten-Minute Play Award, and two of the four One Act plays will be nominated for the John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play, both of which will be announced at the National festival gathering later in 2020.
In addition to the plays listed above, we are also delighted to announce the winners of the Region III Full-Length Play Award (and Region 3 NAPAT Nominee), and the Region III Planet Earth Award, both of which will be invited to the regional festival and presented as a staged-reading.
Please join me in congratulating the following playwrights!
Region III Full Length Play Award Winner & Region 3 NAPAT Award Nominee:
Bury the Rest
by Syke Robinson Hills – Ohio University
Region III Planet Earth Award Winner:
After Dark
by Lavinia Roberts – University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale
Thank you to all the playwrights who submitted work, and to their faculty mentors who continue to encourage the development of new work in our region.
I look forward to seeing you at the festival!
Andrew
Andrew Morton | pronouns: He, Him, His
Region III National Playwriting Program Chair, The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival