The Douglas Morrisson Theatre to Host Fifth Annual Playwrights' CageMatch, 6/13

The Douglas Morrisson Theatre (DMT) is excited to announce our Fifth Annual Playwrights' CageMatch: PUBLIC SQUARES, PRIVATE STORIES on Monday June 13, at 8:00pm. Five playwrights will enter but only one will emerge victorious! Join us as playwrights far and wide square off.

The only requirements for aspiring contributors were that the scenes had to be 20 minutes or less, have no more than four characters, and be set in a town square in a small town anywhere in the universe. It's where Main Street meets First Street - perhaps there's a little park, or a statue of a forgotten general, probably a few pigeons. Time period is not restricted. We particularly looked for creative and elegant back-stories that incorporated a town square setting into the scene, but the tone, theme or genre was up to the playwright -- a parade, a lovers' tryst, or a protest, perhaps? Anything can happen in the town square.

This year we've had entries from all over the U.S., from Canada and Australia. Artistic Director Susan E. Evans, with some help from her team, selects the top five submissions, and each one gets one rehearsal. The five scenes are presented on June 13th at a live staged reading at the Douglas Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N. Third St. in Hayward, CA, and the audience will decide the winner.

Admission for the CageMatch is free, and tokens to vote will be sold for $5.