Theatre Odyssey Announces Selected Plays And Auditions For Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival

Theatre Odyssey announces the eight plays selected for the Sixth Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival and the auditions being held for the festival on Monday, December 11, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Center for Arts & Humanity, 1226 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota.

No appointment or monologues are required, and no actor will be cast in more than two plays. Actors will be asked to read sides from the eight selected plays. Available roles are:

Awakening by Kassandra Haakman - Saint Stephen's Episcopal School
Grace - F, 20s, must play guitar
Justin - M, older than Grace
Marcus - M

Baker Act by Kaylee Hernandez - Sarasota High School
Sam - F, 15
Micah - F, 15 to 16, possibly Hispanic
Nurse - M/F, late 20s to mid-30s
Doctor - M/F, late 30s to early 40s
Sam's mother - mid-30s to early 40s (nonspeaking role)

Psychosis by Ryan McKeever - Sarasota High School
Wyatt Brennan - M, 40s
Kid - M (or F), 6 to 8
Man - M, 30 to 50
Old man - M, 70+
Doctor - M/F, 40s

The Quadrennial Bet by Spencer Emerson Opal-Levine - Pine View School
Andrew Jackson - M, 70s
Abraham Lincoln - M, 50s
Lyndon B. Johnson - M, 60s
John F. Kennedy - M, 40s
Richard Nixon - M, 70s

Too Many Cooks by Luke Valadie - Saint Stephen's Episcopal School
Husband - M, 30 to 50
Wife - F, 30 to 50
Will - M
Jack - M, 50 to 60
Stagehand - M/F

Ugly Sweater by Erica Lomnitz - Sarasota High School
Lou - M, 14 to 15
Grandmother - F, mid-70s to 80s (younger than grandfather)
Grandfather - M, mid-80s

We Will Not Leave You in Peace by Courtney Zoller - Manatee High School
Hans - M, 18 to 22
Sophie - F, 18 to 22
Christoph - M, 8 to 22
Detektiv - M, 30 to 40

What Happened to My Dad by Demetrius Davis - Saint Stephen's Episcopal School
Andre - M, 18, African-American, football player
Mom - F, 45, African-American
Coach Jones - M, mid-40s, White

The 2018 Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival will be held February 3-4, 2018, at the Jane B. Cook Theatre (FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts). Scripts will be judged by three theatre professionals. The winning playwright will receive $1,000 and the runner-up will receive $500. These cash scholarships are generously provided by the Dorothy B. Templeton Fund at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.

"We had a record-breaking number of plays submitted this year (53) from six different area schools and 70 students," said Don Walker, Theatre Odyssey's Board President. "We are excited to assist the eight selected student playwrights in developing their original works for the stage."

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