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Theatre Odyssey Thirteenth Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival
Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT

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Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT
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× This Thirteenth Annual Student Ten-Minute Playwriting Festival presents the eight plays selected by our professional readers and written by area high school students from grades nine through twelve (or home-schooled equivalent). One playwright, whose play is chosen by our qualified judges for BEST PLAY, will receive the Verna Safran Prize--a $1,000 cash scholarship. The author of the Runner-up Play will receive a $500 cash scholarship, and the remaining authors will receive $100 cash scholarships.

Performances of all eight plays in the competition for Best Play and Runner-up are on May 10, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and May 11, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at the Jane B. Cook Theatre, FSU/Asolo Center for the Performing Arts, 5555 Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. A live announcement and the Verna Safran Prize presentation for BEST PLAY and Runner-up Play will follow the May 11 matinee.

You can read more about the plays, the playwrights, and the schools they attend here

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Jane B. Cook Theatre
5555 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota FL 34243


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