The Black Cat 10 Minute Play Competition is back!

New Vintage Theatre invites playwrights to submit their original plays for this year’s event which will be held in February. Six finalists will be selected and will go into production. At the event audiences will vote on their favourite over the two days with the winner being awarded $500 and the coveted Black Cat Cup.

Rules

Works must be original and must not have already been performed elsewhere.
Authors must currently reside in Canada. Those in the B.C. Interior (Okanagan, Thompson-Nicola) and members of the BIPOC community will have two out of the six spots reserved for their work to be presented to encourage underserved groups opportunities.
Authors must be 16 years of age or older.
Works must run 10 minutes or less and be suited to a simple stage, cabaret style performance.
Scripts must not have any identifying name or indicate authorship on the work so that the judging panel can rank fairly.
Submissions must be accompanied by a payment of $10. Playwrights can submit no more than two scripts.
Selected playwrights will be encouraged to attend the event.
Submissions must be in before 11:59 PM PDT on October 31st , 2023.

For more information or details on the contest, email us at info@newvintage.ca.