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Irish Playwrights offered $20,000

Entries are being accepted to the Mr. & Mrs. Frank J. McGuire International Playwriting Competition by the organiser The Irish Classical Theatre Company of Buffalo, New York.

The competition is open to citizens and residents of Ireland and Northern Ireland who are first-time playwrights as well as experienced and established playwrights.

The winning playwright will receive prize money of $20,000 and enjoy a world premiere professional production of the play by the Irish Classical Theatre Company in Western New York, as part of the company’s 20th Anniversary Season in 2010-2011.

Entry fee is €15 which may be paid by PayPal

Scripts must be original full length dramas or comedies with a running time no less than 1 hour and 30 minutes long.

Cast number should not exceed 10 actors; with limited doubling of roles acceptable.

No musicals, children’s plays, translations, screenplays or one-act plays will be accepted.
Runners-up may be considered for a full professional production by the Irish Classical Theatre Company as part of its annual season of plays in subsequent years to their 20th Anniversary Season.

Closing date for entries is August 1, 2009.

For detail, see the website

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