Every year, Emerald Theatre Company creates a new writing prompt for our annual 10 minute play festival...it's simple....10 minutes, 10 pages, no more than 3 characters, simple black box production......and a theme.
This year's theme is A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words. A picture frame or painting has to be incorporated into the vignette......the rest was up to the playwright.
In the midst of this awful pandemic, we were so fortunate to receive over 40 entries. Not the most entries we have had, but some of the most interesting and exciting interpretations on the theme.....sadly, we will not produce the festival this year, but September 2021 will be worth the wait!!
This year's theme is A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words. A picture frame or painting has to be incorporated into the vignette......the rest was up to the playwright.
In the midst of this awful pandemic, we were so fortunate to receive over 40 entries. Not the most entries we have had, but some of the most interesting and exciting interpretations on the theme.....sadly, we will not produce the festival this year, but September 2021 will be worth the wait!!
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1st Place - Frame Within A Frame, by Judy Klass, Nashville, TN
Sam comes around to check on Jordan, who is mourning the loss of Terry. Terry obsessively focused on films, and loved shots that have frames within the frame – mirrors, doorways, windows … Sam hopes Jordan will find a way to honor Terry’s memory by making a film, instead of staying in a very dark place.
2nd Place - Folded, by Elaine Kuracina, Potsdam, NY
An artist is painting a figure. The figure talks back to the artist - in search of a dream, a dimension, a future in forever.
3rd Place - Spooked, by Joe Godfrey, Woodbury CT
"John and Keith's dream has come true. They are the new owners of a historic house in Provincetown! The house comes with tons of old-world charm...and a startling surprise in an unexpected and spectral presence, Harden Phillips III, a former whaler with an agenda of his own."
we will also produce the following:
The Aftermath by Madison Sedlor, Buffalo NY
A year after the Woodstock music festival, hippie and hopeless romantic Bonnie returns to the bar where she met the father of her child hoping to reconnect and begin their lives together. She meets Ruth, the owner of the only bar for miles.
Geology by Andra Laine Hunter , Dallas, TX
Geology is an exploration of what forever really means and how we, as humans, navigate the uncertainty that colors our lives. Bea and Ash strive to find stable ground to stand on, even as the sand shifts beneath their feet. They realize they must make meaning out of tragedy and cling to the hope inherent in the unknown
Not Your Average Jo by Allison Fradkin, Chicago, IL
World War II enabled women to experience a change of pace and, for the members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, a change of base. But when South Bend Blue Sox teammates Josephine and Penny develop a war bond of their own, it's hardly the kind the government—let alone the League—had in mind. Will the gals take a crack at a romance that, like a baseball, won't be seamless, or will they take the base path of least resistance and prioritize the game over the dame?
Following the Rules of the Warrior's Waltz by Lawson Caldwell, Charlotte, NC
Erskine's mean grandfather has asked him to retrieve a painting from his mountain cabin. Erskine, his soon to be ex., Bart, and his best friend, Field, travel to the cabin for the painting. A past love is revealed when a box of letters are found behind the painting.
Balloon Man by Roi Tamkin, Atlanta, GA
Paul has not given up on love although his last two relationships ended in disaster; one fatally. Veronica is only looking for an afternoon at the museum. Their meeting is a chance to keep optimism alive.
Sub Sandwich by Keegon Schuett, Collierville, TN
Professional courtesy and a photo frame are shattered after one young trans woman working in a sandwich shop is named employee of the month, but her manager chooses to display an inappropriately old photo of her. Submerged tensions peek from below the surface and the two coworkers swim against an unforgivable current of conversation.
Sam comes around to check on Jordan, who is mourning the loss of Terry. Terry obsessively focused on films, and loved shots that have frames within the frame – mirrors, doorways, windows … Sam hopes Jordan will find a way to honor Terry’s memory by making a film, instead of staying in a very dark place.
2nd Place - Folded, by Elaine Kuracina, Potsdam, NY
An artist is painting a figure. The figure talks back to the artist - in search of a dream, a dimension, a future in forever.
3rd Place - Spooked, by Joe Godfrey, Woodbury CT
"John and Keith's dream has come true. They are the new owners of a historic house in Provincetown! The house comes with tons of old-world charm...and a startling surprise in an unexpected and spectral presence, Harden Phillips III, a former whaler with an agenda of his own."
we will also produce the following:
The Aftermath by Madison Sedlor, Buffalo NY
A year after the Woodstock music festival, hippie and hopeless romantic Bonnie returns to the bar where she met the father of her child hoping to reconnect and begin their lives together. She meets Ruth, the owner of the only bar for miles.
Geology by Andra Laine Hunter , Dallas, TX
Geology is an exploration of what forever really means and how we, as humans, navigate the uncertainty that colors our lives. Bea and Ash strive to find stable ground to stand on, even as the sand shifts beneath their feet. They realize they must make meaning out of tragedy and cling to the hope inherent in the unknown
Not Your Average Jo by Allison Fradkin, Chicago, IL
World War II enabled women to experience a change of pace and, for the members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, a change of base. But when South Bend Blue Sox teammates Josephine and Penny develop a war bond of their own, it's hardly the kind the government—let alone the League—had in mind. Will the gals take a crack at a romance that, like a baseball, won't be seamless, or will they take the base path of least resistance and prioritize the game over the dame?
Following the Rules of the Warrior's Waltz by Lawson Caldwell, Charlotte, NC
Erskine's mean grandfather has asked him to retrieve a painting from his mountain cabin. Erskine, his soon to be ex., Bart, and his best friend, Field, travel to the cabin for the painting. A past love is revealed when a box of letters are found behind the painting.
Balloon Man by Roi Tamkin, Atlanta, GA
Paul has not given up on love although his last two relationships ended in disaster; one fatally. Veronica is only looking for an afternoon at the museum. Their meeting is a chance to keep optimism alive.
Sub Sandwich by Keegon Schuett, Collierville, TN
Professional courtesy and a photo frame are shattered after one young trans woman working in a sandwich shop is named employee of the month, but her manager chooses to display an inappropriately old photo of her. Submerged tensions peek from below the surface and the two coworkers swim against an unforgivable current of conversation.