Chair: Jesse Waldinger

Playwriting Contest Guidelines
HRC Showcase Theatre in Hudson, New York, invites submissions to its annual playwriting contest from new, aspiring or established playwrights. Each submitted play should be previously unpublished, run no more than 90 minutes (not counting intermission), require no more than six actors, and be suitable for presentation as a staged reading by Equity actors.

The 2012-2013 HRC season runs from September, 2012 to June, 2013. Judges will select the winner of the W. Keith Hedrick award, which will be presented, along with a $500 prize, at the staged reading of the play at the end of the season. The authors of the four runners-up also selected for readings will each be awarded $100. To qualify for the prizes, each playwright must attend the reading of his/her play in Hudson, New York.

Entries (hard copies only) should be submitted to:

HRC Showcase Theatre
P.O. Box 940
Hudson, NY 12534

Entries must be received by March 1, 2012, along with a $5.00 processing fee. In order to ensure a blind reading, the writer’s name, contact information, and biography should be enclosed separately. Please let us know where you heard about the contest. Scripts will not be returned. The winners will be notified at the end of the summer of 2012.